1801 The U.S. Marine Band performed at the inaugural of Thomas Jefferson who was a music lover and violinist. He gave the Marine Band the title "The President's Own." The band has played for every presidential inaugural since.
1809 The U.S. Marine Band performed at first Presidental inaugural ball, for James Madison. The President, First Lady Dolly Madison, and guests heard popular songs and dances of that time.
1819 Birth of German composer and harpist Karl OBERTHUR in Munich. d-London, 8 NOV 1895.
1832 Birth of Ivan Melnikov Baritone
Born 4 March 1832 St Petersburg Died 8 July 1906
Debut as Riccardo in Puritani (Bellini) 1867
Teachers:- Lomakin, Repetto
Created Prince Igor in Prince Igor (Borodin)
Boris Godounov in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky)
Demon in Demon (Rubinstein)
Prince Nikita Kurlyatev in Enchantress (Tchaikovsky)
William Ratcliff in William Ratcliff (Cui)
Kalenik in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Don Carlos in Stone Guest (Dargomizhsky)
Vyazminsky in Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky)
Vakula in Vakula the Smith (Tchaikovsky)
Tomakov in Ivan the Terrible (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Tomsky in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky)
Sang in premiere of Zauberin (Tchaikovsky)
1857 Birth of Romanian soprano Elena THEODORINI in Craiova, SW Romania. d-1926.
1963 Birth of Ellen Gulbranson Soprano
Born 4 Mar 1863 Stockholm Died 2 Jan 1947
Debut as Aida in Aida (Verdi) 1889
Teachers:- Julius Gunther, Ellen Kenneth. Blanche Marchesi
Mathilde Marchesi
Pupil :- Eide Norena
Sang in premiere of On ne badine pas avec l'amour (Pierne)
Ghismonde (Fevrier)
1870 FP of Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet.
1875 Death of Louis-Augustin Lemonnier Baritone
Born 1793 Died 4 Mar 1875
Debut as Hans in Jeannot et Colin (Isouard) 1817
Created Neveu Morinval in Testament (Auber)
Edmond in Emma (Auber)
Prince Frederic in Le Concert a la Cour (Auber)
Capitaine in Leocadie (Auber)
Valmont in Le Timide (Auber)
Frederic in La Fiancee (Auber)
Sang in premiere of Deux Mousquetaires (Berton)
Artisan (Halevy)
Roi et le Batelier (Halevy)
Masaniello (Carafa)
Deux Mousquetaires (Boieldieu)
Danilowa (Adam)
Josephine(Adam)
Grand Prix (Adam)
Pre aux Clercs(Herold)
Ludovic (Herold)
L'Orphelin et le Brigadier (Ginestre)
Trois jours en une heure (Romagnesi)
1877 Birth of Russian composer Alexander GEDIKE in Moscow. d-Moscow, 9 JUL 1957.
1877 FP of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Not warmly received.
1878 Death of Napoleone Moriani Tenor
Born 10 Mar 1806 Florence Died 4 Mar 1878
Debut in Arabi Nelle Gallie (Pacini) 1832
Teacher :- C.Ruga
Created Carlo in Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti)
Enrico in Maria di Rudenz (Donizetti)
Egmondo in Duca D'Alba (Pacini)
Lorenzo Alopo in Giovanni II (Coccia)
Armando in Due Illustre Rivali (Mercadante)
Linceo in Dirce (Peri)
Luigi in Luigi Rolla (Ricci F)
Enrico in Enrico II (Nicolai)
Sang in premiere of Sposa di Messina (Vaccai)
1878 FP of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. in Moscow.
1888 Birth of Dutch composer Gerard BUNK in Rotterdam. d-Kamen, Germany, 13 SEP 1958.
1895 FP of first and third movements of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 Resurrection. Berlin Philharmonic, composer conducting. The first complete performance, 13 DEC 1895 composer conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.
