Composer events for 1939

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Birthdays

Premiere of the Symphony, in Berlin, Germany. (5 February) → Boris Blacher
Premiere of Der Mond, in Munich, Germany. (5 February) → Carl Orff
Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Boston, USA. (24 February) → Roy Harris
Premiere of violin concerto no. 2, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (23 March) → Béla Bartók
Premiere of Bachiana Brasileira, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (25 March) → Heitor Villa-Lobos
Premiere of The Old Maid and the Thief, on NBC radio, USA. (22 April) → Gian Carlo Menotti
Premiere of Alexander Nevski, in Moscow, Russia. (17 May) → Sergey Prokofiev
Premiere of Symphonic Variations, in Cracow, Poland. (17 June) → Witold Lutosławski
Premiere of Imaginary Landscape no. 1, Seattle, USA. (9 December) → John Cage

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– Sat 17 May: 2nd Symphony Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal
– Sat 17 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: El Nino Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, USA
– Sun 18 May: 2nd Symphony Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: "Kurt Weill, Thomas Bagwell & Diane McNaron" Artburst at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Homewood, Alabama, USA
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Birthdays:
– Armand Coeck
– Milton Babbitt
– Heinrich Konietzny
– Max Steiner
– Anatolii Lyadov
Dying days:
– Wilhelm Bernhard Molique
– Catterino Cavos
– Charles Avison
– Christoph Graupner
Events:
– (1962) Wolfgang Fortner: Premiere of In Seinem Garten Liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa, in Schwetzingen, Germany.
– (1946) Samuel Barber: Premiere of The Serpent Heart, in New York, USA.
– (1907) Paul Dukas: Premiere of Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, in Paris, France.
– (1894) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Guntram, in Weimar, Germany, with Strauss conducting.

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