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• 1695 Birth of Italian composer Giuseppe SAMMARTINI in Milan. d-London, 1 NOV 1750. Brother of composer Giovani Sammartini.
  
• 1755 FP of Karl Heinrich Graun's opera Montezuma. French libretto by Frederick the Great, in Berlin.
• 1824 Birth of Gottardo Aldighieri Baritone Born 6 Jan 1824 Lazise Lake Garda Died 11 May 1906 Debut as Germont in Traviata 1858 Teachers:- Lamperti, E Lombardi, D Foroni Created Barnaba in Gioconda (Ponchielli) Raoul in Gabriella di Vergy (Donizetti)
• 1832 Birth of Austrian composer Rudolf BIBL in Vienna. d-Vienna, 2 AUG 1902.
• 1838 Birth in Cologne of Germany of composer Max BRUCH in Köln. d- Friedenau, suburban Berlin, 2 OCT 1920.
  
• 1850 Birth of Polish composer Franz Xaver SCHARWENKA in Szamotuly. d-Berlin, 8 DEC 1924.
• 1856 Birth of Italian conductor, pianist and composer Giuseppe MARTUCCI in Capua. d-Naples, 1 JUN 1909.
• 1858 Birth of Ben Davies Tenor Born 6th Jan 1858 Pontardawe Died 28 March 1943 Teacher :- Albert Randegger Pupils :- Howell Glynne, Evan Williams Debut in Bohemian Girl (Balfe) 1881 Created Hubert in Canterbury Pilgrims(Stanford) Sang in premiere of Ivanhoe (Sullivan) Signa (Cowen)
• 1861 Birth of Emilio De Marchi Tenor Born 6 Jan 1861 Voghera Died 20 Mar 1917 Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1886 Created Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini)
• 1862 Birth of Frances Saville Soprano Born 6 Jan 1862 San Francisco Died 8 Nov 1935 Debut as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 7 Sep 1892 Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi
• 1863 FP of Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 3 in f, in Vienna.
• 1866 Death of Louis Antoine Ponchard Tenor / Teacher of Singing Born 31 Aug 1787 Paris Died 6 Jan 1866 Debut in Ami de la Maison (Gretry) 1812 Teacher :- Pierre-Jean Garat Pupils :- Henri-Bernard Dabadie, Jean Baptiste Faure, Giovanni Mario Louis-Henri Obin, Rosine Stoltz, Jean Baptiste Weckerlin Charles Marie Ponchard, Gustave Roger Created Georges Brown in Dame Blanche (Boieldieu) Sang in premiere of Nouveau Seigneur du Village (Boieldieu) Petit Chaperon Rouge (Boieldieu) Deux Nuits (Boieldieu) Joconde (Isouard) Leicester (Auber) Neige (Auber) Concert a la Cour (Auber) Macon (Auber) Masaniello (Carafa) Zemire et Azor (Gretry) Les Evenements Imprevus (Auber)
• 1868 Birth of Italian composer Vittorio MONTI in Naples. d-Naples, 20 June 1922)
• 1871 Birth of Regina Pacini Soprano Born 6 Jan 1871 Lisbon Died 18 Sep 1965 Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 1888 Teachers:- Jose Pacini (father), Valani, Mathilde Marchesi, Napoleone Relanne
• 1872 Birth of Russian composer Alexander SCRIABIN, aka Skriabin, in Moscow. d-Moscow, 27 APR 1915.
• 1874 Birth of American composer Charles Gilbert SPROSS. d-1961.
• 1875 Birth of Thor Mandahl Bass-Baritone Born 6 Jan 1875 Goteburg Died 26 Feb 1959 Debut as Lothario in Mignon (Thomas) 1899 Teacher :- Julius Gunther
• 1879 Birth of Elise Elizza Soprano Born 6 Jan 1870 Vienna Died 3 Jun 1926 Debut as Margit in Lachenden Erben (Weinberger) 1892 Teacher :- Adolf Limley, Amalie Materna Pupils :- Maria Hussa, Lotte Lehmann
• 1888 FP of Antonin Dvorák's Piano Quintet No, 2 in A, Op. 81, in Prague.
• 1890 Birth of Bruno Carmassi Bass Born 6 Jan 1890 Died May 1971 Pupil :- Ruggero Bondino
• 1891 Birth of Stanislaw Grusczynski Tenor Born 6 Jan 1891 Wilna Died 3 Feb 1959 Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 1916
• 1894 Birth of Andre Pernet Bass-Baritone Born 6 Jan 1894 Rambersville Died 23 June 1966 Debut as Vitellius in Herodaide (Massenet) 1921 Teacher :- Andre Gresse Created Maximilien in Maximilien (Milhaud) Shylock in Marchand de Venise (Hahn) Oedipe in Oedipe (Enescu) Sang in premiere of Vercingetorix (Canteloube)
• 1899 Birth of Canadian composer Sophie-Carmen ECKHARDT-GRAMATTE in Moscow. d-Stuttgart, 2 DEC 1974. [ed´s note:Verification of above from Nancy Nehring, Administrative Officer Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Competition QE II Music Building Brandon University]
• 1900 Birth of French composer Pierre-Octave FERROUD in Chasseley, suburban Lyon. d-Debrecen, Hungary, 17 AUG 1936.
• 1902 Birth of American composer Mark BRUNSWICK. d-1971.
• 1903 Birth of Greek born American conductor Maurice ABRAVANEL in Saloniki. d-Salt Lake City, UT 22 SEP 1993.
• 1903 Birth of Mafalda Favero Soprano Born 6 Jan 1903 Portomaggiore Died 3 Sep 1981 Debut as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1926 Teachers:- Alessandro Vezzani,Giuseppe Podesta, Ersilde Cervi Caroli Created Madelon in Prezione Ridicole (Lattuada) Gasparini in Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari) Sang in premiere of Dama Boba (Wolf-Ferrari)
• 1906 Death of Marie Gabrielle Krauss Soprano Born 24 Mar 1842 Vienna Died 6 Jan 1906 Debut as Mathilde in William Tell (Rossini) 1859 Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi Created Pauline in Polyceute (Gounod) Hermosa in Tribut de Zamor (Gounod) Catherine of Aragon in Henry VIII (Saint-Saens) Fosca in Fosca (Gomes) Jeanne in Jeanne d'Arc (Mermet) Dolores in Patrie (Paladilhe) Sang in premiere of Guido et Ginevra (Halevy)
• 1906 FP of Ravel's piano pieces called Miroirs by Spanish pianist Ricardo Vines, in Paris.
  CD-Ravel:Complete Piano Works
• 1907 Birth of Frank Valentino Baritone Born 6 Jan 1907 Denver Died 14 June 1991 Debut as Alfonso in Favorita (Donizetti) 1929 Teacher :- Emilio Piccoli Pupil :- James Morris Created Riviere in Volo di Notte (Dallapiccola) Sang in premiere of Re Lear (Frazzi) Volo di Notte (Dallapiccola) Margherita di Cortona (Refice)
• 1912 Birth of German pianist Hans RICHTER-HAASER. d- 1980.
• 1913 Death of Anton Schott Tenor Born 24 Jun 1846 Schloss Stanfeneck Died 6 Jan 1913 Debut as Max in Freischutz (Weber) May 1870 Teacher :- Agnes Schebest-Strauss Created Azim in Veiled Prophet of Khorassan (Stanford)
• 1916 Birth of American composer Philip BEZANSON. d-1975.
• 1920 Birth of American composer Earl KIM in Dinuba, CA. d-1998.
• 1922 Birth of Norwegian composer Finn MORTENSEN in Oslo. d-Oslo, 21 MAY 1983.
  
• 1924 FP of Jacques Ibert's Escales 'Ports of Call', in Paris.
  CD-Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales
• 1926 (8th) Death of French composer Emile Paladilhe in Paris. b-Montpellier, 3 JUN 1844.
