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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 June 19 in...
- 1708 Birth of composer Johann Gottlieb JANITSCH. d- 1763.
- 1717 Birth of Bohemian violinist, composer and conductor Johann Wenzel
STAMITZ. Director of The Mannheim School. d- 27 MAR 1757.
- 1810 Birth of violinist Ferdinand DAVID. Leipzig teacher, Gewandhaus
concertmaster. FP Mendelssohn VC, music of Bach and Beethoven.
- 1810 Concertina is patented in England by Wheatstone.
- 1842 Birth of Austrian composer Carl ZELLER. d-1898.
- 1843 Birth of French composer Charles Edouard LEFEBVRE in Paris.
- 1854 Birth of Italian composer Alfredo CATALANI. Today remembered for his
opera, La Wally. d-1893.
- 1896 Birth of Australian organist George THABIN-BALL who settled in England, and was
organist at the Temple Church in London. City Organist of Birmingham.
Performances popular on the BBC.
- 1898 Birth of Swiss conductor Paul MULLER in Zurich. d -21 JUL
1993.
- 1899 FP of Elgar's Enigma
Variations. Halle Orch at Queen's Hall, a Hans Richter concert in London.
- 1924 Birth of German soprano Anneliesa ROTHENBERGER in Mannheim.
- 1934 Birth of Canadian bass-baritone Donald BELL in British
Columbia.
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