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September 28 in Music History

1679 Birth of composer Mihael Omerza.

1612 Birth of opera composer Juan Hildago.

1681 Birth of German composer Johann Mattheson in Hamburg. 1705 Birth of composer Johann Peter Kellner.

1745 The British national anthem, God Save the King was first performed, at Drury Lane Theatre in London. 1748 Birth of composer Johann Michael Demmler. 1746 Birth of German composer Giovanni Punto. 1767 FP of Gossec's "Le Double Déguisement" in Paris. 1808 Death of Moravian composer, conductor and violinist Paul Pavel Hoesslin in Vienna. 1813 Birth of composer Anton Wallerstein.

1825 Death of Russian composer Dimitri Bortniansky. 1826 Death of Dutch metronome inventor Dietrich Winkel.  1844 Birth of composer Michael Hertz.

1855 Birth of German soprano Fanny Moran-Olden. 

1870 Birth of French composer Florent Schmitt in Blamont. 

1875 Birth of Bavarian soprano Hermine Bossetti.

1881 Birth of composer Henry Geehl.

1882 Birth of composer Mart Saar. 

1892 Birth of Hungarian soprano Adelina Adler. 1902 Birth of American musicologist Donald Jay Grout in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

1908 Birth of composer Marin Goleminov.

1913 Birth of American composer Vivian Fine in Chicago.

1914 Death of Yugoslavian composer Stevan Mokranjac in Skopje. 1917 Birth of composer Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera conductor

1918 FP of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat, 'The Soldier's Tale'. Ernest Ansermet conducting at Lausanne's Theatre Municipal.

1923 Birth of musicologist Hugh Wiley Hitchcock.

1924 Birth of Russian conductor and violist Rudolph Barshai in Labinskaya. 1926 Birth of Austrian tenor Ferry Gruber, in Vienna. 1931 Birth of American composer Walter May. 1932 Birth of British impresario Sir Jeremy Isaacs in Glasgow. 1937 Birth of American composer Edward Appelbaum in LA. 1939 Birth of American tenor Harry Theyard in New Orleans. 1949 Birth of German tenor Hans Peter Blochwitz, in Garmisch.

1956 Birth of American composer Laura Kaminsky in NYC.

1959 Death of English humorist and musician Gerard Hoffnung in London. 1961 Birth of Belgian composer Alain De Ley in Wilrijk. 1961 FP Bartok's Scherzo for piano, in Budapest. 1964 Death of English composer Sir George Dyson.  1968 Debut of Spanish tenor Placido Domingo at the MET in NYC 1972 FP of Petrassi's Concerto for Orchestra No. 8, in Chicago. 1975 Death of Danish conductor Johan Hye-Knudsen in Copenhagen. 1976 Birth of Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo. 1991 Death of French composer Eugène Bozza in Valenciennes. 1997 FP of James MacMillan's Symphony Vigil, by the London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting at the Barbican in London.

2000 FP of Tan Dun's Crouching Tiger Concerto by the London Sinfonietta at the Barbican Festival in London.

2010 Death of soprano Dolores Wilson.

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September 29 in Music History

1634 FP of Lawes masque Comus, with text by Milton, at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. 1641 Franz Tunder becomes organist at Marienkirche in Lubeck. Establishes evening music, Abendmusiken. 1652 Gala concert for Jakob Froberger by his French peers at Convent of the Jacobins in Paris. 1654 Birth of German organist and composer Vincenz Lubeck. 1674 Birth of composer Jacques Hotteterre.  1727 Birth of English composer Dr. Henry Harrington in Somerset. 1739 Handel finishes his Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, no. 1 in London. 1746 Birth of German organist and composer Ernst Ludwig Gerber. 1753 Birth of composer Johann Gottfried Schicht.

1789 Mozart completes Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, written for clarinetist Anton Stadler, who gave the first public performance in December 1789. 1794 Birth of composer William Michael Rooke.

1841 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Enrico Bevignani in Naples.  1847 FP of Franz Doppler's "Benjowsky" Budapest. 1849 Birth of composer Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal.

1854 Birth of composer Martin Plüddemann.

1855 Birth of Italian composer, pianist, and conductor Michele Esposito. 1858 Birth of composer Leopoldo Mugnone.

1869 Birth of English soprano Hedwig Helbig, in Plauen, Saxony. 

1879 Birth of Dutch cellist Willem Willeke in The Hague.  1879 Birth of Cuban-Spanish composer Joaquin Nin Castellano in Havana.  1881 Birth of American bandmaster and march composer William C. White in Centerville UT.

