August 2000
This month in classical music history.
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1 Thomas Arne's Alfred, including the piece "Rule Britannia" premiered 1740.
Francis Scott Key, born 1779.
John Philip Sousa resigns from US Marine Corps Band to form his own 100 piece group, 1892.
Gian Francesco Malipiero, died 1973. |
2 Arthur Bliss, born 1891.
Enrico Caruso, died 1921.
Pietro Mascagni, died 1945. |
3 Salieri's Europe riconosciuta premiered at La Scala, 1778.
Rossini's William Tell, premiered in Paris, 1829.
Schumann's Violin Concerto was played again, after his wife Clara had 'banned it for traces of madness,' 1936.
Cellist Pablo Casals married student Martita Montanez in Puerto Rico, 1957. |
4 Mozart married Constanze Weber, 1782.
William Schuman, born 1910.
Siegfried Wagner, died 1930. |
5 Ambroise Thomas, born 1811.
Mahler's Fourth Symphony completed, 1900.
George Butterworth, died 1916.
Leon Theremin presents his electric instrument, Thereminovox in Moscow, 1920. |
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6 Karl Ulrich Schnabel, born 1909. |
7 Alfredo Catalani, died 1893.
Karel Husa, born 1921.
Harrison Birtwistle completes opera Yan Tan Tethera, 1986. |
8 Cecile Chaminade, born 1857.
Mussorgsky completed Pictures at an Exhibition, 1874.
Alberto Ginastera's opera Bomarzo is banned by the Argentine Government, 1967. |
9 Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict premiered at Baden-Baden, 1862.
Reynaldo Hahn, born 1874.
Rachmaninov dedicated The Bells to conductor Willem Mengelberg, 1913. |
10 Mozart's A Little Night Music, written 1787. His final symphony, Number 41 "Jupiter," completed 1788.
Queen's Hall summer season, Promenade Concerts, inaugurated, 1895.
Bernd Alois Zimmerman, died 1970. |
11 Raymond Leppard, born 1927.
Hindemith's The Harmony of the World, premiered in Munich, 1957. |
12 Thomas Alva Edison patented the phonograph, 1877.
LeosJanacek, died 1928. |
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13 Bayreuth opened with Wagner's Das Rheingold, 1876.
Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius finished, 1900.
Jules Massenet, died 1912.
Kathleen Battle, born 1948. |
14 Rossini's Turk in Italy, premiered at La Scala, 1814.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, born 1892. |
15 Paganini plays for Napoleon on the Emperor's birthday, 1807.
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, born 1875.
LukasFoss, born 1922.
Artur Schnabel, died 1951.
Penderecki's Black Mask premiered at Salzburg, 1986. |
16 Gabriel Pierne, born 1863.
Strauss' Olympic hymn, premiered in Berlin, 1936. |
17 Wagner's Gotter-dammerung premiered at Bayreuth, 1876.
Ole Bull, died 1880.
Ludwig Roselius' Godiva, premiered at Nuremburg, 1933. |
18 Antonio Salieri, born 1750.
Erwin Schulhoff, died 1942. |
19 Salamone Rossi, born 1570.
Monteverdi hired as maestro di capella, St. Mark's, Venice 1613.
Schubert finished five Goethe songs, including Heidenroslein, 1815.
Serge Diaghilev, died 1929. |
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20 Thomas Luis de Victoria, died 1611.
J.S. Bach's Herr Jesu Christ, du hochstes gut, premiered 1724.
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, premiered at the Cathedral of the Redeemer, Moscow in 1882. |
21 Lili Boulanger, born 1893.
Elgar's The Music Makers, completed 1912.
Dame Janet Baker, born 1933. |
22 Luca Marenzio, died 1599.
Claude Debussy, born 1862.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, born 1928. |
23 Ernst Krenek, born 1900.
Leo Borchard, conductor of re-formed Berlin Philharmonic, died in War accident, 1945. |
24 Michael Wise, died 1687.
Felix Mottl, born 1856.
Cornelius Carter's The Great Learning premiered in London, 1972. |
25 Wagner married Cosima Liszt von Bulow, 1870.
Friedrich Nietzsche, died 1900.
Leonard Bernstein, born 1918. |
26 Mendelssohn's Elijah, premiered at Birmingham Town Hall, 1846.
Faure's Prometheei premiered in Beziers 1900.
George Gershwin debuted as conductor, 1929.
Ralph Vaughan-Williams, died 1958. |
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27 Josquin des Pres, died 1521.
Rameau's Pigmalion premiered in Paris, 1748.
Copland's El Salon Mexico premiered in Mexico, 1937. |
28 Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Il prigionier superbo premiered at Naples, 1733.
Wagner's Lohengrin premiered at Weimar, 1850.
Richard Tucker, born 1913.
Bohuslav Martinu, died 1959. |
29 Louis Couperin, born 1661.
Verdi married Guiseppina Strepponi, 1859.
John Cage's 4'33" premiered at Woodstock, NY, 1952.
Stravinsky begins Threni, 1957. |
30 Mendelssohn begins tenure as Music Director at Leipzig, 1835.
Barber's School for Scandal Overture premiered in Philadelphia, 1933.
Helene Berg, wife of Alban, died, 1976. |
31 Johann Strauss Sr.'s Radetsky March premiered in Vienna, 1848.
Alma Mahler, born 1879.
Arturo Toscanini awarded medal of bravery for wartime conducting, 1916.
Weill/Brecht's Threepenny Opera premiered in Berlin, 1928. |
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