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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: 1483 — Vitré (Normandy) — France

Died: 2 October 1559 — Mantua (independent duchy) — now northern Italy

He wrote many volumes of church music. His works were completely edited by P. Jackson and G. Nugent in the Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae in 1970–82. They include a joint publication with the Flemish-born Venetian polyphonist Adriaen Willaert of Vespers psalms for double choir (1550) and the following solo-publications, all in Venice: a “flower masses” “Messe del fiore ... libro Primo” for 5 voices, 1561 and various collections of motecta (Motets) from 1539, 1540, 1544 and 1545

This French-born (Norman) major composer of church music (dates vary somewhat according to the source) probably came to Italy between 1513 and 1515, was a singer in the service of the Rangoni family in Modena, having worked for Sigismondo d’Este at Ferrara in 1517. Around 1525 he moved to Mantua, joining Bishop Ercole Gonzaga’s chapel by 1526 and became citizen in 1534, when he was appointed maestro di cappella at Mantuas Ss. Peter and Paul cathedral from 1539 till his death.

P.S. He should not be confused with the Flemish polyphonist Jacquet van Berchem.

[This contribution is mainly based on the article on him in N. Slominsky, The Concise Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed., Schirmer Books, NY, 1994 and the below-linking HOASM-site.]

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