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Tue 15 May 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: May 15

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1567: Claudio (Zuan Antonio) Monteverdi, composer, born.

1858: Covent Garden Theatre opened for 3rd time after being destroyed for a second time by fire (March 1856).

 

Mon 7 May 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: May 7

Posted by under Brahms, Johannes , This Day in History , Opera , Kozeluch, Leopold , Thomson, Virgil , Organizations
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1818: Leopold Kozeluch, Bohemian composer, died.

1833: Johannes Brahms, composer, born.

1883: The Royal College of Music in London opened for the first time.

1947: Premiere of The Mother of Us All, opera by V. Thomson.