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WCLV Daily Almanac

WCLV Daily Almanac

  • August 2
    1774 premiere of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Orphée in Paris at the Academie Royale; this is the French version of his Italian opera Orfeo ed…
  • August 1
    1913 Jerome Moross – American composer (d.1983); in addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and musical theater, also orchestrated film scores…
  • December 8
    1731 Frantisek Dusek baptized – Czech composer (d.1799); one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time; his wife Josepha was a famous…
  • December 7
    1562 death of Flemish composer Adrian Willaert (age c.72); in force of personality and with his central position as maestro di cappella at St. Mark's in…
  • December 6
    1550 Orazio Vecchi baptized – Italian composer of the late Renaissance (d.1605); most famous for his madrigal comedies, particularly L'Amfiparnaso.1842…
  • December 5
    1687 Francesco Geminiani – Italian composer, violinist and music theorist (d.1761); his significance today is largely due to his 1751 treatise Art of…
  • December 4
    1660 André Campra baptized – French composer (d.1744); one of the leading French opera composers in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and…
  • December 3
    1729 Padre Antonio Soler baptized – Spanish composer (d.1783); best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord,…
  • December 2
    1866 Harry T. Burleigh – African American composer, arranger, and singer (d.1949); the first black composer who helped develop a characteristically…
  • December 1
    1944 first performance of Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra by the Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.1946 Rudolf Buchbinder – Austrian…
  • November 30
    1784 Ferdinand Ries baptized – German composer (d.1838); even though he is best known as a pupil and secretary of Beethoven, there is a Ferdinand Ries…
  • November 29
    1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully baptized – Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer (d.1687); spent most of his life working in the court of…
  • November 28
    1474 death of Guillaume Dufay (age c.74) – Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance; he was the central figure in the Burgundian School and the…
  • November 27
    1474 death of Guillaume Dufay (age c.74) – Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance; he was the central figure in the Burgundian School and the…
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