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August 2000

Notable Births/Events

• August 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.
  
• August 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.
  
• August 11-- Raymond Leppard, born 1927; Hindemith's The Harmony of the World, premiered in Munich, 1957.
  
• August 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.
  
• August 21-- Lili Boulanger, born 1893; Elgar's The Music Makers, completed 1912; Dame Janet Baker, born 1933.