Composer events for 1961

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– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy

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Birthdays:
– Vadim Larchikov
– Chris Rupert
– Ludo Geloen
– Jeff Talman
– Vinko Globokar
Dying days:
– Leo Sowerby
– Giovanni Bottesini
Events:
– (1977) Michael Tippett: Premiere of The Ice Break, in London, England.
– (1791) Franz Joseph Haydn: Premiere of Symphony in G major Hob. I:92 “Oxford”, in Oxford, England.

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Birthdays

Premiere of Jeux Vénetiens, in Cracow, Poland. (24 April) → Witold Lutosławski
Premiere of Elegie für Junge Liebende, in Schwetzingen, Germany. (20 May) → Hans Werner Henze
Premiere of Il Mercante di Venezia, in Milan, Italy. (25 May) → Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco
Premiere of Threnis “To the Victims of Hiroshima”, in Warsaw, Poland. (31 May) → Krzysztof Penderecki
Premiere of The Greek Passion, in Zürich, Switzerland. (9 June) → Bohuslav Martinů
Premiere of Die Jakobsleiter, in Vienna, Austria. (16 June) → Arnold Schoenberg
Premiere of Available Forms I, in Darmstadt, Germany. (8 September) → Earle Brown
Premiere of Structures for 2 pianos, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (21 October) → Pierre Boulez
Premiere of Atmosphères, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (22 October) → György Sándor Ligeti