1893 Birth of Russian-American conductor Fabien Sevitzky.

1894 Birth of Italian conductor Franco Capuana in Fano.

1901 Death of Italian mezzo-soprano Adelaide Borghi-Mamo.  1903 Birth of cellist Karl August Andersen.

1903 Death of German soprano Marie Geistinger in Klagenfurt. 1915 Death of German composer Rudi Stephan fighting WW I in Tarnopol.  1915 Death of Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto in Helsinki. 1916 Birth of German tenor Josef Traxel in Mainz. 

1916 Birth of composer Minao Shibata

1918 Birth of American composer and conductor Harold Lawrence Walters. 1918 FP of Gustav Holst's The Planets in Queen's Hall, London 1920 Birth of Czech conductor Václav Neuman.  1921 FP of Sigmund Romberg's operetta Blossom Time in NYC. 1927 Birth of Iranian composer Hussein Dehlawi in Teheran. 1930 Birth of Australian conductor Richard Alan Bonynge in Sydney.  1942 Birth of French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in Arranches

1943 Birth Welsh conductor and composer Alun Francis.

1945 Birth of Greek composer Kyriakos Sfetsas in Amphilochia. 1945 Birth of American soprano Lella Alice Cuberli, in Austin, TX.  1949 Birth of American composer Eric Funk in Deer Lodge, MT. 1949 FP of Arthur Bliss' opera The Olympians in London. 1949 Birth of mezzo-soprano Tuula Nieminen. 1953 Birth of Italian soprano Adelina Scarabelli, in Milan. 1955 Birth of American composer Steve Perillo in The Bronx, NYC. 1968 FP of Henze's Piano Concerto No. 2, in Bielefeld, Germany. 

1968 FP of DALLAPICCOLA's "Ulisse" in Berlin. 1969 FP of Dimiti Shostakovich' Symphony No. 14 on poems of Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker, and Rilke. Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai conducting, with soloists Galina Vishnevskaya and Yevgeny Vladimirov in Leningrad. 1977 Death of Russian composer and conductor Alexander Tcherepnin. 1983 FP of Witold Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 3, in Chicago. 1997 FP of Michael Torke's Overnight Mail for chamber ensemble. Orkest de Volharding, Jurjen Hempel conducting in Carre, Amsterdam.

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August 18 in Music History

1613 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Maria Artusi in Bologna. 

1745 Birth of composer Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner.

1745 Birth of German bass Ludwig Fischer in Mainz.

1750 Birth of Italian composer and conductor Antonio Salieri. 1769 Birth of composer Alexandre Stievenard.

1785 Birth of German pianist Friedrich Wieck in Saxony. 1838 Birth of Austrian baritone Angelo Neumann in Vienna. 

1842 Death of Portugese composer João Domingos Bomtempo in Lisbon. 

1849 Birth of French composer Benjamin Godard in Paris.  1856 Birth of American composer Charles Hutchinson Gabriel in Wilton, Iowa. 

1856 Birth of composer Jan Karol Gali.

1857 Birth of Rumanian musicologist Eusebius Mandyczewski. 

1859 Birth of Hungarian tenor Desider Aranyi.

1864 Birth of Italian soprano Gemma Bellincioni at Como, Monza. 

1866 Birth of Swedish soprano Martina Petrini in Falun, Sweden. 

1869 Birth of American tenor Ellison Van Hoose in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

1873 Birth of Austrian tenor Leo Slezak.

1873 Birth of American popular music composer Otto Harbach. 1878 Birth of composer Fritz Brun.

1881 Birth of German composer Hermann Zilcher in Frankfurt-am-Main. 

1882 Birth of composer Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau.

1884 Birth of English conductor Basil Cameron in Reading.

1893 Birth of Canadian conductor and composer Ernest C. Macmillan.

1897 Birth of German bass Adolf Vogel, in Munich. 

1902 Birth of composer Julius Kalas.

1903 Birth of composer Ake Olof Sebastian Udden.

1905 Birth of composer Peter Paul Kreuder.

1906 Gustav Mahler conducts Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro in Salzburg. Mozart Festival included Mozart's Cosi fan tutte conducted by Richard Strauss.

