1703 Birth of Belgian composer organist and harpsichordist
Joseph-Hector FIOCCO in Brussels. Son of Pietro. d-Brussels, 22 JUN 1741.
1726 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 13 eine Seufzer, meine Tränen on the second Sunday following Epiphany. Was part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1725-27).
1743 Birth of composer Pascal BOYER.
1761 Birth of composer Giovanni Domenico PEROTTI. d-24 MAR 1825.
1762 Birth of Belgian-French composer and publisher Jerome-Joseph de MOMIGNY. d-25 AUG 1842.
1809 Birth of Spanish composer Sebastian de IRADIER in Sauciego. d-Vitoria, 1865.
1821 Birth of English composer, pianist and teacher Clara Angela MACIRONE in London. d-London, 19 AUG 1895.
1833 Death Gertrud Mara Soprano
Born 23 Feb 1749 Cassel Died 20 Jan 1833
Debut in Talestri (Electress Maria Antonia)
Teachers:- Johann Adam Hiller, Pietro Paradisi, Venanzio Rauzzini
Created Dido in Dido Queen of Carthage (Storace)
1844 Birth of Norwegian conductor and composer Johan Peter SELMER in Christiania. d-Venice, 21 JUL 1910.
1856 FP of J. Brahms' Two Sarabandes, in a & b; Gavotte in A, arrangement of Gluck's Paris ed Elena, for piano, in Vienna.
1864 Birth of German composer, conductor and critic Max STEINITZER in Innsbruck. d-Leipzig, 21 JUN 1936.
1869 (GC, JC=1 FEB)Birth of Russian composer and violinist Julius CONUS, in Moscow. d-Malenki, 1942 Russia, Moscow. The brother of Georgi, father of Sergei.
1870 Birth of Belgian composer composer Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas
LEKEU in Heusy. d-Angers, 21 JAN 1894.
1877 Birth of Emil Pollert Bass
Born 20 Jan 1877 Liblice Died 23 Oct 1935
Debut as Hermit in Freischutz (Weber) 27 Sep 1898
Teacher :- Maurice Wallerstein, Frantisek Pivoda
Sang in premiere of Schwanda the Bagpiper (Weinberger)
1880 FP of J. Brahms' Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79, for piano, in Krefeld.
1882 Birth of Evgeniya Bronskaya Soprano
Born 20 Jan 1882 St Petersburg Died 12 Oct 1953
Debut 1902
Teachers:- Teresa Arkel, E De Hacke
1890 Death of German composer Franz Lachner in Munich. b-Rain am Lech, 2 APR 1803.
1891 Birth of Ukrainian-American violinist Mischa ELMAN in Talnoye,
Ukraine.
1899 (21st? GC, JC=8 JAN)Birth of Russian composer Alexander TCHEREPNIN. d-29 SEP
1977.
1900 Birth of Russian composer and teacher Boris Semyonovich SHEKHTER
in Odessa. d-Moscow, 16 DEC 1961.
1904 Birth of Norman Cordon Bass-Baritone
Born 20 Jan 1904 Washington Died 1 Mar 1964
Debut as King in Aida (Verdi) 1933
Teachers:- Gaetano De Luca, Hadley Outland
Created Greek God in Island God
1907 Birth of William Parsons Bass-Baritone
Born 20 Jan 1907 Bristol
Created Pickwick in Pickwick (Coates)
1908 Birth of American composer and teacher Wilfred Conwell BAIN in
Shawville, Quebec.
1909 Death of Zulma Bouffar Soprano
Born 23 May 1841 Nerac Died 20 Jan 1909
Created Fragoletto in Brigands (Offenbach)
Gabrielle in Vie Parisienne (Offenbach)
Sang in premiere of Voyage dans la Lune (Offenbach)
1910 Birth of Italian composer Ennio PORRINO in Sardinia. d-Rome, 25
SEP 1959.
1919 Birth of British conductor Royalton KISCH.
1919 Birth of Czech composer Stepan LUCKY in Zilina.
1920 Birth of Theodore Uppmann Baritone
Born 20 Jan 1920 San Jose California
Debut as Papageno in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1946
Teachers:- Ruth Miller, Jan Popper, Steuart Wilson
Created Billy Budd in Billy Budd (Britten)
Bill in Quiet Place (Bernstein)
Jonathan Wade in Passions of Jonathan Wade (Floyd)
Sang in premiere of Yerma (Villa-Lobos)
Black Widow (Pasatieri)
1924 Birth of French pianist Yvonne LORIOD in Houilles, France.
1926 Birth of American pianist and experimental music
composer David TUDOR in Philadelphia, PA.
1928 Birth of Portugese-American conductor and musicologist Antonio de ALMEIDA (dal MAY
dah) in Neuilly, Paris. d-Pittsburgh 18 FEB 1997.
1931 Birth of Birgit Finnila Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Jan 1931 Falkenberg
Debut in Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 1967
Teachers:- Roy Henderson, Ingalill Linden
1935 Birth of Ugo Benelli Tenor
Born 20 Jan 1935 Genoa
Debut 1960
Teacher :- Giulio Confalonieri
Created Actor in Metamorfosi di Bonaventura (Malipiero)
1938 Birth of Barbara Scherler Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Jan 1938 Leipzig
Debut as Cherubino in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1959
Teacher :- Margarete Barwinkel
Created Mrs Isidor Strauss in Untergang der Titanic (Siebert)
Sang in premiere of Gespenstersonate (Reimann)
1939 Birth of Ermanno Mauro Tenor
Born 20 Jan 1939 Trieste
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1962
Teachers:- Herman Geiger-Torel, George Lambert
1939 FP of C. Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2 composed in Concord, MA. 1840-1860. Performed by pianist John Kirkpatrick, in NYC.
1940 Birth of Portugese pianist and composer Jorge PEIXINHO,
aka Manuel Rosada Marques, in Montijo.
1941 FP of B. Bartók's String Quartet No. 6, by the Kolisch Quartet, in NYC.
1968 Death of Alfred Poell Baritone
Born 1900 Linz Died 20 Jan 1968
Debut 1929
Teachers:- Philipp Forsten, Josef von Manowarda
Created Lawyer in Prozess (von Einem)
Sang in premiere of Le Vin Herbe (Martin)
Le Liebe der Danae (Strauss)
1970 Birth of Bulgarian composer, pianist and organist Sabin LEVI in Sophia.
1979 FP of G. Rochberg's String Quartets Nos. 4-6 of The Concord Quartets, by the Concord Quartet at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA.
1987 Death of Luigi Pontiggia Tenor
Born 1919 Died 20 Jan 1987
1993 Death of Marko Rothmuller Baritone
Born 31 Dec 1908 Zagreb Died 20 Jan 1993
Debut as Ottokar in Freischutz (Weber) 1932
Teachers:- Franz Steiner, Eugen Robert Weiss
Pupil :- Gillian Sands
Created Truchess von Waldburg in Mathis der Maler (Hindemith)
2000 Death of Ira Petina Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1907 St Petersburg Died 20 Jan 2000
Created Desire Annable in Merry Mount (Hanson)
2001 Death of Beverley Johnson Teacher of Singing
Born 12 Jun 1901 Died 20 Dec 2001
Pupils :- Ara Berberian, Mignon Dunn, Faith Esham, Renee Fleming
Richard Fredericks, Rita Shane, John Calvin West
Willard White
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