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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

Today → (12 Feb)

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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Latest changes →

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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Wolfgang Amadeus [Amadé] Mozart [1016]

Antonio Vivaldi [1001]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [770]

Ludwig van Beethoven [502]

Johann Sebastian Bach [489]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [472]

Johannes Brahms [461]

Antonio Salieri [460]

Gustav Mahler [458]

Georges Bizet [446]

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Birthdays

Dying days

MusicAtlas events

(1756) → Miltenberg → Joseph Martin Kraus
(1819) → Köln → Jacques Offenbach
(1932) Schloß Plön → Plön → Paul Hindemith

Music events

Premiere of Cardillac (second version), in Zürich, Switzerland. (1952) → Paul Hindemith
Premiere of Traumspiel, in Kiel, Germany. (1965) → Aribert Reimann
Premiere of The Devils of Loudon, in Hamburg, Germany. (1969) → Krzysztof Penderecki
Premiere of El Cimarrón, in Aldeburgh, England. (1970) → Hans Werner Henze
Premiere of Geisterliebe, in Kiel, Germany. (1971) → Isang Yun
Premiere of Orpheus, in Vienna, Austria. (1986) → Hans Werner Henze

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