1907 Birth of American composer Howard Swanson in Atlanta, Georgia.

1907 Birth of Canadian tenor Irwin Dillon, in Toronto. 

1907 Birth of composer Otto Mortensen.

1908 Birth of composer Milan Ristic.

1909 Birth of Polish soprano Miliza Korjus. 

1910 Birth of German-born American composer and organist Herman Berlinski in Leipzig. 

1912 FP of F. Schreker's opera Der ferne Klang 'The Distant Sound', at the Opernhaus in Frankfurt.

1914 Death of Russian pianist and composer Annette Essipoff in Leningrad.

1916 Birth of English pianist Dame Moura Lympany.

1920 Birth of Italian tenor Renato Ercolani, in Perugia. 

1933 Birth of Belgian bass Jules Bastin, in Bridge-Ligneuville. 

1933 Birth of Ukranian soprano Bela Roudenko. 

1937 Death of Georgian composer Heraclius Djabadary in Nice.

1938 FP of B. Britten's Piano Concerto, composer was soloist, at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood at Royal Albert Hall in London.

1940 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Joy Davidson, in Fort Collins,CO.

1942 Death of Austrian composer Erwin Schulhoff.

1944 Birth of English composer Goff Richards.

1944 Birth of Canadian mezzo-soprano Lyn Vernon.

1946 Birth of American tenor Barry Lee Busse, in Gloversville, NY.

1946 Sir Eugene Goossens conducted FP of John Antill's ballet suite Corroboree in Sydney, Australia.

1950 Birth of Argentinian composer Carlos Micháns in Buenos Aires.

1956 FP of Henry Brant's On the Nature of Things for spatially grouped instruments and strings, in Bennington, VT.

1957 Birth of Chinese-born American composer Tan Dun in Hunan, China. 1966 FP of Ulysseys Kay's Markings dedicated to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester, MI.

1972 Birth of American composer and writer Raymond J. Lustig.

1975 Death of Italian baritone Luigi Borgonovo.

1978 Birth of Russian composer Lev Zhurbin in Moscow.

1981 Death of American composer Robert Russell Bennett in NYC. 

1994 Death of tenor Rodolfo Moraro. 

1994 Death of German bass Gottlob Frick. 

2004 Death of American film music composer Elmer Bernstein.

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September 25 in Music History

1683 Birth of French composer and organist Jean-Philippe Rameau. 1716 Death of German composer Johann Christoph Pez.

1717 The Earl of Carnarvon commissions two anthems of Handel.

1718 Birth of Italian Opera composer Nicola Conforto in Naples. 

1741 Birth of Bohemian composer Vaclav Pichl in Bechyne.  1752 Birth of composer Carl Stenborg. 1785 Birth of composer George Frederic Pinto. 1830 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Karl Klindworth.  1849 Death of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. at age 45, in Vienna.

1862 Birth of Alsace organist and composer Léon Boëllmann.

1869 Birth of German soprano Annie Dirkens in Berlin. 

1871 Birth of American composer Percy Lee Atherton. 1879 Birth of composer Luis da Costa.

1883 Birth of German baritone Peter van Der Bilt, in Amsterdam. 

1886 Birth of Spanish composer Jesus Guridi.

1887 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe Nessi in Bergamo.  1896 Birth of Spanish-Catalan-English composer Roberto Gerhard, in Valls. 

1898 Birth of composer and conductor Louis Cheslock. 

1899 Birth of English baritone Dennis Noble in Bristol. 

1899 Birth of cellist, composer and conductor Ricardo Lamote de Grignon in Barcelona 1902 Birth of composer Jenő Takács. 1906 Birth of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich.

1906 Birth of Czech composer Jaroslav Jezek in Prague.  1907 FP of Jean Sibelius' Third Symphony, in Helsinki. 

1907 Birth of composer Jan Felderhof.

1908 Birth of Slovak composer Eugen Suchon in Pezinok. 

1911 Birth of American composer Lionel Nowak. 

1915 Birth of German soprano Gerda Lammers in Berlin.

1916 Birth of composer Tolia Nikiprowetzsy. 1916 Death of Czech band composer Julius Fucik.

1923 Birth of Czech bass-baritone Ladislav Mraz, in Strakonice. 

1925 FP of Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 4, Op. 36, no. 3, conducted by Franz von Hoesslin, with Licco Amar the violin soloist in Dessau, Germany.

