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On this day: Week of July 28, 2014

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Another week of dates and numbers here. While the process of preparing this is quite interesting and educational, it is also tedious, and I will be glad when we get around to early next year and I won’t be redoing these anymore…Also, lots of famous deaths this week… kind of sad. July 28  Births: 1893 – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (d. 1952)  1914 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984) You may understand why I was a bit incredulous at this name, and then somewhat also surprised to see it was a man.  Deaths: 1741 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer … Continue reading On this day: Week of July 28, 2014

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On this day: July 21, 2014

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Missed a few posts last week. Back on track! Let’s go! July 21 Births: 1920 – Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001) Deaths: 2005 – Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (b. 1934) July 22 Births: 1651 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1711) 1702 – Alessandro Besozzi, Italian oboe player composer (d. 1775) 1949 – Alan Menken, American pianist and composer Deaths: — July 23 Births: 1796 – Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. 1868) 1838 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (d. 1910) 1856 – Arthur Bird, American-German composer (d. 1923) 1928 – Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor 1962 – Alain Lefèvre, Canadian pianist and composer Deaths: 1757 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer … Continue reading On this day: July 21, 2014

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On this day: Week of July 14, 2014

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Rather sparse this week.  July 14 Births: 1859 – Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (d. 1928) 1901 – Gerald Finzi, English composer (d. 1956) Deaths: 2010 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925) July 15 Births: 1638 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693) 1934 – Harrison Birtwistle, English composer Deaths: 1789 – Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715) 1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791) Student of Beethoven.  1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845) 1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (b. 1880) July 16 An EVENT!  1782 – First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Births: 1858 – Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, … Continue reading On this day: Week of July 14, 2014

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On this day: Week of July 7, 2014

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July 7 Births: 1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)- Oh. Yeah. One of the greatest symphonists of all time. Ever. And a brilliant conductor, all around genius musician.  1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007) 1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor Deaths: 1987 – Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902) 2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian conductor (b. 1924) July 8  Births: 1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651) 1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (d. 1961) As cooky (and apparently perverted) as this guy was, I absolutely love his works. We played quite a few in high school.  1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author … Continue reading On this day: Week of July 7, 2014

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On this day: Week of June 30, 2014

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Week of June 30, 2014 June 30 1588 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1649) 1937 – Michael von Biel, German cellist and composer 1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer  Deaths: 1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819) Welcome to the seventh month of the year: July 1 Births: 1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1630) 1663 – Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist (d. 1738) Quite a name you have, sir.  1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer (d. 2012) Deaths: 1592 – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (b. 1535) 1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710) 1925 – Erik Satie, French pianist … Continue reading On this day: Week of June 30, 2014