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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
– Thu 16 Oct: Outsound and The Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
– Fri 17 Oct: 23rd Annual Concert of Sacred Choral Music Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana, USA

Birthdays:
– Moritz Hauptmann
– Elisabeth Kuyper
– Peter van Anrooy
– Enrique de Marchena
Dying days:
– Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen
– Rudolf Mengelberg
– Arthur Vincent Lourié
– Rebecca Clarke
Events:
– (1836) Adolphe-Charles Adam: Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France.
– (1908) Max Reger: Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.
– (1917) Modest Moussorgsky: Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
– (1968) Gustaf Allan Pettersson: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.
– (1982) Leonard Bernstein: Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

– Sergio Fidemraizer (10 Oct)
– Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (9 Oct)
– Jan Adams (Johann Adam) Reinken (8 Oct)
– Richard Englefield (8 Oct)
– John Arrigo-Nelson (8 Oct)
– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)

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Born: 26 November 1930 — Wien — Austria

Died:

• ’Untergang’ (words by Trakl) for baritone, chorus, wind, piano & percussion
• String Quartet
• Quasi una Sonata (Mosaic-Chiasmus) for piano
• Scena and Capriccio for piano
• Quintet for vibraphone, flute, clarinet, viola & cello
• Sonata for Cello & Piano
• ARIA for orchestra
• Elegy for orchestra
• Three Bagatelles for cello & piano
• Sinfonia a 10 for wind
• Diaphony for flute & cor anglais
• Diptych for flute/alto flute, oboe/cor anglais, bass clarinet & trumpet
• shorter choral compositions and arrangements, inc. Three Sea Shanties
• various songs
• etc.

Michael Graubart was born in Vienna in 1930 and came to England as a refugee in 1938. He graduated in physics at Manchester University in 1952 and then studied composition with Matyas Seiber and flute with Geoffrey Gilbert till about 1956.

From 1966 he taught and conducted at Morley College, and from 1969 to 1991 he was Director of Music there (in succession to such musicians as Holst and Tippett). He was Musical Director of Focus Opera Group, and has taught at the London centre of Syracuse University.

In addition to composing, he has edited early music and has written numerous articles and reviews.

From 1991 to 1996 he was a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music (where he also directed Akanthos, the college’s contemporary-music ensemble). He has taught extramural classes at the University of Manchester. He was Musical Director of the Jubilate Choir of Stockport for two years and has conducted the Hepton Singers of Heptonstall. He gives pre-performance talks for Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera.

• http://www.britishacademy.com/members/graubart.htm

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