Fri 8 Jun 2007
This Day in Classical Music History: June 8
Posted by under Britten, Benjamin , Orff, Carl , Schumann, Robert , This Day in History , Opera , Ravel, Maurice , Albinoni, Tommaso , Ax, Emanuel 1671: Tommaso Albinoni, composer/ violinist, born.
1810: Robert (Alexander) Schumann, composer, born.
1912: Premiere of Daphnis et Chloé, ballet by Ravel.
1937: Premiere of Carmina Burana, work for chorus, orchestra and solists, by Carl Orff.
1949: Emanuel Ax, pianist, born.
1953: Premiere of Gloriana, opera by Britten.