Today in classical music history September 14

Johann Michael HAYDN

1716 FP of FUX: "Angelica vincitice de Alcina" Vienna (1716).

1722 Birth of composer Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer.

1731 J.S. Bach begins organ recitals in Dresden, 14-21 SEP.

1737 Birth of Austrian composer Johann Michael HAYDN in Rohrau. Brother of Franz Joseph, friend of Mozart. Concertmaster to the Archbishop of Salzburg. d-Salzburg, 10 AUG 1806. Singspiel: "Rebekka als Braut" (Salzburg, 1766); "Der Traum" (1767); "Die Hochzeit auf der Alm" (Salzburg, 1768); "Die Wahrheit der Natur" (Salzburg, 1769); "Hermann, ein Beyspiel der Liebe zum Vaterlande" (1773); "Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl" (c.1773-5); "Titus, der standhafte Christ" (Lost, 1774); "Abels Tod" (c.1778); "Der englische Patriot" (c.1779): "Andromeda e Perseo" (Salzburg, .1787); "Die Ährenleserin" (Salzburg, 1788).

1741 Handel finishes his Messiah after constant work for 23 days. CD-Handel: Messiah / Harper, Watts,...available here.

1748 Birth of composer Johann Paul Schulthesius

1760 Birth of Italian composer Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore CHERUBINI in Florence. d-Paris, 15 MAR 1842.

1761 Birth of composer Pavel Lambert Masek

1768 Birth of composer Georg Johann Schinn

1772 FP of JOMMELLI: "Cerere placata" Naples (1772).

1775 FP of HAYDN: "L'incontro improvviso" (Esterháza (1775).

1781 FP of BIANCHI: "Venere e Adone" Florence (1781).

1782 FP of Sarti: "I dui Litiganti" Milan (1782).

1811 FP of ISOUARD: "Le billet de loterie" Paris (1811).

1814 In Baltimore Maryland, at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key finishes his Star Spangled Banner in early morning hours. CD-The American Album, available here.

1820 FP of DANZI: "L'Abbe de Attaignant oder Die Theaterprobe" Karlsruhe (1820).

1833 Death of Irish composer and organist John Andrew Stephenson in Kells, County Meath. b-Dublin, NOV 1761.

1833 Death of Irish composer Sir Andrew Moore.

1839 Birth of Czech composer Johann Nepomuk KRAL.

1840 Birth of composer George Elbridge Whiting

1842 Birth of American composer George Elbridge WHITING in Holliston, MA. d-1923.

1851 Birth of French pianist and composer Gabrielle FERRARI in Paris. d. Paris, July 4, 1921: Opera: "Le dernier amour" (Paris, 1895); "Sous le masque" (Vichy, 1893); "Le Tartare" (Paris, 1906); "Le Cobzar" (Monte Carlo, 1909).

1854 FP of Missa Solemnis by Anton Bruckner, in St. Florian, Austria. CD- Missa available here.

1866 Birth of New Zealand composer Mentor CROSSE in Dunedin.

1869 Birth of American soprano Ellen Beach-Yaw, in Boston, MA. d. Covina, CA, Sep. 9, 1947: MET: Debut: Mar. 21, 1908 [Lucia] Lucia di Lammermoor, 1 season (1908) I perf., 1 work.

1876 Birth of Italian baritone Ernesto Badini. d. July 6, 1937: Début Lambro, [Figaro] Il barbiere (1895). Called to La Scala by Toscanini to perform in Verdi's Falstaff (1913). Badini contemplated the more congenital parts [Ford] Falstaff, [Beckmeister], [Lescaut], [Gianni Schicchi], [Kyoto], [Malatesta,], in Don Pasquale, [Giordano], in Sly, by Wolf-Ferrari (1927), and many other roles. Badini sang in the Complete Pagliacci (1907) recorded at La Scala, conducted by Carlo Sabajno (supervised by Leoncavallo).

1882 Birth of composer Harald Fryklof

1882 Birth of Belgian mezzo-soprano Clair Croiza, [Conelly] in Paris, Sep. 14, 1882; d Paris, May 27, 1946.

1885 Birth of Italian opera conductor Vittorio Gui, in Rome. d. Florence, Oct. 16, 1975: Founder of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.  Vittorio GUI. d-1972.

1885 Birth of American tenor Charles Marshall, in Waterville, ME. d. May 8, 1951

1885 Death of German composer Friedrich Kiel. b-Puderbach, 8 OCT 1821.

1887 Birth of Polish violinist Paul (Pawel) KOCHANSKI in Warsaw, (Orel). From 1924 at the Juilliard School in NYC. d-NYC, 12 JAN 1934.

