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 Antonio de CABEZON

1687 Baptismal of composer Johann Balthasar Freisslich.  BIO

1510 Birth of blind Spanish composer and organist Antonio de CABEZON.

1725 FP of J. S. Bach´s St. John Passion S. 245, second version. Vespers on Good Friday as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig, 1724-25. The first version premiered on Good Friday, 7 APR 1724.

1727 Birth of Italian composer Tommaso TRAETTA Bitonto. d-Venice, 6 APR 1779.

1764 Death of Italian composer Pietro Locatelli, at age 68, in Amsterdam.

1872 Birth of English baritone Frederic AUSTIN in Paddington, Bedfordshire. d-London, 10 APR 1952.

1772 Birth of Dutch pianist and organist Johann WILMS in Amsterdam. Composed the Dutch national anthem, Wien Neerlands bloed.

1779 Birth of German music publisher Carl Friedrich PETERS in Leipzig. d-Sonnenstein, Bavaria 20 NOV 1827.

1786 FP of CHERUBINI's "Il Giulio Sabino" in London.

1787 Death of German composer Anna Amalia von Preußen in Berlin. b-Berlin, 9 NOV 1723.

1815 Founding in Boston of the Handel and Haydn Society.

1835 Birth of German conductor, teacher and composer Bernhard E. SCHOLZ, in Mainz. Father of pianists Heinz and Robert Scholz, the later a waltz composer.

1845 Birth of German tenor Heinrich GUDEHAUS in Altenhagen. d- Dresden, 9 OCT 1909. Début Berlin (1871). MET Opera Début 28 NOV 1890, [Tannhäuser] Tannhäuser, 1 season (1890-91) 35 Perf., 10 works.

1864 Death of German composer Louis Schindelmeisser in Darmstadt. b- Königsberg, 8 DEC 1811.

1872 Birth of Russian composer Sergei VASSILENKO [Nikifirivich] in Moscow. d-Moscow, 11 MAR 1956.

1750 Birth of composer John Stafford Smith.

1772 Birth of composer Johann Wilhelm Wilms.

1804 Birth of composer Salomon Sulzer.

1805 Birth of composer Adrien de La Fage.

1811 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Angelo Catelani.

1815 Birth of composer Wincenty Studzinski.

1830 Birth of composer Auguste Tolbecque.

1835 Birth of composer Bernhard Scholz.

1872 Birth of composer Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko.

1878 Birth of Italian tenor Gino Giovanelli-Gotti in Siena. d- 24 FEB 1965.

1881 FP of R. Strauss´ first major orchestral work, the Symphony in d, with Hermann Levi, in Munich.

1904 FP of Frederick Delius' Koanga in Eberfeld Germany.

1904 Birth of Belgian dancer Akarova, aka Marguerite Acarin.

1908 Birth of composer Camille Schmit.

1908 Birth of composer Kurt Bruggemann.

1917 Birth of composer Rudolf Bruci.

1917 Birth of composer Els Aarne.

1920 Juilliard Musical Foundation is incorporated in New York City.

1921 Birth of composer Kan Ishii.

1921 Birth of composer Oto Ferenczy.

1922 Birth of composer Germanovich Galinin.

1922 Birth of German composer Peter Jona KORN in Berlin. d-Munich, 12 JAN 1998.

1924 Birth of composer Milko Kelemen.

1925 Birth of composer Ivo Malek.

1925 Birth of Italian soprano Bruna RIZZOLI in Bologna.

1927 Birth of Hungarian baritone Karola Ágay in Budapest.

1927 Birth of American tenor and one-time wool merchant Barry MORELL in Manhasset, NY. d-Cape Cod, 4 DEC 2003 of esophageal cancer. MET Opera Début 1 NOV 1958 [Pinkerton] Madama Butterfly, 19 seasons (1958-69, 70-72,73-79) 257 perf., 19 roles.

1928 Birth of composer Diether de la Motte.

1931 Birth of Hungarian composer and teacher Sandor SZOKOLAY.

1932 Birth of American composer Luigi ZANINELLI.

1935 Birth of American composer John EATON

1935 Birth of American composer Gordon Mumma  , in Framingham, MA.

1939 Birth of Italian bass Gianni MAFFEO in Milan.

1941 Birth of Swedish soprano Laila ANDERSSON in Lësen, Blekinge.

1951 Birth of American composer John David THOMAS in Muncie, IN.

1951 FP of Walter Piston's Symphony No. 4, in Minneapolis.

1952 Birth of English harpsichordist Maggie COLE.

1952 Birth of composer Hsueh-Yung SHEN.

1954 Birth of American composer David LOPATO.

1955 Birth of English pianist Margaret FINGERHUT.

1959 Birth of German clarinetist Sabine MEYER.

1963 Birth of American composer Tony SCAFIDE.

1967 Birth of Canadian composer Daniel THEAKER in Edmonton, Alberta.

1974 Birth of American composer David SCHOBER.

2000 FP of John Corigliano´s Phantasmagoria Suite from the opera The Ghosts of Versailles, by the Minnesota Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero conducting, in Minneapolis, MN.

2004 Death of British radio and televison host and commentator, Alistair COOKE,  Creative Quotations from Alistair Cooke. Omnibus, CBS-TV; Masterpiece Theater, PBS; Letter From America, BBC. d-NYC, Guardian obit. b-20 NOV 1908.