1927 Birth of English conductor Sir Colin Rex Davis in Weybridge. 

1932 Birth of Canadian pianist Glenn Herbert Gould in Toronto. 

1936 Birth of Italian bass Mario Rinaudo, in Chieti.

1936 FP of R. Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits choral suite. Composer conducting in Norwich.

1937 Birth of composer Thomas Kessler. 1944 Birth of flutist Eugenia Zukerman in Cambridge MA.

1945 Birth of American composer Reynold Weidenaar.

1946 Death of German conductor Franz von Hoesslin in France. 

1946 Birth of English soprano Teresa Cahill, in Maidenhead. 

1951 Birth of Slovakian tenor Peter Dvorsky, in Partizánske. 

1955 Birth of American composer Robert Avalon.

1959 Birth of American composer Stella Sung.

1959 Death of Italian composer Ennio Porrino in Rome. 

1960 FP of Paul Ben-Haim's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, in Tel Aviv.

1962 FP of Walter Piston's Lincoln Center Festival Overture by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, at the third concert scheduled at the new Philharmonic Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, at Lincoln Center in NYC. 

1966 FP of Dimitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 2. USSR State Symphony, with Mstislav Rostropovich the soloist and the composer's son, Maxim, conducting in Moscow. Was the occasion of his 60th birthday and was nominated as a Hero of Socialist Labor by the Soviet government. 

1973 Death of Russian soprano Beata Malkin in NYC. 

1980 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Divertimento for Orchestra, Boston.

1982 Birth of Chinese-American composer Na Rong.

1986 FP of Karel Husa's Concerto for Orchestra. New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta. 1997 Death of French composer and pianist Jean Françaix.

1997 FP of John Adams' Piano Concerto Century Rolls at Severance Hall, with pianist Emanuel Ax and the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi.

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September 27 in Music History

1637 Birth of composer Hieronymus Gradenthaler.

1677 Birth of composer Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari.

1711 Vivaldi is reappointed as violin master at the Pieta in Venice.

1732 FP of Pergolesi's "Lo Frate 'nnamorato" Naples.

1786 Birth of composer Jose Mariano Elizaga.

1827 Franz Schubert finishes his song cycle Winterreise.

1855 Death of Austrian composer August  Lanner in Vienna.

1873 FP of German soprano Katherine Fleischer-Edel, in Mülheim.

1877 Birth of American composer William Clifford Heilman in Williamsport.

1879 Birth of English composer and pianist Cyril Meir Scott.

1880 Birth of French violinist Jacques Thibaud in Bordeaux.

1881 Birth of composer Ernest Samuel Williams.

1898 Birth of American composer Vincent Youmans in NYC.

1905 Birth of Belgian composer and conductor Daniel Sternefeld.

1909 Birth of composer and pianist Jean Berger.

1912 Birth of Finnish composer Tauno Martinen.

1917 Birth of Italian soprano Sally Amato.

1919 Death of Spanish-born Italian soprano Adelina Patti in Brecon,

1921 Death of German composer Engelbert Humperdink.

1922 Birth of composer James Wilson.

1927 Birth of composer Boris Porena.

1929 Birth of American composer Albert Biales in Cleveland, OH.

1930 Birth of American harpsichordist Igor Kipnis in Berlin.

1932 Birth of composer Mario Bertoncini.

1940 Birth of English soprano Dame Josephine Barstow in Sheffield.

1945 Birth of American pianist Misha Dichter in Shanghai.

1952 Birth of American tenor Chris Merritt in Oklahoma City.

1953 Birth of Canadian composer Joel Hoffman in Vancouver.

1954 Birth of Russian violinist Dimitry Sitkovetsky in Baku/Azerbaijan.

1956 Death of British composer Gerald Finzi at age 55, in Oxford.

1960 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum in Venice.

1962 Birth of composer David Lieberman.

1963 Birth of American soprano Elizabeth Futral.

1972 Birth of American composer Christopher Adler.

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September 23 in Music History

1591 Birth of composer Michael Lohr.

1642 Birth of Italian composer Giovanni Maria Bononcini in Montecorone.

1684 Birth of German composer Johann Theodor Roemhildt in Eisenach. 1700 Death of German composer Nicolaus Adam Strungk in Dresden.  1777 FP in Paris of Gluck's opera Armide at the Académie Royale in Paris. 1782 Birth of French composer Jacques Féréol Mazas in Lavaur. 

