Music Almanac -
January
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January 1
1879 - Premiere in Leipzig of
Brahms
's
Violin Concerto
, conducted by Brahms himself, with Joseph Joachim as soloist
1782 - German composer
Johann Christian Bach
died in London
January 2
1905 - Today it's the Birthday of British composer
Michael Tippett
1843 - Premiere in Dresden of
Wagner
's
'The Flying Dutchman'
Opera
January 3
1926 - Happy Birthday to George Martin - the
Beatles
legendary producer
1843 - In Paris the premiere of Gaetano
Donizetti'
s opera
'Don Pasquale'
took place
January 4
1710 - Birth of Italian composer
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
January 5
Today it's the birthday of two of the greatest pianists:
1931 - Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel in Wiesenburg, Moravia
1942 - Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini in Milan
January 6
1872 - Russian composer
Alexander Scriabin
was Born in Moscow
1838 - The Birth of German composer
Max Bruch
in Cologne
1932 - First performance in Vienna of
Ravel
's
'Piano Concerto for the Left Hand'
. It was written for the left handed virtuoso
Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I.
January 7
1899 - French composer
Francis Poulenc
was born in Paris
1842 -
Rossini'
s first performance at the Salle Ventadour in Paris of
'Stabat Mater'
January 8
1713 - Death of Italian composer and violinist
Arcangelo Corelli
in Rome
1935 - A superstar is born -
Elvis Aaron Presley
1947 - Rock musician
David Bowie
was born today in London
1906 - In New-York City, Pianist
Arthur Rubinstein
made his first debut at Carnegie Hall
1979 -
Charles Mingus
- Jazz composer and Bass player died in Mexico
January 9
1886 -
Dvorak
's
symphony no. 2
first played in America
1909 - In Paris, first time performance for
Maurice Ravel
's
"Gaspard de la Nuit"
January 10
1945 - Two famous singers were born today: Rod Stewart and Frank Sinatra Jr.
January 11
1801 - Death of
Domenico Cimarosa
in Venice, Italy
January 12
1674 -
Giacomo Carissimi
died today in Rome, Italy
January 13
1890 - The premiere of
Tchaikovsky
's
'Sleeping Beauty'
ballet in St. Petersburg
January 14
1900 The first performance in Rome of
'Tosca'
-
Puccini
's opera
January 15
1775 - A sad day because of the death of the composer and teacher of
Gluck
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini
1887 - First performance in America of
Brahms
's
4th symphony
January 16
1891 - The composer
Léo Delibes
died in Paris
1957 - Death of Italian-American conductor
Arturo Toscanini
in New-York at 89 years
January 17
1734 - Belgian composer François Gossec is born in Vergnies
1751 - The day
Tomaso Albinoni
died in Venice, Italy
January 18
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January 19
1853 - Premiere of
Verdi
's
'Il Trovatore'
in Rome
January 20
1910 - First radio transmission of Opera with the voice of the great singer
Enrico Caruso
1855 - Birth of French composer
Amedee-Ernest Chausson
in Paris
January 21
1626 - Composer and Lute player,
John Dowland
Died in London
January 22
1859 -
Brahms
's
First Piano Concerto
, with the composer as soloist, first performance - Hanover, Germany
January 23
1908 - The death of Edward MacDowell in New-York
1923 - First performance of
Villa-Lobos
Symphonic Poem
'Mandu-Carara'
- New-York City
January 24
1941 - American pop singer Neil Diamond is born in New-York
January 25
1858 -
Mendelssohn
's
"Wedding March"
played for the first time at the wedding of a German prince
January 26
1790 - First performance of
Mozart
's
'Cosi fan Tutte'
in Vienna
1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and son of
Johann Sebastian
, died today
January 27
1756 - The Birth of the great Austrian composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- in Salzburg
1901 - Death of great Italian opera composer
Giuseppe Verdi
at age 87 in Milan
1823 - French composer
Edouard Lalo
was born today
January 28
1886 - Birth of Polish-American pianist Artur Rubinstein in L¢dz
January 29
1862 - Birth of composer
Frederick Delius
in Bradford, England
1962 -
Violinist
and composer Fritz Kreisler died today in New-York
January 30
1963 - Death of
Francis Poulenc
in Paris, France
1862 - German conductor Walter Damrosch was born today
January 31
1797 -
Franz Schubert
was born today, in Vienna, Austria
1937 - Birth in Baltimore of American minimalist composer
Philip Glass
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