Composer events for 1938

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– Thu 4 Sep: Nassau oblige - 12 Widmungsmusiken (1813-2005) an die Herrscher der Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau, for Woodwind-Quartet Wiesbaden, Germany
– Sat 6 Sep: Seann Branchfield Acoustic Performance Gizzy's Coffee 16 W 8th Street, New York, NY, USA
– Tue 16 Sep: Cycles - A feast of Orchestral Song Cadogan Hall, London, UK
– Thu 2 Oct: First performance of a work for orchestra Casa de la Musica, Quito, Ecuador
– Sun 5 Oct: Eisenhower Farewell Address Castro Valley Center for the Arts, Castro Valley, California, USA

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Birthdays:
– Geoffrey Gordon
– Robert Aitken
– Ugo Amendola
– Ivor Gurney
– Ludvig Norman
Dying days:
– Bohuslav Martinů
– Anatolii Lyadov
– Johann Schobert
Events:
– (2005) Peter Wallin: First performance of movement 1 & 2 from "The Mouse", in Holsted, Denmark.
– (1850) Richard Wagner: Premiere of Lohengrin, in Weimar, Germany.
– (1775) Franz Joseph Haydn: Premiere of L'Incontro Improvviso, in Eszterháza, Hungary.
– (1733) Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Premiere of La Serva Padrona, in Naples, Italy.

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Birthdays

Premiere of the Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion, in Basel, Switzerland, with Bartók as soloist. (16 January) → Béla Bartók
Premiere of Le Nouvel Age, in Warsaw, Poland. (21 January) → Igor Markevitch
Premiere of Julietta, Prague, Czech Republic. (16 March) → Bohuslav Martinů
Premiere of Dumbarton Oaks, Concerto in E flat major, in Washington D.C., USA. (8 May) → Igor Stravinsky
Premiere of Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher, in Basel, Switzerland. (12 May) → Arthur Honegger
Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA. (25 May) → William Schuman
Premiere of Mathis der Maler, in Zürich, Switzerland. (28 May) → Paul Hindemith
Premiere of The Incredible Flutist, in Boston, USA. (30 May) → Walter Piston
Premiere of Le Diable Boiteux, in Paris, France. (30 June) → Jean Françaix
Premiere of Noblissima Visione, in London, England. (21 July) → Paul Hindemith
Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany. (24 July) → Richard Strauss
Premiere of string quartet op. 28, in Pittsfield, Mass., USA (22 September) → Anton Webern
Premiere of violin concerto, in Moscow, Russia. (8 October) → Alfredo Casella
Premiere of Daphne, in Dresden, Germany. (15 October) → Richard Strauss
Premiere of Peer Gynt, in Berlin, Germany, with Egk conducting. (24 November) → Werner Egk