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Tue 29 May 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: May 29

Posted by under Albéniz Isaac , Stravinsky, Igor , Liszt, Franz , This Day in History , Korngold, Erich
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1860: Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz, composer, born.

1873: Premiere of Christus, oratorio by Liszt.

1897: Erich (Wolfgang) Korngold, composer, born.

1913: Premiere of The Rite of Spring, ballet by Stravinsky.

 

Fri 18 May 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: May 18

Posted by under Albéniz Isaac , Mahler, Gustav , Gluck, Christoph Willibald , Opera , Sauguet, Henri , Curzon, Clifford
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1779: Premiere of Iphigénie en Tauride, opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

1901: Henri Sauguet, composer and critic, born.

1907: Clifford Curzon, pianist, born.

1909: Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz, composer, died.

1911: Gustav Mahler, composer and conductor, died.