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Fri 8 Jun 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: June 8

Posted by smichael508 under Britten, Benjamin , Orff, Carl , Schumann, Robert , This Day in History , Opera , Ravel, Maurice , Albinoni, Tommaso , Ax, Emanuel
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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.


 

Fri 1 Jun 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: June 1

Posted by smichael508 under Glinka, Mikhail , Engel, Karl , Stade, Frederica von
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1804: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, composer, born.

1923: Karl Engel, pianist, born.

1945: Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano, born.

 

Fri 18 May 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: May 18

Posted by smichael508 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.

 

Tue 17 Apr 2007

This Day in Classical Music History: April 17

Posted by smichael508 under This Day in History , Schnabel Artur
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1882: Artur Schnabel, pianist and composer, born.