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Gershwin Prize awarded to McCartney 20 Nov 2009
Brazilian composer signs new contract in California 17 Nov 2009
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Walter Carsen Prize for Robert Aitken 21 Oct 2009
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Sat 21 Nov: Elijah Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
Sun 22 Nov: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Complete organ works (6) Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy
Mon 23 Nov: RAGA I (for percussion and orchestra) deSing
Sat 28 Nov: Contemporary piano music recital, Ljuba Moiz, piano Palazzo del Principe,Sala degli Argenti ,Genoa-Italy
Sun 29 Nov: A Concert by The Chiltern Camerata The Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham, Bucks., England
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Birthdays:
Nikolaus (Paul) Zmeskall
Edmond Dédé
Juan Vicente Lecuna
Norbert Moret
John Barnes Chance
Dying days:
Anton Rubinstein
Albert Hermann Dietrich
Vilhelm Eugene Stenhammar
Francesco Cilea
Alexander Moyzes
Events:
(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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