October 18 Today in classical music history

Shinichi SUZUKI (1898-1998)

1545 Death of English church composer and organist John Taverner, in Boston, England, at age 55. b-South Lincolnshire, 1490. Search Amazon.com for John Taverner. [Not to be confused with English composer John Tavener].

1611 Birth of composer Valentin Strobel

1702 FP of KEISER's "Sieg der fruchtbaren Pomona" Hamburg.

1706 Birth of Italian opera composer Baldassare GALUPPI in Burano, near Venice. Choirmaster at St. Mark's. d-Venice, 3 JAN 1785. With librettist Carlo Goldoni wrote over 100 popular operas. Search Amazon.com for Baldassare GALUPPI

1728 FP of KEISER's "Lucius Verus oder Die siegende Treue" Hamburg.

1752 FP of Rousseau's opera The Village Seer before the King at Fontainebleau. "Le devin du village".

1789 Birth of composer Giovanni Tadolini

1792 FP of GRÉTRY's "Basile, ou A tromperr, trompeur et demi" Paris.

1794 Birth of composer Ferdinand Lukas Schubert

1817 Death of French composer Etienne Mehul in Paris at age 54. b-Givet, 22 JUN 1763. Search Amazon.com for Etienne Mehul

1817 FP of HÉROLD's "La Clochette" Paris.

1833 Birth of composer Johannes Habert

1834 FP of DONIZETTI's "Buondelmonte" a revised "Maria Stuarda".

1842 Birth of German violinist Emanuel WIRTH in Luditz. d-Berlin, 5 JAN 1923. Played in Joachim Quartet.

1844 Birth of composer Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu

1850 Birth of French composer Francis THOME' in Mauritius. d-Paris, 16 NOV 1909. Search Amazon.com for Francis THOME'

1854 FP of GOUNOD's "La Nonne sanglante" Paris.

1873 FP of Johannes Brahms' String Quartet in a, Op. 51, no. 2. Joachim Quartet in Berlin. CD-Brahms: The Three String Quartets; Piano Quintet

1876 FP of LECOCQ's "Kosiki" Paris.

1879 Birth of Polish composer Gregor FITELBERG in Latvia. Founded a young composers group with Szymanowski in Berlin in 1905. In 1935 conductor of Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In London from 1940. d-Katowice, 10 JUN 1953. Father of Jerzy.

1887 FP of Brahm's Double Concerto. Brahms conducting, Joachim, violin and Hausmann, cello, in Cologne. CD-Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 / Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 - Gidon Kremer / Clemens Hagen / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1893 Death of French composer Charles Gounod in Paris at age 75. b-Saint-Cloud, 17 JUN 1818. Search Amazon.com for Charles Gounod

1894 Birth of French soprano Jane Laval,  [Jane Santiard] in Nizza. d. 1986. Search Amazon.com for Jane Laval

1879 Birth of composer Grzlegorz Fitelberg

1891 Birth of composer Vaclav Kalik

1898 Birth of Japanese violinist and teaching administrator Shin'ichi SUZUKI in Nagoya. d- 1998. BIO. Founded Tokyo String Quartet, 1930. Search Amazon.com for Shin'ichi SUZUKI

1898 Birth of Austrian-American actress, dancer and singer Lotte LENYA in Vienna. d -27 NOV 1981. m-composer Kurt Wiell. Search Amazon.com for Lotte LENYA.

1901 Birth of composer Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov

1903 Birth of Dutch composer and American lawyer Henri Emile ENTHOVEN in Amsterdam. d-NYC, 26 DEC 1950.

1904 FP of Mahler's Fifth Symphony. Gürzenich Orchestra, composer conducting, in Cologne. CD-Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Zander, Philharmonia Orchestra

1910 Birth of composer Vojislav Vuckovic

1919 Birth of soprano Irmgard Arnold. Search Amazon.com for Irmgard Arnold

1920 Birth of English tenor Basil Alexander Young. d- 5 MAR 2000. Studied at Royal College of Music, London. Debut Edinburgh Festival,1950. Know as good dramatist.

1921 FP of STOLZ "Der Tanz ins Glück" operetta, Vienna.

1922 Birth of composer Camillo Togni

1922 The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed to bring information, cultural programming, arts and music to homes in the UK.

1923 FP of Stravinsky's Octet for winds with composer conducting, in Paris, at a Koussevitsky Concert CD-Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments, etc.

