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Aw, gosh, jeez, thanks for remembering my birthday! What a birthday rip-off. Until roughly March 15 of this year, I had always assumed that the two worst birthday rip-offs were being born on December 25 (âweâre giving you a combined birthday/holiday gift this year . . .â) and February 29 (âweâll celebrate again in four…
August 8 is a great day, a signal day, an epic day for both good and bad reasons in the history of popular, rock, and jazz music. Weâd observe a few of todayâs date-related events before moving on to our featured story. First, with heads respectfully bowed, we would note some of those who have…
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Yesterdayâs Music History Monday post offered up a heart-felt happy birthday to the Spanish composer and conductor Manuel MarĂa de los Dolores Falla y Matheu (ây Matheuâ, because Spaniards customarily add their motherâs maiden surname to their own), who was born on November 23, 1876 in the AndalucĂan port city of…
Why would anyone want to hack the head off of Joseph Haydnâs corpse, scoop out its eyes and brain, boil off its hair and skin, bleach the skull, and then mount it on a black velvet pillow? This strikes us as gross and more than a little weird, like preserving and mounting Kim Kardashianâs buttocks…
Manuscript of Franz Schubertâs Symphony in B Minor, âUnfinishedâ, movement 1, page 1 On December 17, 1865 â 153 years ago today â the two complete movements that make up Franz Schubertâs so-called âUnfinished Symphonyâ received their premiere in Vienna, in a performance conducted by Johann von Herbeck (1831-1877). Schubert had completed those two movements in…
Vienna State Opera House We mark the opening on May 25, 1869 â 151 years ago today - of the Vienna Court Opera (or Wiener Hofoper), which has been known since 1921 as the Vienna State Opera (or Wiener Staatsoper). The opening was a gala event: a performance of Wolfgang Mozartâs opera Don Giovanni attended…
[caption id="attachment_2092" align="alignright" width="244"] Mozart in Italy at age 14, painted by Saverio dalla Rosa[/caption]As is sometimes the case, the lack of notable musical events on our âappointedâ date (in todayâs case, April 10) requires that we shimmy forward (or back) a day for relevant material; thus: On April 11, 1770 â 247 years ago…
[caption id="attachment_3766" align="alignright" width="261"] Ignaz Joseph Pleyel[/caption] Today we celebrate the birthday of the piano builder and composer Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, who was born in Ruppertsthal, Austria on June 18, 1757: 261 years ago today. Itâs entirely understandable if youâve never heard of Pleyel or his music, because his music â despite being extremely attractive…
[caption id="attachment_586" align="alignright" width="200"] Woobin Park[/caption]As anticipated in my previous post, I have travelled to Chantilly, Virginia â HQ of The Great Courses/The Teaching Company â to oversee the recording of the musical examples for my latest course, âThe 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works.â The three professional concert pianists tasked with recording the excerpts are…
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