Composer events for 15 December

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Charles Ives award for James Matheson posted 10 Jan 2012

Kravis Prize for New Music to Dutilleux posted 9 Jan 2012

Grétry work rediscovered posted 6 Jan 2012

Legacy gift of over $14 million from Ann Southam posted 26 Oct 2011

Upcoming concerts →

Sun 12 Feb: IN DEEP SILENCE II Kasteel Cortewalle, Beveren, België

Tue 14 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre Stadsschouwburg, Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam, Nederland

Thu 16 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre NTGent, Sint Baafsplein 17, Gent, België

Sat 18 Feb: Centenary celebration Yvre l'Eveque, Le Mans, France

Sat 18 Feb: 2012 Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York

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Birthdays:

Juan García de Salazar

Jan Ladislav Dušek

Dying days:

Agostino Steffani

Armand-Louis Couperin

Frantisek Xaver Dušek

Ambroise Thomas

Charles-Emile Waldteufel

Events:

(1867) Jacques Offenbach: Premiere of La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, in Paris, France.

(1924) George (Jacob) Gershwin: Premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, in New York, USA, with Gershwin at the piano.

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Wenzel Müller (10 Feb)

Alexander Moyzes (10 Feb)

Mikuláš Moyzes (10 Feb)

Ján Cikker (10 Feb)

Dezider Kardoš (10 Feb)

Eugen Suchoň (10 Feb)

Avraham Chachamovits (10 Feb)

Leslie Mazur-Park (8 Feb)

Eda Rapoport (8 Feb)

John Linton Gardner (8 Feb)

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Johannes Brahms [461]

Antonio Salieri [460]

Gustav Mahler [458]

Georges Bizet [446]

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Birthdays

Dying days

Music events

Premiere of Donna Diana, in Prague, Czech Republic. (1894) → Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Premiere of piano concerto in f minor op. 114, in Leipzig, Germany. (1910) → Max Reger
Premiere of Chôro no. 10, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (1926) → Heitor Villa-Lobos
Premiere of the Háry János Suite, in New York, USA. (1927) → Zoltán Kodály
Premiere of the second Kammersinfonie op. 38, in New York, USA. (1940) → Arnold Schoenberg
First performance of Contrasts (1983) for 2 players, in Lund, Sweden. (1983) → Peter Wallin

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