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Strings
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Strings is written by and for players and teachers of bowed stringed instruments. Each issue features lively interviews with such luminaries as Itzhak Perlman, Edgar Meyer, and Yo-Yo Ma. Plus, it's filled with music to play, from long-forgotten pieces to new works.
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today in classical music
from CLASSICalmanac.com
on July 19 in...
- 1735 Birth of Garret WESLEY, Irish composer and founder of the Dublin
Academy of Music,
professor at Trinity College and father of of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke
of Wellington.
- 1795 Birth of Michael LACY in Bilbao, violin prodigy and later a conductor
in England.
- 1811 Birth of German organist, conductor and composer Vincenz LACHNER.
d- 22 JAN 1893.
- 1835 Death of Karl Keller well known German flautist.
- 1885 Birth of Hans WEISBACH, German conductor and director of Leipzig
Radio.
- 1898 Birth of Venezuelan pianist Juan-Batista Plaza. d 1 JAN 1965 in
Caracas.
- 1905 Birth of English conductor Boyd NEAL.
- 1905 Birth of Hungarian born British pianist Louis KENTNER in Karwen. d
1987.
- 1906 Birth of Norwegian composer Klaus EGGE.
- 1911 Perhaps the shortest composition for orchestra composed by Anton
Webern Five Pieces For Orchestra, 6 1/3 bars lasting 19 seconds.
- 1913 Birth of American composer and pianist Peggy Stuart COOLIDGE in
Swampscott, MA.
- 1920 Birth of violinist Robert MANN in Portland OR. Composer and founder of
the Juilliard String Quartet in 1948.
- 1935 Birth of English organist Nicholas DANBY d- 1997.
- 1935 Birth of German conductor and tenor Peter SCHREIER in Meissen.
- 1941 Birth of prima ballerina of The Bolshoi ballet Natalya Bessmertnova.
- 1942 FP in USA of The Shostakovitch Seventh Symphony.
Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
- 1952 Birth of English conductor and composer Dominic MULDOWNEY in Southampton. The
music director, Royal National
Theatre, 1976-99.
- 1960 Birth of Italian conductor Carlo RIZZI.
- 1964 Birth of English conductor Mark WIGGLESWORTH.
- 1965 Birth of Scottish percussionist (Deaf) Evelyn GLENNIE.
Thanks to Alan-KUAT-FM and Howard-WOMR-FM
for their contributions.
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