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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
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on July 23 in...
- 1584 Death in London of John Day publisher and music typographer.
- 1685 Death in London of Italian violinist Pietro Reggio. Song composer and
publisher.
- 1757 Death in Madrid of Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti.
- 1796 Birth of Swedish composer Franz Adolf BERWALD. d- 3 APR 1868.
- 1806 Birth of German composer and teacher Eduard MARXSEN. Taught
Brahms.
- 1824 In London FP of Weber's Der Freischutz. Starts new era of opera in
England.
- 1838 Birth of French violinist and conductor Edouard COLONNE.
- 1848 Birth of French baritone Lucien FUGERE.
- 1849 Birth of Hungarian pianist Count ZICHY. Who had only left-hand and
played in recitals with Liszt.
- 1856 Birth of English music teacher and critic Herman KLEIN.
- 1861 Birth of American violinist and conductor Nahan FRANKO in New
Orleans.
- 1866 Birth of Italian composer Frencesco CILEA. d- 20 NOV 1950.
- 1902 Birth of Brazilian composer and conductor Burle MARX in Sao Paulo.
Founded Rio de Janeiro Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 1904 Birth of Italian "pandiatonicism" composer Adone ZECCHI in
Bologna.
- 1907 Birth of Gioconda de VITO.
- 1916 Birth of American composer Ben WEBER.
- 1928 Birth in San Francisco of pianist Leon FLEISHER.
- 1933 Birth of English pianist Bernard ROBERTS.
- 1944 Birth of pianist Maria Joao PIRES in Lisbon, Portugal. Married to
violinist Augustin Dumay.
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