1923 FP of Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto in D, Marcel Darrieux the violinist. CD-Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos no 1 / Rostropovich, Vengerov

1924 Birth of Norwegian composer, organist and critic Egil HOVLAND in Mysen. Search Amazon.com for Egil HOVLAND

1930 Birth of American baritone Barry McDANIEL in Lyndon-Topeka, Kansas. MET Début: Jan. 19, 1972 [Pelléas] Pelléas et Mélisande, 1 season (1971-72) 7 perf., 1 work. Search Amazon.com for Barry McDANIEL

1932 Birth of composer John BIGGS. 

1933 Birth of French composer and organist Jacques CHARPENTIER in Paris. Search Amazon.com for Jacques CHARPENTIER

1933 Birth of Italian bass Alfredo Giacomotti, in Voghera.  Search Amazon.com for Alfredo Giacomotti

1934 Birth of Swedish soprano Berit Lindholm. MET Début: Feb. 20, 1975 [Brünhilde] Die Walküre, 1 season (19 74-75) 6 perf., 3 works. Search Amazon.com for Berit Lindholm

1935 Birth of composer Jorge Cervello

1937 Birth of Swedish soprano Catarina Ligendza.  Search Amazon.com for Catarina Ligendza.

1939 Birth of tenor Reiner Goldberg. MET Début: Jan. 27, 1992 [Floestan] Fidelio, 1 season (1991-92) 6 perf., 2 works. Search Amazon.com for Reiner Goldberg

1943 FP of Jerome Moross' Symphony No. 1. Seattle Symphony, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. CD-Moross: Symphony No.1/The Last Judgement/Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

1944 Death of Austrian composer and conductor Viktor Ullmann in Auschwitz. b-Teschen, 1 JAN 1898. Search Amazon.com for Viktor Ullmann

1945 Birth of American soprano Betsy Norden, in Cincinnati, OH. MET Début: Apr. 29, 1972 [Barbarina] Le Nozze di Figaro, 21 seasons (1971-92) 522 perf., 39 roles, 35 works. Search Amazon.com for Betsy Norden

1946 (Oct 8?) Birth of American composer Howard SHORE. Search Amazon.com for Howard SHORE Wikipedia

1946 FP of Copland's Third Symphony by the Boston Symphony with S. Koussevitsky conducting. Im memory of conductor's wife Natalie. CD-Copland: Third Symphony/Music For The Theatre

1953 Death of English mezzo-soprano Marguerite d'Alvarez in Alassio. b. Liverpool, 1886.

1953 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Preludium for Jazz Ensemble with Robert Craft conducting. An "Evenings on the Roof" concert in Los Angeles, CA. 

1954 Birth of American composer Justin Dello Joio. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, NYC. Search Amazon.com for Justin Dello Joio

1957 FP of Paul Creston's Toccata for orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra. CD-Creston: Symphony 5 / Toccata / Out of the Cradle

1958 FP of Harald Saeverud's Minnesota Symphony. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati conducting. CD-Sæverud: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 8

1961 Birth of American trumpet virtuoso Wynton MARSALIS in New Orleans, LA. Search Amazon.com for Wynton MARSALIS.

1964 Birth of English composer Dominy CLEMENTS in Newport, South Wales.

1967 Birth of Argentinian composer Sebastian ZUBIETA.

1981 FP of Pierre Boulez' Répons for 30 instruments and electronics. Donaueschingen Festival of Contemporary Music in West Germany. CD-Pierre Boulez: Répons / Dialogue de l'Ombre Double (20/21 series).

1984 FP of Harrison Birtwistle's Secret Theatre for chamber ensemble. London Sinfonietta, David Atherton conducting. CD-Harrison Birtwistle: Secret Theater / Tragoedia / Five Distances / Three Settings of Celan - Pierre Boulez / Ensemble InterContemporain

1990 FP of Elisabetta Brusa's Nittemero Symphony. London Chamber Orchestra, Odaline de la Martinez conducting. CD-Brusa: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

2000 FP of Lukas Foss' Solo Transformed for piano and orchestra. Peter Serkin with the Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue conducting. Search Amazon.com for Lukas Foss

2003 FP of Daniel Catan's Suite from Florencia en el Amazonas. Madison Symphony, John DeMain, conducting in Madison, WI. CD-Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas