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  • 1596 Birth of Dutch composer, violist, lutenist, harpsichordist and organist Constantin HUYGENS at The Hague.
  • 1644 Birth of Spanish organist and composer Juan Bautista Jose CABANILLES in Valencia. d-Valencia, 29 APR 1712.
  • 1765 Leopold Mozart and his children travel to The Hague. The children get an intestinal typhoid.
  • 1811 (4 JUL?)Birth of French concert pianist and teacher Marie PLEYEL in Paris. m-Camille Pleyel, Austrian piano builder and composer. d-Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium), 30 MAR 1875. Affair with Berlioz in 1830.
  • 1824(5th?)Birth of Austrian composer and organist Anton Joseph BRUCKNER in Ansfelden. d-Vienna, 11 SEP 1896.
  • 1827 Death of Michael Pamer.
  • 1844 Death of minister-composer Oliver Holden in Charlestown, MA. b-Shirley, MA 18 SEP 1765.
  • 1872 Birth of Alexander Davidov Tenor Born 4 Sep 1872 Poltava Died 28 Jun 1944 Debut 1893 Teacher :- Camille Everardi
  • 1876 Birth of Ernesto Badini Baritone Born 4 Sep 1876 S.Colombano al Lambro Died 6 July 1937 Debut as Figaro in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1895 Teacher :- Cesari Created Blake in Sly (Wolf-Ferrari) Sang in premiere of Piccolo Marat (Mascagni) Cena Delle Beffe (Giordano)
  • 1881 Birth of Erna Denera Soprano Born 4 Sep 1881 Posnan Died 16 Mar 1938 Debut as Senta in Flying Dutchman (Wagner) 1906 Teachers:- Franz Dulong, Heinrich Feinhals
  • 1881 Birth of American composer Walter Ruel COWLES. d-1959.
  • 1887 Birth of Carl Martin Oehman Tenor / Teacher of Singing Born 4 Sep 1887 Floda Sweden Died 26 Dec 1967 Debut as Chenier in Andrea Chenier (Giordano) 1914 Teachers:- Gentzel, Giuseppe Oxilia, Quadri Pupils :- Nicolai Gedda, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Erik Saeden Uno Stjernqvist, Martti Talvela, Usko Viitanen
  • 1892 Birth of French composer Darius MILHAUD in Aix-en-Provence. d-Geneva, 22 JUN 1974. In USA from 1940.
  • 1896 Birth of Cyrena Van Gordon Mezzo-Soprano Born 4 Sep 1896 Camden Ohio Died 4 Apr 1964 Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi) 1913 Teacher :- Louise Dotti
  • 1899 Birth of English composer and organist Frederic CURZON in London. d-Bournemouth, 1973.
  • 1903 Death of German conductor Hermann Zumpe in Munich. b-Oppach, 9 APR 1850.
  • 1906 Birth of American critic and musicologist Gilbert CHASE in Havana.
  • 1907(5th)Death of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in Bergen. b-Bergen, 15 JUN 1843.
  • 1921 Birth of Gita De La Fuente Soprano Born 4 Sep 1921 London Sang in premiere of Manana (Benjamin)
  • 1934 Birth of Umberto Grilli Tenor Born 4 Sep 1934 Pavia Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1957 Teachers:- Adelaide Saraceni, Giannino Zecca
  • 1937 Death of Vasily Petrov Bass Born 12 Mar 1875 Alexeyevka Ukraine Died 4 Sep 1937 Debut as Miller in Rusalka (Dargomyzsky) 1902 Teacher :- Bartsal
  • 1937 Death of Stanislav Doubransky Tenor Born 19 Jun 1867 Kolin Died 4 Sep 1937 Debut as Dalibor in Dalibor (Smetana) 13 Oct 1897
  • 1939 Birth of American pianist Irwin GAGE in Cleveland.
  • 1942 Birth of Canadian composer Brian CHERNEY in Peterborough, Ontario.
  • 1962 Birth of Irish-American composer Michael REMSON.
  • 1964 Birth of German bass-baritone Rene PAPE.
  • 1965 Death of Alsatian theologist, missionary, organist and Bach scholar, Albert Schweitzer, in Lambarene, Gabon at the age of 90. b-Kaysersberg, 14 JAN 1875.
  • 1972 Birth of American composer Mickey HELMS in Redwood City, CA.
  • 1991 Death of Carlos Alexander Bass-Baritone Born 18 Oct 1915 Died 4 Sep 1991 Dwbuy as Masetto in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1941 Teachers:- Alma Achadow, Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Friedrich Schorr Lothar Wallerstein Created Prometheus in Prometheus (Orff) Maestro in Ameise (Ronnefeld)
  • 1996 FP of Steven Mackey's Lost Found for orchestra. San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting.
  • 1997 (5th)Death of Hungarian-English conductor Georg Solti age 84, vacationing in Southern France with his family...just before midnight. b-Budapest, 21 OCT 1912.
  • 1999 FP of Philip Glass' score to accompany the classic 1931 Tod Browning horror film Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. Kronos Quartet at Telluride, CO.
  • 2002 Death of Lituanian born French pianist Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. b- Kaunas, Lithuania 26 MAY 1904. Obituary.

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