The Heritage Calendar was conceived as an online tool that can help us remember and rediscover all the great bassist, composers and bass events from our past. It may be perceived as a Hall of Fame listing, as well a device that can popularize the bass history. It may also be used to help us define important anniversaries for the years to come.
The calendar offers the following categories of entries: the birthday listing of all bassist who have made a lasting contribution, the birthday listing of important composers of bass music, the birthday listing of other great composers who have left a mark on bass heritage, the premieres of important solo pieces, the premieres of chamber music with bass and the important orchestra, oratorio, opera and ballet premieres. Included are also jazz bassists, electric bass players and even present-day pop music icons who have been associated with bass instrument.
Should you be aware of any other important bass personality, or a date of an important bass event that is not listed here, please send us a memo and we will be happy to include it here.
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January
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January 1
1862 – born: Max Dauthage
January 2
1912 – born: André Ameller in Arnaville, Meurthe et Moselle, France
January 4
1910 – born: Parks Grant in Cleveland, OH, US
1938 – born: Olli Kosonen in Helsinki, Finland
January 7
1936 – born: Eldee Young in Chicago, IL, US
January 9
1819 – born: František Gregora in Netolice, Bohemia
January 11
1875 – born: Reinhold Glière in Kiev, Ukraine
January 19
1787 – premiere: Symphony no. 38 “Prague” by Mozart in Prague
1919 – born: Israel Crosby in Chicago, US
1936 – born: Elliott Schwartz (composer) in New York, NY, US
January 22
1924 – born: Alfred Planyavsky in Vienna, Austria
January 23
1861 – born: František Černý in Pardubice, Bohemia
January 24
1782 – born: Friedrich Hofmeister (publisher) in Strehla, Germany
January 25
1891 – born: Wellman Braud in St. James Parish, Louisiana, US
1928 – born: Andrzej Cwojdziński in Jaworznie, Poland
January 26
1748 – born: Emanuel Förster in Niederstaina, Saxony, Germany
1911 – premiere: “Der Rosenkavalier” by R. Strauss
1920 – born: Erich Hartmann (bassist, composer) in Leipzig, Germany
1945 – premiere: concerto op. 64 by Thomas de Hartmann
January 27
1756 – born: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg, Austria
1906 – born: Radamés Gnattali in Porto Alegre, Brazil
January 28
1918 – born: Ferdinand Maresh in Ohio, US
1928 – born: Andrzej Cwojdziński (composer) in Jaworzno, Poland
January 29
1715 – born: Georg Christoph Wagenseil in Vienna, Austria
January 31
1797 – born: Franz Schubert in Vienna, Austria
1943 – born; Knut Guettler in Oslo, Norway
February
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February 1
1893 – premiere: “Manon Lascaut” by Giaccomo Puccini in Turin, Italy
1896 – premiere: “La Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini in Turin, Italy
1916 – premiere: “The Inextinguishable” Symphony by Carl Nielsen
February 2
1843 – premiere: Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner in Dresden, Germany
1890 – premiere: Symphony no. 8 by Antonin Dvorak in Prague, Bohemia
1892 – born: Alexandr Milushkin (Saratov Region, Russia)
February 3
1736 – born: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger in Klosterneuburg, Austria
1957 – born: Jeff Bradetich in McMinneville, OR, USA
February 5
1887 – premiere: Ottelo by Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Italy
February 6
1881 – born: Karl Weigl (composer) in Vienna, Austria
1983 – premiere: Concerto by Eldon Obrecht
February 7
1792 – born: Johann Hindle in Vienna, Austria
1832 – born: Gaetano Negri in Naples, Italy
1926 – born: Pierre Villette (composer) in 1926 Duclair, Normandy, France
February 8
1907 – premiere: Chamber Symphony Op. 9 by Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna
February 9
1808 – born: Luigi Ghirelli in Bologna, Italy
1885 – born: Alban Berg in Vienna, Austria
1893 – premiere: “Falstaff” by Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Italy
1909 – born: Harald Genzmer (composer) in Bremen-Blumenthal, Germany
