classical music JULY 1

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1586 Birth of composer Claudio Saracini

1592 Death of Italian church musician and composer Marc'Antonio Ingegneri who taught Monteverdi.

1663 Birth of composer Franz Xaver Murschhauser

1688 Birth of composer Johann Ludwig Steiner

1705 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Andrea Bontempi aka G. A. Angelini, near Perugia. Composer of first Italian opera Paride in 1662.

1716 (JC, GC=12 JUL) FP of Handel's Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 3, no. 4a, in London.

1735 Birth of English composer James LYON. d-1794.

1764 Birth of composer Georg Christoph Grosheim

1784 Death of German composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach at age 73, in Berlin. b-Weimar, 22 NOV 1710.

1786 Death of English soprano Sophie Baddeley. b-London, 1745 London. Created Matron in Ephasian Matron (Dibdin).

1856 Birth of American soprano Marie LITTA, promoted as The Queen of Song, in Bloomington, IL. d-7 JUL 1883.

1867 FP in USAmerica of Johann Strauss, Jr.'s Blue Danube Waltz at a summer concert of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in NYC. The FP was five months earlier in Vienna.

1873 Birth of English soprano Ada Jane JONES in Oldham, July 1, 1873. d-Rocky Mont, 2 MAY 1922. Recorded early acoustic discs.

1876 Birth of French soprano Antoniette Laute-Brun in Nimes. Debut as Helmwige in Walkure (Wagner) Oct 1904. Teachers were Edmond Duvernoy, Mangin, Leon Melchissedec. Created Keleyi in Bacchus (Massenet).

1881 Birth of Polish conductor, pianist and violinist Josef A. PASTERNACK in Czenstochowa. d-Chicago, 29 APR 1940. In America from 1900. Studied in Warsaw, played the viola in the Metropolitan Opera Orch. (1900-10); assistant cond. (1909-1910); then conductor of various opera companies in New York and Chicago.

1881 Birth of Italian bass Vincenzo Bettoni in Melegnano. d-4 NOV 1954. Debut as Silva in Ernani (Verdi) 1902. Created Nissen in Dibuk (Rocca). Sang in the FP of Melenis (Zandonai). Thein Hoa (Bianchini).

1891 Birth of German tenor Peter Anders   in Essen. d-Hamburg, 10 SEP 1954 from injuries in an auto crash.Debut in Belle Helene (Offenbach) 1932. Teachers were Ernst Grenzebach, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner. Created Piedmontese in Friedenstag (Strauss).

1891 Birth of Italian baritone Benvenuto Franci   in Pienza. d-Rome, 27 FEB 1895. Debut as Gianetto in Lodoletta (Mascagni) 1918. Teachers were Antonio Cotogni, Enrico Rosati. Created Neri in Cene Delle Beffe (Giordano). Carpenter in Piccolo Marat (Mascagni). Sang in FP of Cavalieri di Ekuba (Zandonai). Bella e il Monstro (Ferrari-Fontana).

1892 Birth of American soprano Ruth MILLER in Portland, OR. d-Van Nuys, 26 JUN 1983. MET Opera Début, 16 NOV 1917. [Musetta] La Bohème, 1 season (1917-18), 10 perf. 2 works.

1897 Founding of The Music Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

1906 Death of longlived baritone and inventor Manuel Patricio Garcia. b-Madrid, 17 MAR 1805. Was singing teacher who developed laryngoscope. Debut as Figaro in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1825. Teacher was Manuel del Populo Vicente Garcia (his father). Pupils were Malvina Garrigues. Hermann Klein, Busine, Joseph Theodoe Barbot, Charles Battaille, Erminia Frezzolini, Eugenie Garcia (his wife), Gustave Garcia (his son), Catherine Hayes, Jenny Lind, Malcolm Sterling McKinley, Mathilde Marchesi, Henriette Nissen, Elise Polke, Adelaide Phillips, Charles Santley, Emil Scaria, Julius Gunther, Anna Schoen-Rene, Antoinette Sterling, Julius Stockhausen, Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfield, Hans Feodor von Milde, Fernando Valero, Jessi Bond, Scott Russell, Johannes Elmblad, Anna Schimon-Regan, Adolf Schulze, Henry Wood, Margaret MacIntyre, Johanna Wagner.

1916 Birth of French tenor Jean Giraudeau in Toulon. d-4 FEB 1995. Debut as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon (Thomas) 1942. Pupils were Jean Dupouy, Andree Francoise, Bernard Muraccide, Christiane Stutzman, Marc Vento, Created Nicador in Bolivar (Milhaud). Sang in FP of Secondatto (Bruni-Tedeschi). Martine (Rabaud). Hop Signor (Rosenthal).