1817 Birth of composer Leon Charles François Kreutzer.

1842 Birth of composer Karl Munzinger.

1835 Death of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini in Puteaux.

1836 Death of Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran-Garcia.

1866 Birth of composer Edouard Combe. 1872 Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein makes his American debut in New York City.

1890 Birth of American composer A. Walter Kramer in NYC. 

1893 Birth of American composer, pianist, organist and conductor Clifford Vaughan in Philadelphia, PA. 

1896 FP of Schubert's "Der vierjährige Posten" singspiel, Dresden. 1899 Birth of Norwegian opera composer Odd Grüner-Hegge. 

1899 Birth of American composer William Levi Dawson, in Anniston, AL 1904 Birth of Romanian soprano Stella Roman. 1907 Birth of Greek bass Nicola Moscona in Athens.  1910 Birth of Russian pianist Sviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky in Lucerne. 

1913 Birth of composer Alexey Davidovich Machavariani.

1913 FP of Charles Wakefield Cadman's Piano Trio in D, at a private home in Denver. 

1914 Birth of American composer Norman Cazden. 

1915 Birth of American flutist Julius Baker, in Cleveland. 1915 Birth of composer Finn Arnestad.

1920 Birth of composer Jiri Jaroch.

1920 Birth of Soviet-Armenian composer Alexander Arutunian in Erevan. 

1923 Birth of Hungarian tenor Sandor Konya in Sarkad.  1928 Birth of Bulgarian tenor Spas Wenkoff in Tírnovo.

1928 Birth of American composer and pianist Robert Helps in Passaic, NJ. 

1930 Birth of bass Robert Hoyem.

1935 Birth of composer Pierre Marietan.

1940 Birth of Egyptian bass Peter Sidhom. 1940 Death of French composer Rhené-Bâton in Le Mans.

1942 Birth of soprano Margarita Kyriaki.

1945 Birth of bass Franz-Josef Kapellmann.

1952 Birth of English baritone William Shimell in Brentwood, Essex. 

1958 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Threni, by the North German Radio Orchestra of Hamburg, who had commissioned the work, conducted by the composer, at San Rocco in Venice. 

1962 FP of Aaron Copland's Connotations for Orchestra, at Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, during the opening season of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. This concert was televised by CBS, and also included the Gloria from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis along with the first movement Veni, creator spiritus from Mahler's Symphony No.8.

1964 Birth of Dutch composer Robert Zuidam in Gouda. 1965 FP of David Diamond's Elegies for Flute, English Horn, and Strings, by Murray Panitz, flute, Louis Rosenblatt, English horn, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. 

1990 FP of James MacMillan's Sowetan Spring for winds, by the winds of the Royal Scottish Orchestra, John Paynter conducting at the Glasgow Hospitality Inn, Glasgow, Scotland. 

2003 FP of Peter Lieberson's Piano Quintet. Pianist Peter Serkin and The Orion String Quartet in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, NYC. 2006 Death of English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold.

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September 07 in Music History

