1505 Death of English composer Robert Wydow. Recieved first MusD. degree
issued Oxford University. Was a priest of one
of the chantries in Canterbury Cathedral from 1474 to 1478.
1659 Birth of composer Franz Weichlein
1738 (JC, GC=15 OCT)Publication of G. F. Handel's first set of six organ concertos transcribed for solo keyboard as op.4.
1739 (JC, GC=15 OCT)Handel finishes his Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, no. 2, in London.
1743 Death (suicide) of English opera composer Henry Carey, in London. Wrote Sally in Our
Alley. b-Yorkshire, 1687.
1744 Birth of composer Domenico Corri
1746 FP of LECLAIR: "Scylla et Glaucus" Paris.
1749 Birth of French cellist Jean Louis DUPORT in Paris. Professor at the Paris
Conservatory. Composer of cello works. Developed modern cello technique
and author of Essai on fingering and bowing. d-Paris, 7 SEP 1819.Search Amazon.com for Jean Louis DUPORT
1762 Birth of composer Tommaso Sogner
1772 Birth of composer Francois-Louis Perne
1781 FP of BIANCHI: "La Zemira" Naples.
1801 Michael Haydn composes The Mass commissioned by Maria Theresa, FP
at Laxenburg with the Empress singing soprano roles.
1804 FP of Paër's: "Leonora, ossia L'amore conjugale" Dresden.
1812 Birth of Italian soprano Fanny PERSIANI, aka Fanny Tacchinardi, for whom Donizetti wrote
Lucia di Lammermoor. Her portrait. m-Giuseppe Persiani, composer.
1921 Birth of Italian tenor Gianni POGGI in Piacenza. d- 16 DEC 1989. Studied in Milan and had début in Palermo as Ismaele in Nabucco, 1947. He sang in Spain and Portugal, début at La Scala as Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, 1948. MET Opera d ébut 14 DEC 1955 as Duke in Rigoletto,
2-seasons, 15-perf. 6 roles.
1928 LEHÁR: "Friederike" operetta, Berlin.
1930 Birth of composer Jozsef Soproni
1931 Birth of English mezzo-soprano Anna REYNOLDS in Canterbury.
1934 Birth of Russian-American pianist Vladimir PLESHAKOV in Shanghai, China.
1936 FP of A. Dvorak's Symphony in E-flat 32 years after his death. By Czech
Radio Orchestra in Prague. It is the
first symphony he composed, in 1873. Published after his death.
1940 Birth of French conductor Alain LOMBARD in Paris.
MET Opera début, 27 MAR 1966. Dance Works Concerning Oracles, 8 seasons (1965-73) 76 perf., 6 works.
1949 Birth of American tenor John ALER in Baltimore.
1950 Birth of Mexican tenor Francisco ARAIZA in Mexico City. MET: Début:
Mar. 12, 1984 [Belmonte] Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 7-seasons
(1983-84, 1988-91, 1992-93, 1994-96) 55-perf., of 10-roles.
1951 FP of Tamkin: "The Dybbuk" New York, w/ Frances Bible (m/s)
(1919-2001) U.S. [Frade].
1956 FP of Leon Kirchner's Toccata for strings, winds and percussion. Symphony of the Air, Leopold Stokowski conducting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
1962 FP of William Schuman's Symphony No. 8 for the opening season of the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center.
1963 FP of MALIPIERO: "Sogno d'un tramonto d'autunno" RAI, Milan.
1964 Birth of American composer David DZUBAY
in Minneapolis.
1969 Birth of English mezzo-soprano Anna Reynolds, in Canterbury, Oct 4, 1936. MET: Début Feb.
22, 1969 [Flosshilde] Das Rheingold, 2 seasons (1968-69, 74-75) 11
perf., 5 roles, 3 works.
1970 Birth of American composer James COMBS in Seattle, WA.
1970 Death of American composer George Frederick McKAY in Stateline, NV. b-Harrington, WA. 11 JUN 1899.
1982 Death of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Toronto. b-Toronto, 25 SEP 1932.
