Thu 5 Apr 2007
This Day in Classical Music History: April 5
Posted by under Beethoven, Ludwig van , This Day in History , Strauss, Johann , Roussel, Albert , von Karajan, Herbert , Spohr, Louis 1784: Louis Spohr, composer and violinist, born.
1803: Premiere of Christus am Oelberg, oratorio by Beethoven.
1869: Albert Roussel, composer, born.
1874: Premiere of Die Fledermaus, operetta by Johann Strauss.
1908: Herbert von Karajan, conductor, born