1891 Birth of Polish soprano Ada Nordenova, in Prague, Sep. 14, 1891; d. 1973.

1896 Birth of Mexican tenor José Mojica, in Mexico City DF. d. Sep. 21, 1974

1898 FP of HERBERT: "The Fortune Teller" Operetta, Toronto (1898).

1903 FP of DE KOVAN: w/com. W. Jerome, J. Schwartz: "The Jersey Lilly" New York (1903).

1904 Birth of Russian mezzo-soprano Sifya P. Preobrazhenskaya.

1904 Birth of German composer Richard MOHAUPT in Breslau. d-Reichenau, 3 JUL 1957.

1905 FP of HERBERT: "Wonderland" Operetta, Buffalo, N Y (1905).

1910 Birth of Swiss composer Rolf LIEBERMANN, in Zurich. d-Paris, 2 JAN 1999. Universal edition bio. Also see: Ricordi. Operas, "Das neue Land" (Basel, 1946); "Leonore 40/45" (Basel, 1952: "Penelope" (Salzburg, 1954); "The School for Wives" (Louisville, KY, 1955); rev: "Die Schule der Frauen" (Salzburg, 1957); "La Forêt" (1986); "School for Wives" (Louisville, KY, 1955); "Die Schule der Frauen" (Salzburg, 1957, [rev. The School for Wives).

1910 Birth of American composer, conductor and writer Lehman ENGEL in Jackson, Mississippi. d-29 AUIG 1982.

1914 W. C. Handy copyrights his St. Louis Blues CD-John Williams/Boston Pops Salute to America.

1914 Birth of composer Michael Spisak

1917 Birth of Swiss conductor and violinist Rudolf BAUMGARTNER in Zurich.

1919 Birth of composer Deryck Victor Cooke

1920 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso made his last recording. Rossini's Messe Solonnelle `Crucifixus' sung in Latin.

1922 Birth of English conductor and composer Michael HOWARD. d-2002

1926 Birth of composer Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan

1926 Birth of composer Richard Elsasser

1936 Death of pianist composer Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Detroit. b-St. Petersburg, 7 FEB 1878. Detroit Symphony

1937 Birth of American composer Joseph JARMAN.

1937 FP of MUSSORGSKY: completed by A. Tcherepnin; "Zhenitba" Essen (1937).

1942 Birth of composer Kuldar Sink

1944 Birth of English tenor Martyn HILL in Kent. Owen/White Mgmt.

1950 Birth of Argentinian tenor Raul GIMENEZ in Santa Fe, Argentina.

1951 Birth of Brazilian composer Arrigo BARNABé in Londrina.

1952 FP of Frank Martin's Concerto for Harpsichord, in Venice.

1954 FP of Benjamin Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw, at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. A chamber opera; Venice (1954); w/ Peter Pears (t) (1910-1986) Eng. [Quint]; Douglas Ahlstedt (t) U.S. composer conducting.

1962 Death of French composer Marcel Francois Delannoy in Nantes. b-La Ferte-Alais, 9 JUL 1898.

1964 Death of American composer and pianist Mary Howe in Washington, D. C. b-Richmond, VA 4 APR 1882.

1965 Birth of American composer Shawn PATTERSON in Athol, MA.

1968 Birth of Belgian composer Vincent GHADIMI in Rocourt.

1968 FP of Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12, by the Beethoven Quartet in Moscow.

1973 FP by an American orchestra in China. The Philadelphia Orchestra gives a concert in Beijing.

1975 FP of BLACHER: "Das Gheimnis des entwendeten Briefes" after The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, Berlin (1975).

1978 FP of Samuel Barber's Third Essay for Orchestra by NY Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. CD-available here.

1982 FP of MUSGRAVE: "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" radio opera, London (1982).

1994 FP of Richard Danielpour's Cello Concerto, by San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Yo-Yo Ma, soloist in San Francisco, CA.

1996 FP of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Freitag aus Licht 'Friday from Light', at the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig.

1997 FP of Kaija Saariaho's Graal Théâtre for chamber ensemble, by the Avanti Ensemble and violinist John Storgards, in Helsinki.

2000 Death of Spanish tenor Carlo Del Monte.  b. Badalona, Spain, 1925; d. Mexico City.

2002 FP of David Amram's Flute Concerto Giants of the Night. Louisiana Philharmonic conducted by Klauspeter Seibel, with James Galway the soloist in New Orleans, LA.

2002 FP of Colin Matthews, Judith Weir, Poul Ruders, David Sower, Michael Torke, Anthony Payne, and Magnus Linberg's Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell. BBC Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting, at Royal Albert Hall in London. A collection of orchestral variations on a theme by Henry Purcell commissioned by 'BBC Music magazine' to celebrate their 10th anniversary.