January - MusixCool's Music Almanac

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