1662 Death of English composer Henry Lawes, at 66, in London. b-Wiltshire, 5 JAN 1596. He received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian pseudonym Giovanni Coperario. In 1626, Lawes was received as one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal, and held the position until the Commonwealth put a stop to church music. Search Amazon.com for Henry Lawes
1680 Birth of Uraguayan composer Francisco Jose COUTINHO.
1706 COLASSE's "Polyxène et Pyrrhus" Paris.
1721 FP of Louis Clerambault's Le Loleil Vainqueur in Paris.
1727 FP of ARIOSTI's "Teuzzone" London.
1751 Birth of German composer, violinist, clarinetist and horn player,
David Moritz MICHAEL in Keinhausen. d-Nuewied, 26 FEB 1827.
1767 Birth of Italian composer Francesco RUGGI in Naples. d-Naples, 23 JAN 1845.
1772 FP of SALIERI: "La secchia rapita" Vienna (1772).
1775 Birth of Italian composer Abbate Giuseppe BAINI in Rome. d-Rome, 21 MAY 1844
1795 Artaria Publishers of Vienna, one of the best-known music publishers of the 18th century, issue three Beethoven Trios, Op 1.
Publication of the first printed Beethoven work.
1801 Birth of Rhenish-German priest, music teacher, writer and composer
Joseph MAINZER in Trier. d-Salford, Lancashire, 10 NOV 1851. Abbey chorister at
the Trier Cathedral. Search Amazon.com for Joseph MAINZER
1807 Birth of French composer Henri REBER in Mulhouse. d- Paris, 24 NOV 1880.
1807 Birth of Spanish composer Miguel Hilarion ESLAVA y ELIZONDO.
1810 Death of organist, cellist, bass-singer and composer Franz Teyber,
at 52, in Vienna. b-Vienna, 15 NOV 1756. He studied composition with his father and Georg Christoph
Wagenseil, and was considered the best organist in Vienna.
1885 Birth of Italian baritone-tenor Marcella Govoni, in Bologna. d. Rome, Oct. 10, 1944. He had an incredible career. He started vocal
studies as a bass. He made his debut around 1909 as a baritone. In
that period he alternated roles between light baritone and basso buffo
roles. In 1918 he started to sing as a tenor making his debut at the
Comunale in Bologna as [Werther]. Search Amazon.com for Marcella Govoni
1889 FP of Sidney Jones operetta San Toy, opened in London.
1911 (JC,GC 3 NOV?, Ed. Baker's Biographical Dictionary) Birth of Manchurian-American composer Vladimir USSACHEVSKY. Works list. d-1990.
1912 Birth of Conductor, pianist Sir Georg SOLTI in
Budapest Hungary. d- 4 SEP
1997 in Antibes, Southern France after brief illness.
MET Tannhäuser, Dec. 17, 1960, 3
seasons (1960-61, 62-64) 37 perf., 7 works. Search Amazon.com for Sir Georg SOLTI.
1913 FP of MUSSORGSKY's "Sorochinskaya yarmarka" Moscow and completed by Cui.
1916 (1906?)Birth of Japanese composer Tomohiro IKENOUCHI, in Tokyo. Educated in Paris.
1921 FP of the last version of Sibelius' Symphony No. 5, composer conducting in Helsinki. Sibelius conducted the erlier performances in Helsinki on 8 DEC 1915 and 14 DEC 1916. CD-Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies 1
1923 Birth of American tenor John ALEXANDER in Meridian, MS. d-
Meridian,
8 DEC 1990. MET Dec. 19, 1961 [Ferrando] Così Fan Tutte, 27-seasons
(1961-88) 373-perf. in 37-roles.
1925 (1928?) Birth of Romanian soprano Virginia Zeani, in Solovastru. MET Nov. 12, 1966 [Violetta] La Traviata, 1 season (1966-67) 3
perf., 2 works. Search Amazon.com for Virginia Zeani.
1926 Birth of American composer Marga RICHTER in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.
Studied composition with William Bergsma and
Vincent Persichetti and piano with Rosalyn Tureck at Juilliard. Search Amazon.com for Marga RICHTER.
1926 FP of Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto conducted by Emil Telmányi, the composer's son-in-law, with Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, soloist in Paris. Nielsen revised the score- FP of the last version 9 NOV 1926, with Gilbert-Jespersen, soloist in Oslo. CD-Neilsen: Concertos, etc.
1927 Birth of South African-British ballerina Nadine JUDD,
aka Nadia Moore-Nerina.
1928 Birth of Austrian composer and teacher Lucia ALCALAY in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
1935 Birth of English baritone Kenneth Collins, in Birmingham.
1949 Birth of American composer Daniel GAWTHROPE in Ft. Wayne, IN.
1953 Birth of American conductor Hugh WOLF in Paris. Frankfurt radio symphony.
1954 Birth of Italian bass Georgio Surjan, in Rijeka. MET Début Oct.
22, 1997 [Basilio] Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 1-season (97-98) 4-perf.
of 1-role. Search Amazon.com for Georgio Surjan
1984 FP of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Double Quartet for strings. Emerson String Quartet at a concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in NYC. CD-Zwilich: Symbolon; Concerto Grosso
2004 FP of Richard Danielpour's Songs of Solitude with texts by W. B. Yeats. Baritone, Thomas Hampson with Philadelphia Orchestra/Robertson in Phildelphia, PA.