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The Savoy Plaza Hotel in 1937 Today we mark a technological event that came and went with hardly a murmur. It was 87 years ago today â on September 17, 1931 â that the RCA Victor Company demonstrated the first long-playing (or âLPâ) record to rotate at 33-1/3 rpm (or ârounds per minuteâ). The demonstration…
[caption id="attachment_2344" align="alignright" width="212"] Rarer than unobtainium, a photograph of Schoenberg smiling![/caption]There are certain first performances that we celebrate as being among the seminal events in music history. For example (and we would do well to memorize these dates!), the first performance of Claudio Monteverdiâs groundbreaking opera Orfeo occurred at Florenceâs Pitti Palace on Friday,…
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) circa 1968 We offer up our very best birthday wishes to Igor Stravinsky, who was born 137 years ago today, on June 17, 1882. A word of warning: saying Happy Birthday! to a Russian born before February 14, 1918âââas Stravinsky wasâââis an exercise in asterisks and parentheses. This is because it wasnât…
John Eliot Gardiner In the course of answering a question last week, I invoked my affection for certain period instrument recordings, particularly those of John Eliot Gardiner. Iâd like to flesh that answer out and in doing so say why. The debate over âhistorically informed performancesâ (HIP) (or âauthentic performancesâ or âperiod instrument performancesâ) is…
Two seemingly disparate events on this date provide the framework for todayâs post. Here they are: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) in 1948 On July 13, 1951 â 69 years ago today â the composer Arnold Schoenberg died in Los Angeles. Born in Vienna on September 13, 1874, the date and timing of Schoenbergâs death could not…
October 2 was a most interesting day in music history. Rather than choose just one person or event for discussion, weâre going to spread the love today and observe three people and one event for whom/which October 2 was a signal date. Max Bruch and One Hit Wonders [caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="205"] Max Bruch[/caption] On…
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was, in his lifetime, considered Beethovenâs equal as a pianist and, if not his equal as a compositional innovator, then a rather more listenable alternative. The former head music critic for The New York Times, Harold Schonberg, put it this way: Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), circa 1814 âHe [Hummel] was a…
The jazz-inspired revelation that changed my life at the age of fourteen was foisted on me by none-other-than the Elf himself: Erroll Garner. My dad had a number of Garner LPâs among the various stacks in the record cabinet, most notably the albums âConcert by the Seaâ and âSoliloquyâ. These records literally drove me wild,…
We will observe the first performances that occurred on this date and contemplate, as well, the nature and reality of a âfirst performanceâ in a moment. But first. I know; I know. We collectively wait, with breaths bated, for todayâs âThis Day in Musical Stupid.â Sadly, aside from this very post, I have not been…
Serge (or Sergei) Diaghilev (1872-1929) in 1916 We mark the death on August 19, 1929 â 95 years ago today â of the Russian impresario, patron, art critic, and founder of the Ballets Russes Serge (or âSergeiâ) Pavlovich Diaghilev, in Venice. Born in the village of Selishchi roughly 75 miles southeast of St. Petersburg on…
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