1541 Baptismal of Spanish composer Hernando de Cabezon in Madrid.  1631 Birth of composer Clemens Thieme.

1635 Birth of composer Paul Esterhazy.

1726 Birth of comic opera composer Francois A. Philidor, in Dreux. 

1726 FP of Rameau: "La Robe de dissension, ou Le Faux Prodigue" Paris.

1731 Birth of English composer Elisabetta de Gambarini. 1731 Birth of composer Damasus Brosmann.

1739 Birth of composer Joseph Legros.

1741 Death of French opera composer Henri Desmarets. 

1773 FP of Floquet: "L'Union de l'amour et des arts" opera-ballet, Paris.

1784 Birth of composer Frantisek Max Knize.

1819 Death of French composer and cellist Jean-Louis Duport in Paris.

1860 Birth of German bass Gustav Schwegler. 

1862 Birth of American composer Thomas Whitney Surette. 1864 Birth of composer Giovanni Tebaldini.

1867 Birth of American tenor Evan Williams.

1880 Birth of composer, Kurt von Wolfurt.

1881 Death of American poet, composer and flutist Sidney Clopton Lanier.

1900 Birth of English soprano Joan Cross in London.

1907 Birth of composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun.

1908 Birth of trumpeter Max Kaminsky.

1914 Birth of composer Hugo Pfister.

1914 Birth of Irish baritone William Dickey, in Belfast. 

1916 Death of Boston organist Junius W. Hill in Hollywood.  1921 Birth of American pianist Arthur Ferrante.

1922 Birth of composer Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov.

1922 FP of Sir Arthur Bliss' Colour Symphony at the Three Choirs' Festival in Gloucester, England.

1923 Birth of English composer, violinist, singer, and pianist Madeleine Dring.

1924 Birth of American composer Hugh Aitken in NYC. 1924 Birth of American composer Leonard Rosenman, in Brooklyn, NYC.

1926 Birth of Swiss bass Peter Lagger in Buchs. 

1927 Birth of composer Graham Dudley Whettam.

1930 Birth of American soprano Lucille Udovick, in Denver, CO.

1931 Birth of American tenor Herbert Doussant, in New York City.

1931 Birth of American composer Ken McIntyre.

1931 Birth of composer Charles Camilleri.

1933 Death of bass Marcel Journet.

1936 Birth of composer Romualds Kalsons.

1937 FP of Louis Gruenberg's opera Green Mansions over CBS Radio Network. 1937 Birth of composer, classical double-bassist and jazz pianist Olly Wilson in St. Louis.

1940 Birth of tenor Giuseppe Giacomini.

1940 FP of David Diamond's Concerto for Orchestra in Yaddo, NY.

1953 Birth of American composer Michael Byron.

1954 Birth of American composer Robert Livingston Aldridge.

1954 FP of Hershey Kay's ballet Western Symphony in NYC.

1961 Birth of French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Lyon. 1965 Birth of Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.

1985 Death of Italian composer Franco Ferrara in Firenze.

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September 26 in Music History

1600 Death of French composer Claude Le Jeune in Paris. 

1614 Death of Italian composer Felice Anerio in Rome. 1743 FP of Gluck: "Il Tigrane"

1767 Birth of composer Wenzel Müller.

1775 FP of Gossec's "Alexis et Daphné" in Paris. 1775 FP of Gossec's "Philémon et Baucis" pastorale, in Paris. 1800 Death of American composer William Billings in Boston.  1812 FP of Rossini's "La pieta del paragone" La Scala. 1816 FP of Rossini's "La Gazzetta" Naples. 1835 FP of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, at the Teatro San Carlos in Naples. 1841 Birth of composer Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg.

1866 Birth of Australian pianist and composer George Howard Clutsam in Sydney. 1867 Birth of Belgian tenor Adolphe Maréchal, in Luettich. 1868 Birth of American composer Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert. 1873 Birth of composer Amilcare Zanella.

1877 Birth of French pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot in Nyon, Switzerland.

1891 Birth of French conductor Charles Munch in Strasbourg.  1892 John Philip Sousa gave FP with his Band at Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey. Giving the FP of his Liberty Bell March.  1898 Birth of American composer and pianist George Gershwin. 1898 FP of Victor Herbert's operetta, The Fortune Teller in Toronto. 1900 Birth of Swedish soprano Helga Görlin, in Eda.  1911 Birth of Japanese conductor Hisatada Otaka in Tokyo.

1915 FP of Max Von Schillings' opera Mona Lisa at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart.

1926 Birth of composer Giuseppe Chiari.

1926 Birth of composer Imre Vincze.

1930 Birth of German tenor Fritz Wunderlich.  1932 Birth of Italian composer Giacomo Manzoni in Milan. 1941 Birth of Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo in Turin. 1945 Death of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok in NYC.  1946 Birth of American composer Stephen Truelove in Hobart, OK. 1947 Birth of American baritone Dale Duesing. 1950 Birth of American tenor Gary Lakes, in Dallas. 1957 FP of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's Broadway production of West Side Story. The production opens in NYC at Winter Garden Theater. 

1964 Birth of American composer John Roscigno in Bronx, NY. 1967 Death of Austrian composer Ernest Steffan in Berlin.  1967 FP of Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 2. soloist David Oistrakh and Kiril Kondrashin conducting Moscow Philharmonic. 1972 Birth of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank in Berkeley, CA 1991 FP of Charles Wuorinen's cantata Genesis. Herbert Blomstedt conducting San Francisco Symphony. 1997 FP of Leon Kirchner's Of Things Exactly As They Are. Roberta Alexander and William Stone, with the Boston Symphony and Tanglewood Chorus conducted by Seiji Ozawa. 1998 FP of Philip Glass' opera The White Raven. San Carlos National Theater with Dennis Russell Davies conducting at the World Expo in Lisbon, Portugal.