John La Montaine


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Sun 22 Nov: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Complete organ works (6) Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy
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(1805) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fedelio (first version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.
(1864) Anton Bruckner: Premiere of Mass in d minor, in Linz, Austria.
(1889) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in d minor, in Budapest, Hungary, with Mahler conducting.
(1911) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Das Lied von der Erde, in Munich, Germany.
(1953) Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Premiere of Sinfonie in einem Satz (revised), in Brussels, Belgium.

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Born: 1920 — Oak Park, Illinois — USA
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He studied compostion at the Eastman School of Music with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson then he studied at Julliard. He was a touring perfoming pianist and played with the NBC symphony with Arturo Toscanini. He then went to France and studied with Nadia Boulanger. He was a full time composer until his late 30’s when he went into stock brokering. He was about to quit composing when in 1959 he won a pulitzer prize for his piano concerto opus 9. Since then he has recieved enough commisions to compose full time.

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