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on July 12 in...
- 1675 Birth of Evarista dall'ABACO Italian composer and conductor who died
on his birthday in 1742.
- 1773 Birth of German flutist and teacher Johann QUANTZ.
- 1842 Birth of American soprano Clara Louise KELLOGG.
- 1847 Birth of German pianist Karl BARTH who studied with Bulow and
Tausig.
- 1847 Birth of Italian musicologist Father Angelo de Santi in Trieste. He
opposed the use of theater music in the church.
- 1854 Birth of Rochester NY philanthropist George EASTMAN. Was
inventor of Kodak camera and roll film; Eastman School of Music. passed away Mar 14, 1932
- 1861 Birth of Russian conductor, professor and composer Anton Stepanovich ARENSKY in Novgorod. d- Terijoki, Finland 25 FEB
1906.
- 1885 Birth of English composer and folksong collector George
Sainton Kay BUTTERWORTH in
London. d- in the
battle of Pozieres, 5 AUG 1916.
- 1893 Birth of English hornist Aubrey BRAIN in London. d-London, 20 SEP 1955. Father of English
hornist Dennis Brain.
- 1895 Birth of Basque composer Juan Telleria y ARRIZABALAGA.
- 1895 Birth of Norwegian soprano Kirsten FLAGSTAD. d- 1962.
- 1895 Birth of American musical theater lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum
Song, Sound of Music; with music by Richard Rodgers.
d- 23 AUG 1960.
- 1934 Birth of American pianist Van CLIBURN in Shreveport Louisiana. As a child was taught by his mother, in
1958 was the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Prize in Moscow.
- 1935 Birth of German conductor Gerd ALBRECHT.
- 1937 America mourns as they hear about the death of American composer
George GERSHWIN at the age of 38 previous day in Hollywood.
- 1942 Birth of American clarinetist Richard STOLTZMAN in Omaha, NE.
- 1943 Birth of English pianist Roger VIGNOLES.
- 1948 FP of Vaughan Williams Partita For Double String Orchestra at
Royal Albert Hall, London, by BBC SO with RVW conducting.
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