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– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - 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:
– Vadim Larchikov
– Chris Rupert
– Ludo Geloen
– Jeff Talman
– Vinko Globokar
Dying days:
– Leo Sowerby
– Giovanni Bottesini
Events:
– (1977) Michael Tippett: Premiere of The Ice Break, in London, England.
– (1791) Franz Joseph Haydn: Premiere of Symphony in G major Hob. I:92 “Oxford”, in Oxford, England.

– Gabriel Erkoreka (17 Jun)
– Miguel Álvarez Fernández (17 Jun)
– Edward Gonçalves Pinto (17 Jun)
– George Frederic Pinto (17 Jun)
– André Miranda (17 Jun)
– Artur Santos (17 Jun)
– Martin Wesley-Smith (17 Jun)
– Arturo Márquez (17 Jun)
– Giorgos Kyriakakis (17 Jun)
– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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– Ludwig van Beethoven [1193]
– Johann Sebastian Bach [1161]
– Johann Nepomuk Hummel [1122]
– Johannes Brahms [1094]
– Antonio Salieri [1094]
– Gustav Mahler [1089]
– Georges Bizet [1060]

Born: 19 July 1887 — Berlin — Germany

Died: 2 May 1953 — Bordeaux — France

More than 40 songs published by Augener and G. Schirmer, including Ecstasy, June, Three Songs of Ezra Pound; numerous transcriptions of Bach chorales published by J & W Chester; numerous works for piano solo published by G. Schirmer, Leuckert and Augener, including Prelude in B-flat Minor, Six Viking Nature Studies, A Little Fairy Suite, etc.

His father was the British pianist Franz Rummel, his mother was a daughter of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph. He studied in Berlin (piano with Godowsky, composition with Kaun)and Washington (piano with Fabian). He held American citizenship, although his career was entirely in Europe. He was a friend and active champion of Debussy, premiering 10 of his piano works. His songs were once very popular, sung by Maggie Teyte, John McCormack, and more recently, Jessye Norman. Lost works include a violin sonata, string quartet, and piano concerto. His biography is found in Slonimsky, MGG, Grove 3-5, and The New Grove II. Seven of his songs are recorded on Dante HPC027.

A full-length biography of Rummel is now published? The title is: "Prince of Virtuosos: A Life of Walter Rummel, American Pianist" (Scarecrow Press, 2005). Author: Charles Timbrell.

• E-mail address: <CTimbrellaol.com>

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