Today in classical music history September 15

 Jeno HUBAY

1572 Birth of composer Erasmus Widmann

1586 Birth of composer Cristobal de Isla Diego

1685 Birth of composer Gottfried Kirkhoff

1690 Birth of composer Ignazio Prota

1707 J.S. Bach employed by Church of St. Blaise in Muhlhausen as organist. [Some sources say Bach started as organist at St. Blaise in Muhlhausen on 15 June 1707, not Sept. 15 Bach time line | hoasm]

1744 Birth of composer Georg Ritschel

1750 Gluck marries Maria Anna Bergin of aristocratic Viennese family.

1764 Birth of composer Friedrich Heine

1764 Birth of composer Paolo Francesco Parenti

1795 FP of DITTERSDORF: "Der Schach von Schiras" singspiel, Oles.

1808 Birth of composer Louis Clapisson

1815 (17th?)  Birth of Norwegian conductor Halfdan KJERULF in Oslo. d-Christiania, 11 AUG 1868.

1816 Birth of composer Edward Wolff

1837 Birth of composer Leo van Gheluwe

1841 Death of Italian composer Alessandro Rolla in Pavia. b-Milan, 23 APR 1757.

1842 Death of French violinist Pierre Marie BAILLOT in Paris. b-nr. Paris, 1 OCT 1771.

1851 Birth of composer Josif Marinkovic

1854 FP of BARBIERI: "Los diamantes de la corona" Madrid.

1855 Birth of German-American organist and composer Adam GEIBEL. Blind since childhood. d-1933.

1856 (18th?) Birth of Austrian mezzo-soprano Rosa Papier-Paumgartner, in Baden, nr Vienna, Sep. 15, 1858; d. Vienna, Feb. 9, 1932

1858 Birth of Hungarian composer and teacher Jeno HUBAY in Budapest. d-Vienna, 12 MAR 1937. Operas, "Alienor" (Budapest, 1891); "Moharózsa" (Budapest, 1903); "Lavotta szerelme" (Budapest, 1906); A Cremonai hegedüs" Budapest, 1894); "A falu rossza" (Budapest, 1896); "Anna Karenina" (Budapest, 1923); "Az álarc" (Budapest, 1931); "Die Venus von Milo" (Budapest, 1932); "Judith Simon" (?)

1863 Birth of American composer of church music, Horatio William PARKER in Auberndale, MA. d-Cedarhurst, NY 18 DEC 1919.

1863 FP of GOMES: "Joana de Flandres" Rio de Janeiro (1863).

1867 Birth of Swedish soprano Alma Hulting, in Karlesborg, Sep. 15, 1867; d. May 25, 1916:

1875 Death of French pianist Louise Dumont Farrenc in Paris. b-Paris, 31 MAY 1804.

1876 Birth in Berlin of American-naturalized conductor Bruno WALTER (SCHLESINGER) in Berlin. d-Beverly Hills, CA 17 FEB 1962. MET: Fidelio, Feb. 14, 1941, 10- seasons (1940-46, 50-51, 55-57, 58-59) 118-perf. of 9-works.

1878 Birth of Polish baritone Waclaw Brzezinski. d. Feb. 13, 1955.

1879 Birth of Italian baritone Taurino Parvis, in Turin. d. May 9, 1957 MET: Début: Nov. 23, 1904 [Enrico] Lucia di Lammermoor, 2 seasons (1904-06) 70 Perf., 10 works.

1884 Birth of Argentinian composer Floro Manuel UGARTE in Buenos Aires. d-Buenos Aires, 11 JUN 1975.

1884 Death (Suicide) of Russian pianist and composer Joseph Rubinstein in Lucerne. Wagner supporter. b-StaroKonstantinov, 8 FEB 1847.

1886 Birth of American soprano Gretchen Hood. d. May. 2, 1978.

1890 Birth of Swiss composer Frank MARTIN  (mar TAHN) in Geneva. d-Netherlands, 21 NOV 1974. Operas, "Der Sturm" (Vienna, 1956); "Monsieur de Pourceaugnac" (Geneva, 1963); "Das Märchen vom Aschenbrödel" (Basel, 1945); "Ein Totentanz zu Basel im Jahre" (Basel, 1943).

1895 Birth of Italian-American pianist and composer Aurelio GIORNI in Perugia. With Elshuco Trio 1919-1934. d-Pittsfield, MA Suicide, 23 SEP 1938.

1896 Birth of composer Tadeusz Szeligowski

1897 Borth of German bass-baritone Pail Schöeffler, in Dresden, Sep. 15, 1897; d. Eng. Nov. 21, 1977

1899 FP of FRONTINI: "Il Falconiere" Catania (1899).

1900 FP of ENNA: "Princess on the Pea" after Anderson; Århus (1900).

1903 Birth of Italian soprano-mezzo soprano Pia Tassinari, in Madigliana. d. May 15, 1995

1909 Birth of Uruguayan composer Carlos ESTRADA in Montevideo.

1912 Birth of composer Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo

1913 Birth of Canadian composer Henry Dreyfus BRANT in Montreal.

1913 Birth of German glass harmonica player Bruno HOFFMANN in Stuttgart. d-Stuttgart, 11 APR 1991.

1917 Birth of Austrian soprano (photo) bio: Hilde GUEDEN in Vienna. d-Klosterneuburg, 17 SEP 1988. MET: Début: Nov. 15, 1951 [Gilda] Rigoletto, 9 seasons (1951-60) 137 perf. 14 roles, 12 works.

1917 Birth of English composer Richard ARNELL.

1921 Birth of composer Jan Frank Fischer

1922 FP of FERRARI-TRECATE: "Pierozzo" Alessandria (1922); [Lost}.

1923 Birth of Austrian organist, conductor and composer Anton HEILLER in Vienna. d-Vienna, 25 MAR 1979.

1923 Birth of American composer David KRAEHENBUEHL. d- 1997.

1927 Birth of German soprano Erika Koth. d. Feb. 21, 1989.

1930 FP of ATANASOV: "Altzek" Sofia (1930).

1933 Birth of Spanish conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de BURGOS in Burgos, Spain. d-11 June 2014. OBIT

1934 FP of KRENEK: " Cefalo e Procri" Venice (1934); w/Apolo Granforte (t/b) (1886-1975) It.

1945 Birth of American Soprano Jessye NORMAN in Augusta, GA. MET: Début: Sep. 26, 1983 [Cassandre] Les Troyens, 9 seasons (1983-85, 86- 91, 92-93, 95-96) 85 perf., 11 roles, 10 works.

1945 Death of Austrian composer Anton von Webern, accidentally shot by an American soldier in Mittersill, Austria. b-Vienna, 3 DEC 1883.

1946 FP by the Royal Philharmonic, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting.

1946 FP of Charles Ives' String Quartet No. 2 [1913], at the Yaddo Music Festival by the Walden Quartet in Saratoga, NY.

1946 FP of Henry Cowell's Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 5 for string orchestra. Spa Music Festival Orchestra, F. Charles Adler conducting at the Saratoga Springs, NY, Convention Hall.

1948 Release of european recording of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra with Eduard van Beinum conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

1951 Birth of English baritone Richard SUART in Lancashire.

1955 Birth of American composer John SHARPLEY.

1956 Birth of composer and woodwind performer Ned ROTHENBERG.

1957 Birth of American composer Miguel del AGUILA in Uraguay.

1973 FP of BLACHER: "Yvonne, Prinzessin von Burgund" Wuppertal (1973).

1983 Death of choreographer LeRoy Prinz at 88.

2000 FP of Sallinen's opera King Lear. Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.