September 22 Today in classical music history

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1720 Birth of German composer and harpsichordist Adolph Karl KUNZEN in Wittenberg. d-buried, Lubeck, 11 JUL 1781.

1729 Birth of composer George Wilhelm Gruber

1733 Birth of composer Anton Filtz

1737 Death of Italian composer Francesco Mancini in Naples. b-Naples, 1672.

1755 Birth of German composer and court violinist in Cassel, Christian KALKBRENNER in Minden. d-Paris, 10 AUG 1806. Father of Friedrich (Wilhelm Michael) Kalkbrenner, German-French piano virtuoso and composer.

1768 FP of JOMMELLI: "L'unione coronata" Solitude, (1768).

1826 FP of KREUTZER: "Jadis et aujourd'hui" Vienna (1826).

1854 Birth of American music critic and writer Henry T. FINCK in Bethel, MO. d-Rumford Falls, ME 1 OCT 1926.Wagner And His Work V1: The Story Of His Life With Critical Comments

1860 Birth of composer Heinrich Reitsch

1869 FP of Wagner's Das Rheingold in Munich, without his
permission. Conducted by Franz Wullner.  CD-Rheingold-Complete Opera

1870 Birth of soprano Georgette Bréjean-Silver, [Org. Georgette-Amelie Sixsout] Also known
as Bréjean-Graviere. d. 19??Search Amazon.com for Georgette Bréjean-Silver

1870 Birth of American Ragtime composer Arthur PRYOR. d-1942.Search Amazon.com for Arthur PRYOR

1871 Birth of Spanish soprano Josefina Huguet. d. 1951 Gli Ugonotti (G. Meyerbeer)

1872 Birth of English conductor and pianist Walter Henry Rothwell in London. First conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. d-Santa Monica, CA 12 MAR 1927.Walter Henry Rothwell

1872 Birth of composer Luis Villalba Munoz

1875 (GC, JC=10 SEP) Birth of Lithuanian composer and painter Mikolajus CIURLIONIS, in Varena, former Kaunas province of the Russian Empire. d-1911.Search Amazon.com for Mikolajus CIURLIONIS

1882 Birth of composer Emil Abranyi

1883 Birth of Austrian music writer Robert HERNRIED. d. Detroit, Sep. 3, 1951. Search Amazon.com for Robert HERNRIED

1891 Birth of American tenor and composer Ralph ERROLLE in Chicago, IL. d-Birmingham, AL 2 SEP 1973. Search Amazon.com for Ralph ERROLLE
Apprenticeships in Chicago and Australia. Errolle was a philanderer and his third wife took him to court, the Met fired him, and America lost a potentially important singer. As composer of Prince Elmar, he was awarded the David Bispham Memorial Medal by the Chicago Opera Association in 1934. His opera, The Messenger, was staged in Newark, NJ in 1938. His voice students included Arleen Auger and James King. MET Début, 8 NOV 1924 as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette. Only two seasons with MET (1924-26) in 44 performances of 12 works.

1892 [1894?] Birth of German-American baritone Herbert JANSSEN in Cologne. d-NYC 3 JUN 1965.Lebendige Vergangenheit - Herbert Janssen
MET Début: Jan. 29, 1939 [Wanderer] Siegfried, 14-seasons, (1938-52) 152-perf. 14-roles.

1894 Birth of German soprano Elisabeth RETHBERG. d-NYC, 6 JUN 1976: MET:Début: Nov. 22, 1922 [Aida] Aida, 20 seasons (1922-42) 383 perf.,31 roles, 30 works.Search Amazon.com for Elisabeth RETHBERG

1894 Birth of Rumanian composer Michel G. ANDRICO in Bucarest.

1894 Birth of composer Hieronim Feicht

1900 Birth of Russian tenor Ivan Danilovich Jadan in Lugansk. d-1995.

1904 Birth of Russia bass Alexei Ivanov in Chizhova. d. Feb. 17, 1982: Debut 1932.

1905 Death of the first Carmen and the first Mignon, French soprano
Maria Celestine Galli-Marie' in Nice. b-Paris, NOV 1840. She
created the roles of Carmen and Mignon.

1910 Birth of composer Wlement Slavicky

1917 Birth of Italian soprano Adriana Guerrini in Florence. d. April 24, 1970.La Traviata: Zweiter Akt - Alfredo?

1918 Birth in Zelazowa Wola, Poland of naturalized Mexican violinist Henryk
SZERYNG (SHER' ing). d-Kassel, 3 MAR 1988.Search Amazon.com for Henryk SZERYNG

1918 Birth of composer Archibald James Potter

1922 Death of English baritone Sir Charles Santley, in London. b-Liverpool, 28 FEB 1834.Student and singer: The reminiscences of Charles Santley

1926 Birth of American composer and clarinet teacher William Overton SMITH in

Sacremento, CA.

1929 Birth of Canadian composer Serge GARANT in Quebec City, Quebec. d-Quebec City, Quebec, 1986.

1929 Birth of English violinist Hugh BEAN in Beckenham, Kent. d-26 DEC 2003. London Guardian obituary. Hugh Bean was for more than half a century one of Britain's most distinguished and versatile violinists. From recording with the bands of Geraldo and Billy Cotton, he went on to lead the Philharmonia Orchestra. On CD- celebrated interpretation of Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending

1930 Birth of American avant-garde composer Roger HANNAY in Plattsburgh, NY.Mere Bagatelle (1978) : Senza mesura

1931 Birth of Italian conductor Nello Santi. MET Début: Jan. 25, 1962, "Un Ballo in Maschera", 25 seasons (1961-65, 76-77, 79-80, 81-2000) 401 perf., 20 works. Search Amazon.com for Nello Santi

1931 Birth of English Opera director Colin GRAHAM.

1933 Birth of Spanish composer Leonardo BALADA in Barcelona.Search Amazon.com for Leonardo BALADA

1937 Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas conducts his Homage to Federico Garcia Lorca (1936) during the Spanish Civil War in Madrid. The city was under siege by Spanish fascist forces. The Spanish poet Garcia Lorca was killed by the Falangists. Search Amazon.com for Silvestre Revueltas

1938 FP of A. Webern's String Quartet, Op. 28. Berkshire Chamber Music Festival, at South Mountain, Pittsfield, MA. Commissioned for $750 by the American music patron, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Search Amazon.com for Webern's String Quartet, Op. 28

1940 Birth of composer Edward Boguslawski

1941 Birth of Bulgarian soprano Anna TOMOWA-SINTOW in Stara Zagora, Bulgairia. MET: Début: Apr. 3, 1978 [Donna Anna] Don Giovanni, 8 seasons (1977-78, 79-80, 83-88, 92-93) 62 perf., 7 works.Search Amazon.com for Anna TOMOWA-SINTOW

1945 Birth of Italian tenor Maurizio Frusoni in Rome. d. Rome, Mar. 6, 2000. Il trovatore : Act I: Sull'orlo dei tetti

1946 Birth of English bass John TOMLINSON in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman

1953 Birth of Russian baritone Vladimir CHERNOV. MET Début Apr. 12, 1991 [Miller] Luisa Miller, 10-seasons (1990-2000) 89-perf. of 10 roles. Search Amazon.com for Vladimir CHERNOV

1958 Birth of American composer Mark KILSTOFTE. Search Amazon.com for Mark KILSTOFTE

1963 Birth of Italian tenor Luca Canonici in Montevarchi.

1964 FP of Broadway musical Fiddler On the Roof and runs for 3,242 perfs.  CD-Fiddler On The Roof: The Original Broadway Cast Recording [CAST RECORDING] Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Zero Mostel, Bert Convy, Beatrice Arthur, Maria Karnilova, Fiddler On The Roof (Related Recordings), Julia Migenes

1971 FP of S. Barber's The Lovers for solo voice and chorus, based on a poem by Pablo Neruda, in Philadelphia. Search Amazon.com for Barber The Lovers

1988 Death of Hungarian composer Rezsõ Sugár in Budapest. b-Budapest, 9 OCT 1919.

1989 Death of American composer Irving Berlin at age 101 in NYC. b-Mogilev, Russia 11 MAY 1888.Search Amazon.com for Irving Berlin

1990 FP of James MacMillan's The Beserking piano concerto. Peter Donohoue and the Royal Scottish Orchestra, Matthias Bamert conducting at Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow. Search Amazon.com for James MacMillan The Beserking

1990 FP of Christopher Rouse's Jagannath for orchestra. Houston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach conducting.

1998 Death of composer Rezsõ Sugár. b-9 OCT 1919.Search Amazon.com for Rezsõ Sugár

2000 FP of E. T. Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy for piano and orchestra. Jeffrey Biegel and Cincinnati Symphony, Jesús Lopez-Cobos conducting.

2000 FP of Philip Glass' Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra. Dennis Russell Davies, pianist and conductor with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. 7th annual Klangspuren Festival in Schwaz, Tirol, Austria. Search Amazon.com for Tirol Concerto

2001 Death of Russian-American violinist Isaac Stern . b-Kremenetz, 21 JUL 1920. ~ age 81. Obit.Search Amazon.com for Isaac Stern