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1637 Birth of composer Hieronymus Gradenthaler
1677 Birth of composer Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari
1711 Vivaldi is employed again by resuming his teaching position as violin master with the Pieta in Venice.
1732 FP of PERGOLESI's "Lo Frate 'nnamorato" Naples (1732).
1738 Handel finishes his oratorio Saul and starts Israel in Egypt
1779 FP of ARNE's M. "The Conscious Lovers" London (1779).
1786 Birth of composer Jose Mariano Elizaga
1819 Birth of Czech (Bohemian) brass instrument craftsman Wenzel Franz CERVENY in Dubeck. d-Koninggratz, 19 JAN 1896. Made improvements to many existing instruments.
1838 FP of DORN's "Der Schöffe von Paris" Riga (1838).
1855 FP of BRISTOW's "Rip Van Winkle" New York (1855).
1855 Death of Austrian composer August (Augustin) Lanner in Vienna at the age of 20. Son of composer Joseph Lanner. He first conducted his late father's orchestra at the age 8. Debut in 1853. Composed over 30 pieces of dance music. b-Vienna, 23 JAN 1835.
1871 Birth of German tenor Alois BURGSTALLER in Holzkirchen. d-19 APR 1945. Watchmaker and singer he was encouraged by Cosima Wagner to train at the Bayreuth School. He made his stage début there in 1894. Roles included Siegfried in Siegfried (1896). He also sang in Paris, Brussels and various German cities. Was the first Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera (1903), which drew the wrath of Cosima Wagner, who wished to gain exclusive rights for the work. As a result, Burgstaller, as well as basso Anton van Rooy, and conductor Alfred Hertz, were barred from any further performances at Bayreuth. By 1908, his voice deteriorated and he returned to Germany
1873 FP of German soprano Katherine Fleischer-Edel, in Mülheim. d. Dresden, July 18, 1928.
1874 Birth of Dutch composer Bertha Frensel WEGENER-KOOPMAN in Bloemendaal. d-Amsterdam, 17 JUL 1953.
1877 Birth of American composer William Clifford HEILMAN in Williamsport, PA. d- Williamsport, 20 DEC 1946.
1879 Birth of English composer, pianist, poet and writer Cyril Meir SCOTT in Oxton, Cheshire. d-Eastbourne, 31 DEC 1970.
1880 Birth of French violinist Jacques THIBAUD in Bordeaux. d-French Alps, 1 SEP 1953, in an airplane crash en route to French Indochina.
1881 Birth of composer Ernest Samuel Williams
1889 FP of GOMES' "Lo Schiavo" Rio de Janeiro.
1892 Arrival of Czech composer Antonin Dvorák to take Director's position at the National Conservatory in NYC.
1903(JC, GC=10 OCT) Birth of Russian-American composer and songwriter Vernon Duke aka Vladimir Dukelsky, in Parfianovka (Pskov). d-Santa Monica, CA, 1969.
1905 Birth of Belgian composer and conductor Daniel STERNEFELD in Antwerp. d-1986.
1909 Birth of composer and pianist Jean BERGER. d-May, 2002.
1917 Birth of Italian soprano Sally Amato. d. New York, Aug. 16, 2000
1919 Death of Spanish-born Italian soprano Adelina Patti in Brecon, Wales. One of the highest paid singers of her time, performed until 1914. b-Madrid, 19 FEB 1843.Search Amazon.com for Adelina Patti
1960 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum. Which are three madrigals by Gesualdo transcribed for orchestra, composer conducting in Venice.
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