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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
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on June 27 in...
- 1729 Death of composer and clavecinist Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de
LaGuerre in
Paris.
- 1789 Birth of composer Friedrich SILCHER in Schnaith. d- 26 AUG 1860.
- 1812 Birth of English composer and teacher J. P. HULLAH.
- 1819 Birth of piano teacher and exercise composer A. LOESCHHORN in
Berlin.
- 1846 Birth of Henry E. Abbey, in Ohio, first manager of the MET Opera
House.
- 1859 Birth of American composer, organist and pianist Mildred HILL. With lyrics by her younger sister Patty Smith Hill wrote
Happy
Birthday to You. d- 1916.
- 1861 Birth of English pianist Fanny DAVIS. First to give a piano recital
in Westminster Abbey.
- 1887 In London, FP of Sir Charles Villers Stanford's 'Irish Symphony'.
At a Richter concert.
- 1888 Birth of Portuguese cellist Guilhermina SUGGIA.
- 1896 In Berlin, FP of Karl Goldmark's opera The Cricket on
the Hearth
based on Dicken's story.
- 1898 Birth of Hungarian composer Tibor HARSANYI in Magyarkanisza. d-Paris,
19 SEP 1954.
- 1910 Birth of Czech composer and pianist Karel REINER.
- 1913 (28th?) Birth of English composer George LLOYD.
- 1922 Birth of American composer and pianist George T. WALKER in Washington, D.C..
- 1932 Birth of American soprano Anna MOFFO-SARNOFF in Wayne, Pa. Metropolitan Opera [1959-1969]. m. Robert
Sarnoff , former chairman of the board of NBC and RCA Records.
- 1932 Birth of English composer Hugh WOOD.
- 1936 Birth of American soprano Nancy GUSTAFSON.
- 1937 Birth of American pianist Samuel
SANDERS.
- 1958 Birth of Finnish composer Magnus LINDBERG.
- 1960 Birth of English conductor and harpsichordist Robert KING.
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for their contributions.
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