OCTOBER 23 Today in classical music history
1619 Death of English music editor and singer Nicholas Younge of St. Paul's. In 1588
published Musica Transalpina madrigals.
1754 FP of Rameau's opera-ballet Anacreon, at Fontainebleau. CD-Rameau: Orchestral Suites, Vol.2
1762 Birth of Italian composer Pietro Generali aka MERCANDETTI in Masserano. d-Novara, 3 NOV 1832.
1801 Birth of German composer Gustav Albert LORTZING in Berlin. d-Berlin, 21 JAN 1851. Search Amazon.com for Gustav Albert LORTZING
1801 Death of German composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann in Dresden. b-Blasewitz, 17 APR 1741. Search Amazon.com for Johann Gottlieb Naumann
1806 Death of German conductor Franz Seydelmann in Dresden. b-Dresden, 8 OCT 1748. Search Amazon.com for Franz Seydelmann
1819 Birth of American composer Isaac Baker WOODBURY in Beverly, MA. d-Columbia, SC 26 OCT 1858. Search Amazon.com for Isaac Baker WOODBURY
1846 Birth of Russian conductor, composer and choral director Alexander Andreyevich ARCHANGELSKY nr. Penza. d-Prague, 16 NOV 1924.
1851 Birth of Canadian composer, singer and teacher Guillaume COUTURE in Montreal. d-Montreal, 15 JAN 1915. Search Amazon.com for Guillaume COUTURE
1859 FP of Flowtow's music for The Winter's Tale by
Shakespeare, in Weimar.
1866 Death of Russian cellist Prince Nicolas Galitzin, murdered by his
freed serfs. He founded the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society. Friend of
Beethoven who dedicated Quartets to him. Op 127, 130 & 132. b-1794.
1881 First of the Lamoureux Concerts in Paris, founded by Charles
Lamoureux.
1890 FP of Borodin's opera Prince Igor at the Imperial Opera House
in St. Petersburg, Russia. Completed by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov. CD-The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics
1893 Birth of Belgian composer Jean ABSIL in Bon-Secours. d-Uccle, Brussels, 2 FEB 1974. Was composer of 4 symphonies, a Divertimento for 4 saxophones and chamber orchestra, 2 piano concertos and ballets. Search Amazon.com for Jean ABSIL
1897 FP of Alexander Scriabin's piano concerto. Scriabin was soloist, in Odessa. CD-Scriabin: Poeme De L'extase / Piano Concerto / Promethee
1903 FP of Edward MacDowell's symphonic poem Lamia based on Keats poem. Boston Symphony, Max Fiedler conducting. CD-MacDowell: The Symphonic Poems
1906 Birth of American composer Miriam GIDEON in Greeley, CO. d-18 JUN 1996. Search Amazon.com for Miriam GIDEON
1913 FP of Frederick Delius' On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Artur Nikisch conducting. CD-Delius: Orchestral Works
1921 Birth of French soprano Denise DUVAL in Paris. Search Amazon.com for Denise DUVAL
1923 Birth of American composer and writer Ned ROREM in Richmond, IN. Search Amazon.com for Ned ROREM
1925 Birth of Greek composer Manos HADZIDAKIS. Search Amazon.com for Manos HADZIDAKIS
1928 Birth of American composer P. Peter SACCO. d-Ashland, OR 12 AUG 2000.
1931 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Violin Concerto. Samuel Dushkin was
soloist. Stravinsky conducting. CD-Hilary Hahn ~ Brahms · Stravinsky - Violin Concertos
1933 Birth of America composer Jerome David GOODMAN in Chester, PA. Search Amazon.com for Jerome David GOODMAN
1938 Birth of French composer Isabelle ABOULKER in Boulogne Billancourt. Search Amazon.com for Isabelle ABOULKER
1941 Birth of American conductor Lawrence FOSTER in Los Angeles. Search Amazon.com for Lawrence FOSTER
1941 FP of William Grant Still's Plain Chant for America. New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli conducting. Search Amazon.com for Still's Plain Chant for America
1943 Birth of Australian composer Ross EDWARDS in Sydney. Search Amazon.com for Ross EDWARDS
1947 Birth of American composer Neil ROLNICK. Search Amazon.com for Neil ROLNICK
1955 Birth of Japanese composer
Toshio HOSAKAWA. Profile data.
1957 Birth of American composer Michael Glenn WILLIAMS in CA.
1959 FP of Ned Rorem's Eagles by The Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. CD-Rorem: Eagles/Piano Concerto/Air Music
1959 FP of Walter Piston's Three New England Sketches for orchestra. Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray conducting in Worcester, MA. CD-Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4; Three New England Sketches; Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra
1963 FP of Alan Hovhaness' Symphony No. 17 Symphony for Metal Orchestra in Cleveland. CD-Hovhaness: Holy City Op218; Symphony No17
1970 FP of George Crumb's Black Angels '13 Images from the Dark Lord' for string quartet, in Ann Arbor, MI. CD-Black Angels
1971 Birth of Italian composer Carlo FORLIVESI in Faenza, Ravenna. Search Amazon.com for Carlo FORLIVESI
1981 FP of Roger Sessions' Concerto for Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pulitzer Prize for Music (1982). CD-Andrzej Panufnik: Sinfonia Votiva (Symphony No. 8) / Roger Sessions: Concerto for Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
1987 Birth of American composer Nathan TOWNS in Lawrence, KS.
1975 FP of Harry Somer's Louis riel in Washington, DC.
1997 FP of Richard Danielpour's Celestial Night New Jersey Symphony, Zdenek Macal conducting. CD-Richard Danielpour: Celestial Night
2003 FP of John Corigliano's Mr. Tamborine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, for orchestra and amplified soloist. Soprano Hila Pittman with Robert Spano conducting The Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis, MN.
1917 2004 Death of MET Opera baritone Robert MERRILL (aka Morris
Miller) in NYC, watching baseball game at his home. b-Brooklyn, NY 4 JUN 1917. Search Amazon.com for Robert MERRILL
2004 FP of Andre Previn's Four Songs with texts by William Carlos and Phillip Larkin. Baritone Anthony Dean Griffey with composer, piano at Zankel Hall, NYC.
