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– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Elliott Goldkind
– Wilfred Josephs
– Robert John Farnon
– Ernest Bloch
– Paolino Vassallo
Dying days:
– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

– Pierre Even (18 Jul)
– Clara Schumann (17 Jul)
– Barney Childs (17 Jul)
– István Anhalt (17 Jul)
– Lowell Dijkstra (17 Jul)
– Lisa Ragsdale (17 Jul)
– Amy Scurria (16 Jul)
– Diana Rotaru (16 Jul)
– Benedictus Buns (16 Jul)
– Johannes Brahms (15 Jul)

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Born: 31 July 1810 — Poland

Died: 23 December 1869 — Paris — France

Original compositions

• Marche funebre, opus 1
• Dieux Caprices; Paris, Schlesinger
• Reverie, opus 2 ; idem
• Le reine de Chypre, morceau de salon; idem
• Fantasie sur le Duc d’Olone; Paris chez Tropenas
• Souvenir de Weber sur l’opera d’Oberon; ibidem
• Fantasie sur les motifs de Freyschutz, Paris, ibidem
• Elegie; Mayence, Schott
• Douze Reveries sur piano en deux suites,opus 8 ; ibidem and Paris, chez Flaxland 1862
• Douze morceaux caracteristiques en forme d’etudes, en deux suites; ibidem
• Reminiscences de la Havana, composees put les concerts, opus 10; Paris, Brandus
• Lolita, grande valse brillante, opus 11; ibidem and Paris, chez Tropenas 1845
• Souvenirs de l’Ile de Cuba, opus 12; Paris, chez Tropenas 1847
• Grande Valse Brillante; Paris, Tropensa, et a Mayence, chez Schott
• Fantasie sur la Somnanbule, opus 14; ibidem
• Feuille d’Album, deux Mazureks; Paris, chez Tropenas
• Fantasie sur la Somnanbule; ibidem
• Ballade; ibidem
• Nocturne, opus 18; Mayence, chez Schott et Paris, J. Messonnier Fils; nd
• Rhapsodie a la Polka, opus 19; New York, chez Kerksieg et Breusing, c. 1849; Paris, chez Brandas & Cie; Mayence, chez B. Schott
• Deux Romances originales
• Third of May Song; Philadelphia, Fiot, Meighen & Co. c. 1850

Chopin posthumous publications

• Fantasie Impromptu, opus 66; Paris, Maison J Messonier Fils, 1855
• Quatre Mazurkas, No. 1 a 4, opus 67; idem
• Quatre Mazurkas, No. 5 a 8, opus 68; idem
• Deux Valses, No. 1 et 2, opus 69; idem
• Trois Valses, No. 1 a 5, opus 70; idem
• Trois Polonaises, No. 1, 2 and 3, opus 71; idem
• Nocturne, Marche Funebre et 3 Ecossaises, opus 72 ; idem
• Rondo a Deux Pianos, opus 73; idem
• Zbior spiewow poslkich (Polish Songs), opus 74; Warsaw, Gebenther & Co, 1859

Born in Poland. Exiled after revolution against Russia 1830-31. Resided in Paris approx 1832-1843. Associate of Chopin during this time. Edited Chopin’s music and had his music published with various publishers throughout Europe. Travelled to US and married. Returned to Paris around 1852. Was authorized by Chopin family for publication of unpublished manuscripts. Died in Paris 1869.

Many details of Fontana’s life contained in "Chopin Studies #7" by Chopin Foundation, Warsaw 2000 and "A History of Nineteenth Century American-Polish Music" The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York 1982

He published Chopin’s Posthumous Works, opus 66-74, from 1855-1859.

Buried in Cimitiiere Montmartre de Paris.

• http://www.julianfontana.com

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