• 1927 Birth of David Ohanesian Baritone Born 6 Jan 1927 Bucharest Debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavalo) 1950 Teacher :- Aurel Costescu-Duca, Dinu Badescu
• 1932 Birth of Andrej Kucharsky Tenor Born 6 Jan 1932 Zilina Debut as Lensky in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 1956 Teachers:- Tito Schipa, Emerich Von Godin
• 1933 Birth of Radmila Bakocevic Soprano Born 6 Jan 1933 Gura Yugoslavia Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1955 Teacher :- Nikola Cvejic
• 1936 Birth of Brigitte Pfretzschner Mezzo-Soprano Born 6 Jan 1936 Dresden Debut as Marzellina in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1959 Teachers:- Frau Intrau, Senta Kutzschbach, Marga Seidel Sang in premiere of Hexe von Passau (Gerster)
• 1938 Death of Heinrich Botel Tenor Born 6 Mar 1854 Hamburg Died 6 Jan 1938 Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1883 Teachers:- Franz Krukl Zumpe
• 1940 Birth of Shirley Love Mezzo-Soprano Born 6 Jan 1940 Detroit Debut as 2nd Lady in Zauberflote (Mozart) Teachers:- Avery Crew, Marinka Gurewich, Margaret Harshaw Created Gertrude in Hamlet (Kagan)
• 1942 Death of Emma Calve Soprano Born 15 Aug 1858 Decazeville France Died 6 Jan 1942 Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1882 Teachers:- Rosine Laborde, Mathilde Marchesi, Domenico Mustafa Jules Puget Pupils :- Gina Cigna, Margherita Grandi, Lucien Muratore Created Suzel in L'Amico Fritz (Mascagni) Anita in Navarraise (Massenet) Fanny in Sappho (Massenet) Bianca in Aben Hamet (Dubois) Sang in premiere of Le Carmelite (Hahn) Flora Mirabilis (Samara)
• 1949 Birth of American composer Richard HOROWITZ.
• 1950 FP of Francis Poulenc's Piano Concerto, composer was soloist, in Boston, MA.
  CD-Poulenc: Concerto for pianos in Dm; Concerto for organ & strings in Gm
• 1951 Birth of American composer Howard BUSS in Allentown, PA.
• 1956 Birth of English cellist Alexander BAILLIE.
• 1963 Death of Lina Abarbanell Mezzo-Soprano Born 3 Jan 1879 Berlin Died 6 Jan 1963 Teachers:- Plohn, Steinmann Sang in premiere of Bruder Straubinger (Eysler)
• 1967 Birth of Greek composer Panayoti KAROUSSOS in Arta.
• 1967 FP of Elliott Carter's Piano Concerto. Boston Symphony.
  CD-Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto
• 1970 Death of Margaret Halstead Mezzo-Soprano Born 1904 Pittsfield Died 6 Jan 1970 Teacher :- Marcella Sembrich
• 1972 Death of Ernst Kozub Tenor Born 12 Jan 1924 Duiborg Died 6 Jan 1972 Debut as Chateauneuf in Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing)
• 1977 Death of Gusta Hammer Mezzo-Soprano Born 3 April 1896 Brandenburg Died 6 Jan 1977 Created Vanna Scomba in Favola del Figlio Cambieto (Malipiero)
• 1978 Birth of American composer Ben HUNTER in Boise, ID.
• 1981 Death of Thomas Heardon Tenor Born 1937 North Carolina Died 6 Jan 1981 Debut 1964 Teacher :- Dusolina Giannini
• 1987 Death of Chilian composer Domingo Santa-Cruz-Wilson in Santiago. b-La Cruz, 5 JUL 1899.
• 1991 FP of Michael Torke's Bronze for piano and orchestra. American Composers Orchestra conducted by David Zinman. The composer, pianist, at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
• 1999 FP of Christopher Rouse's Kabir Padavali for soprano and orchestra. Minnesota Orchestra conducted by David Zinman, with Dawn Upshaw, in Minneapolis.
• 2000 FP of Bright Sheng's Red Silk Dance. Emanuel Ax, piano and the Boston Symphony conducted by Robert Spano.
• 2001 Death of Victor Braun Baritone Born 4 Aug 1935 Windsor Canada Died 6 Jan 2001 Debut as Sciarrone in Tosca (Puccini) 1957 Teachers:- Hermann Geiger-Taurel, Lilian Watson Created Hamlet in Hamlet (Searle) Heracles in Omphale (Matthus)

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