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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 28 in...
- 1741 In Vienna, burial of Italian composer and violinist Antonio
Vivaldi.
- 1750 Death of German composer J.S. BACH in Leipzig at age of 65 following a stroke. The
Lutheran
Church observes a special Music/Composer recognition Sunday in honor
of Bach whenever the 28th of July falls on a Sunday.
- 1811 Birth of Italian soprano Giulia GRISI in Milan
- 1826 Birth of German-American conductor Carl ZERRAHN in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1848 living
in Boston and became
conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, 1854-96. Harvard
Symphony Concerts 1865-82. Worcester Festival 1866-97. d- Milton, MA, 29 DEC 1909.
- 1840 In Paris, Berlioz conducts, with a sword not baton, FP of
his Grand
Symphonie funebre et triomphale.
- 1850 On Centennial of Bach's death the Bach Gesellschaft in founded in
Germany by Schumann, Jahn and others and publish a critical edition of
Bach works which was completed on 27 JAN 1900.
- 1867
(27th?)Birth of Spanish composer
Enrique GRANADOS.
- 1882 FP of Wagner's Opera Parsifal, Bayreuth.
- 1893 Birth of Danish organist and composer Rued LANGGAARD in Copenhagen. d-Ribe, 10 JUL 1952.
- 1906 Birth of German bass Gottlieb FRICK in Wurttemburg, d-1994.
- 1910 Birth of Musical composer Frank LOESSER. d - 1969.
- 1912 Birth of Brazilian conductor Eleazar CARVALLO.
- 1914 Birth of American conductor Carmen DRAGON. d- 28 MAR 1984.
- 1928 Birth of Scottish conductor Bryden THOMSON. d- 1991
- 1934 Birth of American ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise.
New York City Ballet.
- 1941 Birth of Italian conductor Riccardo MUTI in Napoli City.
- 1972 Death of American soprano Helen Traubel, age 73, in Santa Monica,
CA.
Thanks to Alan-KUAT-FM and Howard-WOMR-FM
for their contributions.
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