1898 Birth of English soprano Dora LABBETTE in Purley, Surrey.
d-Purley, 3 SEP 1984. Debut as Mimi in La Boheme (Puccini) 1935
Teachers:- Dinh Gilly, Liza Lehmann
1900 Birth of Adelhaid Armhold Mezzo-Soprano
Born 4 Mar 1900 Kiel
Teachers:- Lilly Hardenfeld, Konrad von Zawilonski, Eugen Pabst
1904 Birth of Romanian tenor Joseph SCHMIDT in Rumania. d-Zurich, 16 NOV
1942. Teachers:- Frau Lerchenfield-Hrymoli, Hermann Weissenborn
1905 (03?) Birth of Hungarian pianist Lili KRAUS. d- Ashville, 6 NOV 1986.
1905 FP of Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto, with violinist Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg.
1906 Birth of Josef Knapp Baritone
Born 4 Mar 1906 Klagenfurt
Teacher :- Tito Gobbi
Created Govaert Flinck in Rembrandt van Rijn (Von Klenau)
Sang in premiere of Rappelkopf (Lothar)
1910 Death of Leopold Demuth Baritone
Born 2 Nov 1861 Brno Died 4 Mar 1910
Debut as Hans Heiling in Hans Heiling (Marschner) 5 Apl 1889
Teacher :- Joseph Gansbacher
Sang in premiere of Wintermarchen (Goldmark)
1912 Birth of German conductor Ferdinand LEITNER. Directed Stuttgart Opera, 1959-1969.
1913 Death of Giovanni Dimitrescu Tenor
Born 30 Dec 1860 Iasi Rumania Died 4 Mar 1913
Teachers:- Giuseppe Cima, George Stephenescu, Francesco Lamperti
1915 Birth of English violist Cecil ARONOWITZ in South Africa. d- Ipswich, 7
SEP 1978.
1915 (1916?)Birth of Spanish-American composer Carlos SURINACH in Barcelona. d-1997.
1918 Birth of Zara Dolukhanova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 4 Mar 1918 Moscow
Debut 1939
Teacher :- Vera Belyayeva-Tarasevich
Pupil :- Olga Borodina
1921 Birth of Egyptian-American composer Halim El-DABH in Cairo, Egypt. He came to the United States in 1950, became U.S. citizen in 1961.
1921 FP of Daniel Gregory Mason's Prelude and Fugue for piano and orchestra, in Chicago.
1960 Death of American baritone Leonard WARREN on stage at MET as 'Don
Carlo' in La Forza del Destino. b-NYC, 21 April 1911. Debut as Paolo in Simon Boccanegra
Teachers:- Giuseppe De Luca, Sidney Dietch, Giuseppe Pais
Riccardo Picozzi, Will J Stone
Created Ilo in Island God (Menotti)
1965 FP in USAmerica of Ligeti's Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes, in Buffalo, NY.
1968 Birth of American conductor and composer Leanna STERIOS. Ft. Worth Ballet.
1969 Birth of Chinese composer Shueh-Shuan LIU in Chang-hua, Taiwan.
1972 Death of Rudolf Petrak Tenor
Born 3 Sep 1917 Sucany Died 4 Mar 1972
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1943
Teachers:- A Korinskej, Balzer
1988 FP of Domenic Argento's Te Deum for chorus and orchestra. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Schola Cantorum, Thomas Swan conducting.
1992 Death of Hungarian composer Sandor Veress in Bern, Switzerland. b-Kolozsvar, Hungary, 1 FEB 1907.
1995 Death of Noel Mangin Bass-Baritone
Born 31 Dec 1931 Wellington N Z Died 4 Mar 1995
Teachers:- Domenique Modesti, Joseph Hislop, Alexander Kipnis
Created Dr Turtlespit in Help Help the Globolinks (Menotti)
King in Taverner (Maxwell Davies)
Black Will in Arden must Die (Goehr)
Brown in Knife (Jones)
1995 FP of Christopher Rouse's Symphony No. 2. Houston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach conducting.
1999 Death of John Hauxvell Baritone
Born 1926 Auckland N Z Died 4 Mar 1999
Debut 1949
Teacher :- E Herbert Caesari
2003 Death of Italian Mezzo Soprano Fedora Barbieri. One of the finest voices of Italian opera, with triumphs at La Scala in Milan, New York's Metropolitan Opera and London's Covent Garden. b-Trieste, 4 JUN 1920. Andante, Obituary.
2004 FP of Rolf Wallin´s Act by The Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Most, Cleveland, OH.
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