1920 Birth of Belgian tenor Henri Legay. d-16 SEP 1992. Debut as Gerald in Lakme (Delibes). Sang in FP of Premier Partout (Legay / Devevey).

1921 Death of Italian soprano Teresina Brambilla-Ponchielli. b-Cassano D'Adda, 15 APR 1845. Debut 1863. Teachers were Marietta Brambilla (aunt), Teresa Brambilla (aunt). Pupil was Giuseppina Baldassare-Tedeschi.

1925 FP of Amanas' "Georgina" Stare Zadora.

1925 Death of French composer Erik Satie, at age 59, in Paris. b-Honfleur, 17 MAY 1866. Search for Erik Satie

1926 Birth of German composer Hans Werner HENZE  in Gütersloh, Westfalen. Search for Hans Werner HENZE d-17 October 2012

1927 FP of Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto. Bartok soloist, in Frankfurt. CD-Bela Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3/Violin Concerto No. 2/Concerto For Orchestra

1927 Birth of composer Hans Eklund

1928 Birth of composer Volker Wangenheim

1932 Birth of Polish pianist Adam HARASIEWICZ in Western Poland. 5th International Chopin Competition prize winner in 1955 in Warsaw.

1933 Birth of Spanish-Italian violinist Felix AYO. Search for Felix AYO.

1933 FP of Richard Strauss' Arabella at Dresden Opera. CD-Solti Strauss ~ Arabella / della Casa, Gueden, Dermota, London, Wiener Phil.

1937 FP of D. Milhaud's Scaramouche Suite for Two Pianos, in Paris. CD-Milhaud: Scaramouche, suite for pianos Op165; Bruch: Concerto for pianos Op88

1938 Birth of Australian baritone Raymond MYERS in Sydney. Debut as Fernando in Fidelio (Beethoven) 1963. Teachers were Florence Taylor, Luigi Ricci. Created Truffaldino in Servant of Two Masters (Giannini).

1938 Death of Italian composer, conductor and organist Oreste Ravanello. Was organist at St Marks, Venice. b-1871.

1939 Birth of American soprano Eileen SCHAULER in Millburn, NJ.

1943 Birth of American conductor Philip BRUNELLE. Search for Philip BRUNELLE.

1948 Birth of English mezzo-soprano Anne Wilkens in Essex. Debut in Ernani (Verdi) 1972. Teachers were Eva Turner, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears. Created Bianca in Voice of Ariadne (Musgrave). Margarita in Meister und Margarita (Kunad). Old Woman in We Come to the River (Henze). Beggar Woman in Death in Venice (Britten).

1948 Birth of American soprano Clamma DALE in Chester, PA. MET Opera Début 20 FEB 1973 [St. Teresa I] Four Saints in Three Acts, 1 season (1972-73) 12 perf., 1 role, 1 work.

1948 FP of Alan Rawsthorne's Violin Concerto, at Cheltenham Festival in England.

1949 Birth of Scottish mezzo-soprano Cynthia Buchan in Edinburgh. Debut in Ballo Delle Ingrato (Monteverdi). Teachers were Marjorie Blakeston, Hans Hotter, Ilse Rapf. Created Jennie in Higglety Pigglety Pop (Knussen). Mother-in-Law / Wedding Guest in Blood Wedding (Le Fanu).

1950 Death of Swiss-French composer Emil Jacques-Dalcroze in Geneva, at age 84. b-Vienna, 6 JUL 1865. Developed method of learning music.

1953 Birth of Welsh harpist Sioned WILLIAMS.

1955 Birth of Russian pianist Nikolai DEMIDENKO.

1958 Birth of English conductor Paul DANIEL.

1964 Birth of English composer David ARDITTI in Bournemouth. Of mixed Jewish and Austrian descent, he was raised the south coast of England, and now lives in West Hampstead, London.

1984 FP of Sallinen's opera, The King Goes Forth to France in Helsinki.

1988 Death of Dutch composer Lex van Delden in Amsterdam. b-Amsterdam, 10 SEP 1919.

1988 Death of German mezzo-soprano Annelies Burmeister. b-Ludwiglust, 1930. Debut as Nicklaus in Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 1956. Teacher was Helene Jung.

2000 FP of David Diamond's Symphony No. 10. Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz conducting.

2001 FP of Lazarof's Legends form the Bible. Ars-Nova Ensemble, conducted by Peter Schwarz in Berlin.

2003 FP of Leon Kirchner's Interlude II. Pianist Johnathan Bliss at City of London Festival.

2012 Death of soprano Evelyn LEAR. Born January 8, 1026 in Brooklyn, NY. Debut as Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) 1959 Teachers, Irma Beilke, Daniel Ferro, Maria Ivogun, Sergius Kagan.