NOVEMBER 10 Today in classical music history

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1483 Birth of German hymn composer, flutist and religious reformer Martin LUTHER in Eisleben. d-Eisleben, 14 FEB 1546. Search Amazon.com for Martin LUTHER

1636 Birth of Italian composer Francesco PASSARINI. Search Amazon.com for Francesco PASSARINI

1665 Death of Bohemian composer Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, at 36, in Stuttgart. b-1628. Search Amazon.com for Samuel Friedrich Capricornus

1668 Birth of French composer and organist Francois COUPERIN in Paris. d-Paris, 11 SEP 1733. Search Amazon.com for Francois COUPERIN

1679 Birth of German composer Johann Christian SCHIEFERDECKER. Search Amazon.com for Johann Christian SCHIEFERDECKER

1694 Birth of French composer Jean-Laurent KRAFT.

1704 Birth of Italian composer Carlo ZUCCARI. Search Amazon.com for Carlo ZUCCARI

1719 Birth of English composer Georg Philipp KRESS. Search Amazon.com for Georg Philipp KRESS

1726 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan on the 21st Sunday following Trinity. Was part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig, 1725-27. Search Amazon.com for Cantata No. 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

1772 Birth of German composer Jan Nepomuk KANKA.

1786 Birth of German violinist and composer Carl EBERWEIN in Weimar. Search Amazon.com for Carl EBERWEIN

1804 FP of SALIERI's "Die Neger" Vienna.

1811 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Louis KUFFERATH. Family of musicians. d- Brussels, 2 MAR 1882.

1821 Death of German violinist and composer Andreas Jacob Romberg, at 54 in Gotha. b- Vechta, 27 APR 1767. Search Amazon.com for Andreas Jacob Romberg

1833 Birth of Bulgarian composer Dobri VOYNIKOV. Search Amazon.com for Dobri VOYNIKOV

1843 Birth of Italian composer Gialdino GIALDINI in Pescia. d-Pescia, 6 MAR 1919. Search Amazon.com for Gialdino GIALDINI

1846 Birth of German composer Paul KUCZYNSKI in Berlin. d-Berlin 21 OCT 1897. Search Amazon.com for Paul KUCZYNSKI

1846 FP of MERCADANTE's "Orazi e Curiazi" tragedia lirica, Naples.

1846 Birth of Finnish choral director Martin WEGELIUS, Helsingfors Conservatory. Taught Sibelius and Jarnefelt. d-1906. Search Amazon.com for Martin WEGELIUS

1851 Death of German composer, priest and teacher Joseph Mainzer in Salford, Lancashire, England. b-Trier, 21 OCT 1801. Search Amazon.com for Joseph Mainzer

1854 Birth of German tenor Raimund von zur-Müehlen,  in Livonia. d. Steyning, Sussex, Dec. 9, 1931.

1862 FP of Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino, commissioned by the Russian Imperial Opera, in St. Petersburg. CD-Forza Del Destino-Complete Opera

1864 Birth of Brazilian-French composer Alexandre LEVY in Sao Paulo. d-Sao Paulo, 17 JAN 1892. Search Amazon.com for Alexandre LEVY

1872 FP of Bizet's l'Arlesienne Suite, in Paris. CD-Bizet: Carmen and L' Arlésienne Suites

1873 Birth of French composer and conductor Henri Benjamin RABAUD in Paris. Director of conservatory following Faure. d-Paris, 11 SEP 1949.

1873 Birth of Belgian mezzo-soprano Jeanne MAUBOURG in Namur. d- Montreal, 12 MAY 1953. Studied in Nancy, Algiers, and Paris. Début at the Théâtre des Galeries in Brussels, Ali Baba, 1895. Chicago Opera 1915, 1916. M-conductor Albert Roberval. In Montreal, Maubourg Ave was named in her honor, 1965. MET Opera début, 12 DEC 1909 as Lange in La Fille de Madame Angot, 5 seasons, 1909-14.

