Composer events for 16 December

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(1770) Sankt Remigius → Bonn → Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770) Beethovenhaus → Bonn → Ludwig van Beethoven
(1775) → Rouen → François-Adrien Boïeldieu
(1783) San Marcuola → Venezia - Cannaregio → Johann Adolf Hasse

Music events

Premiere of La Vestale, in Paris, Frane. (1807) → Gasparo Luigi Spontini
Premiere of Symphony no. 9 in e minor “New World Symphony”, in New York, USA. (1893) → Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of piano concerto no. 3 in C major op. 26, in Chicago, USA, with Prokofiev at the piano. (1921) → Sergey Prokofiev
Premiere of Le pauvre Matelot, in Paris, France. (1927) → Darius Milhaud
Premiere of Symphony no. 10, in Stockholm, Sweden. (1973) → Gustaf Allan Pettersson

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Another award for Van der Aa posted 29 Mar 2013

Upcoming concerts →

Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center

Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA

Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania

Sat 15 Jun: A North East Choral Garland The Ave, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 7LE

Sat 15 Jun: Viva Vivaldi! Bristol Cathedral College Green Bristol

Today → (21 May)

Birthdays:

Robert Sherlaw Johnson

João-Heitor Rigaud

Christiaan de Jong

Dying days:

(father) Roman(us) Hoffstetter

Feliks Janiewicz

Franz von Suppé

Georgi Lvovitch Catoire

Finn (Einar) Mortensen

Events:

(1925) Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni: Premiere of Doktor Faust, in Dresden, Germany.

(1948) Jean Françaix: Premiere of Les Demoiselles de la Nuit, in Paris, France.

(1986) Harrison Birtwistle: Premiere of The Mask of Orpheus, in London, England.

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Johann Peter Salomon (16 May)

Mikael Carlsson (16 May)

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Hsiao-Lan Wang (16 May)

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