1875 FP of LECOCQ's "Le pompon" Paris.

1876 FP of German soprano Mia Werber, in Wiendied. d. Theresienstadt, 1943.

1883 Birth of Czech composer Bedrich Antonin WIEDERMANN. Search Amazon.com for Bedrich Antonin WIEDERMANN

1888 American debut of 13 year old violinist Fritz Kreisler at Old Steinway Hall in NYC. Search Amazon.com for Fritz Kreisler

1889 Birth of American composer Edward Joseph COLLINS. d-1951. The effects of remedial education (Educational monographs)

1894 FP of HUBAY's "Le Luthier de Crémone" Budapest.

1892 Birth of Austrian soprano Maria Schreker-Binder, in Vienna, Nov. 10. 1892; d. Berlin, Dec. 23, 1878

1892 FP of MASCAGNI's "I Rantzau" Florence.

1896 FP of A. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in Ab, Op. 105, in Vienna. CD-Dvorák: The String Quartets

1900 Debute of Russian pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch at Carnegie Hall in NYC. m.-contralto Clara Clemens, daughter of American writer Samuel 'Mark Twain' Clemens. Search Amazon.com for Ossip Gabrilowitsch

1900 FP Leoncavallo's light opera Zaza, in Milan. w/ tenor Edoardo Garbin  (1879-1937) It. [Dufresne].

1902 Birth of Columbian pianist and composer Antonio Maria VALENCIA in Cali. d-Cali, 22 JUL 1952.

1907 FP of DESTOUCHES' "Omphale" Paris.

1909 Death of Danish composer, pharmacist and teacher Ludvig Theodore Schytte in Berlin. b-Aarhus, 28 APR 1848.

1909 Gustav Mahler conducts the New York Philharmonic from the keyboard of Steinway piano with altered action as harpsichord. Performed his symphonic arrangement of movements from Bach’s Orchestral Suites. Search Amazon.com for Gustav Mahler

1909 Debut in America of tenor John McCormack at the MET in NYC, in Verdi's La Traviata. Search Amazon.com for John McCormack

1910 FP of Block's "Macbeth" Paris.

1910 FP of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Fritz Kreisler, soloist at Queens's hall in London. Search Amazon.com for Elgar's Violin Concerto

1912 Birth of Mexican composer Salvador CONTRERAS-Sánchez in Cuerámaro. d-Mexico City, 7 NOV 1982. Salvador Contreras: Vida y obra (Coleccion de estudios musicologicos) (Spanish Edition)

1916 Birth of Italian composer Guido TURCHI in Rome. Il Buon soldato Svejk. [Opera.] Canto e pianoforte

1919 Birth of French mezzo-soprano Suzanne Lefort, in Lievin. d. Paris, Mar. 20, 1977.

1923 FP of HUBAY's "Anna Karenina" Budapest.

1926 Birth of Czech composer Jeronym ZAJICEK , in Krasne; Brezno, Czechoslovakia. American citizen in 1957. From 1964-1996 taught composition and conducting at the Chicago City College.

1927 Death of Norwegian composer and conductor Ole Olsen in Oslo. b-Hammerfest, 4 JUL 1850. Search Amazon.com for conductor Ole Olsen

1928 Birth of Italian composer Ennio MORRICONE, in Rome, Italy. Search Amazon.com for Ennio MORRICONE

1928 FP of PALMA's "Los Hijos del Sol" (The Sons of the Sun) Buenos Aires.

1929 Birth of Greek tenor Michael Heliotis, in Athens.

1930 Birth of Yugoslav composer Toma PROSEV in Skopje. Toma Prosev - The Sun Of The Ancient Country; Oratorium/macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra

1932 FP of Bernard Wagenaar's Second Symphony. NY Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

1938 Birth of Dutch composer Jan VRIEND in Sijbekarspel.

1938 Birth of Dutch conductor H. J. de ROYEN, director-manager Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. d-27 FEB 1991.

1941 Birth of English tenor Graham CLARK in Littleborough. MET Début Oct. 17, 1985 [Steva] Jenufa, 11 seasons (1985-86, 87-93, 95-98, 99-2000) 63 perf. 9 roles, 8 works. Search Amazon.com for Graham CLARK

1942 Birth of Swiss-Russian composer and conductor Michel TABACHNIK in Geneva. 

1954 FP of CIKKER's "Juro Jánosik" Bratislava.

1955 Birth of English organist David FLOOD, master of the choristers, Canterbury Cathedral, England.

1956 Birth of English composer Frederick NAFTEL in Manchester.

1957 FP of A. Copland's incidental music for The World of Nick Adams based on text by Ernest Hemingway, for a live CBS television broadcast.

1960 Birth of American composer Andrew WAGGONER. Search Amazon.com for Andrew WAGGONER

1960 Death of American composer Isadore Freed, at 60 in Rockville Centre, NY. b-Brest-Litovsk, Russia; 26 MAR 1900. Belarusian Composers: Victor Smolski, Isadore Freed, Uladzimir Karyzny, Vasily Rainchik, Igor Luchenok, Niescier Sakalouski

1968 FP of Kalmanoff's "Victory at Masada" Detroit.

1994 FP of Stephen Albert's Symphony No. 2. New York Philharmonic, with Hugh Wolff conducting.