February 10
1881 – premiere: “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” by Jacques Offenbach in Paris, France
1888 – born: Luigi Ratiglia in Tricase, Italy
February 11
1851 – born: Vendelín Sládek in Zlatníky, Bohemia
1874 – born: Max Kunze in Roßwein bei Dresden, Germany
1903 – premiere: Symphony no. 9 by Anton Bruckner in Vienna, Austria
February 12
1913 – born: Warren Benfield in Allentown, PA, US
1924 – premiere: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin in New York, US
February 13
1926 – born: Barney Childs in Spokane, WA, US
February 14
1881 – born: Henri O’Kelly in Paris, France
1920 – born: Jack Lesberg in Boston, MA, US
1933 – born: Bertram Turetzky in Norwich, CT, US
February 15
1807 – born: Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (composer) in Volhinia, Ukraine
1847 – born: Robert Fuchs (composer) in Frauental an der Laßnitz, Austria
February 16
1903 – born: Alec Wilder (composer) in Rochester, NY, US
February 17
1858 – born: Artemio Dall’Aglio in Parma, Italy
1859 – premiere: “Un Ballo in Maschera” by Giuseppe Verdi in Rome, Italy
1889 – premiere: Symphony in D minor by Cesar Frank in Paris, France
1904 – premiere: “Madam Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini in Milan, Italy
February 18
1855 – born: Ludwig E. Manoly in Teresianopel, Hungary
1869 – premiere: German Requiem by Johannes Brahms in Leipzig, Germany
February 19
1743 – born: Luigi Boccherini in Lucca, Italy
February 20
1816 – premiere: “Il Barbiere de Seviglia” by Gioachino Rossini in Rome, Italy.
1827 – premiere: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” overture by Felix Mendelssohn in Szczecin, Poland
February 21
1920 – premiere: “Le Boef sur le Toît” by Darius Milhaus in Paris, France
February 22
1878 – premiere: Symphony no. 4 by Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Russia
February 23
1685 – born: Georg Frideric Handel in Halle, Germany
1854 – premiere: “Les Préludes” by Franz List in Weimar, Germany
February 24
1876 – premiere: “Peer Gynt” suite by Edvard Grieg in Oslo, Norway
1879 – born: Herman Reinshagen in New Jersey, US
February 25
1905 – premiere: Concerto by Koussevitzky in Moscow, Russia
1906 – born: Boris Papandopulo (composer) in Honnef am Rhein, Germany
1922 – premiere: “Le Carnaval des Animaux” by Camille Saint-Saëns in Paris, France
February 26
1899 – premiere: Symphony no. 6 by Anton Bruckner in Vienna, Austria
1935 – premiere: Symphony no. 1 by Georges Bizet, in Basel, Switzerland
February 27
1814 – premiere: Symphony no. 8 by Beethoven in Vienna, Austria.
1879 – premiere: Polovetsian Dances by Alexander Borodin in St. Petersburg, Russia.
February 28
1853 – born: Albert Wolschke in Ortrand, Germany
February 29
1792 – born: Gioachino Rossini in Pesaro, Italy
March
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March 1
1829 – born: Wilhelm Sturm in Gloine [Kreis Jerichow], Germany
March 2
1824 – born: Bedřich Smetana in Litomyšl, Bohemia
March 3
1825 – born: Eustachio Pinetti,
1842 – premiere: “Scottish” Symphony by F. Mendelssohn in Leipzig, Germany.
1875 – premiere: “Carmen” opera by G. Bizet in Paris, France.
1899 – premiere: “Ein Heldenleben” op. 40 by Richard Strauss in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1936 – died: Theodor Albin Findeisen
1928 – born: Pierre Michelot in Saint-Denis, Paris, France
1943 – premiere: Variations for Orchestra by Anton von Webern in Wintherthur, Austria.
March 4
1678 – born: Antonio Vivaldi in Venice, Italy
March 5
1887 – born: Heitor Villa-Lobos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
March 6
1763 – born: Giacomo Carloni in Parma, Italy
1853 – premiere: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi in Venice, Italy.
1927 – premiere: Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 by Prokofiev in Moscow
March 7
1875 – born: Maurice Ravel in Ciboure, France
March 8
1791 – Premiere: “Per Questa Bella Mano by” W.A. Mozart in Vienna
1898 – Premiere: “Don Quixote” by R. Strauss in Cologne, Germany
1902 – premiere: Symphony no. 2 by Jean Sibelius in Helsinki, Finland
March 9
1886 – premiere: “The Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns
1910 – born: Samuel Barber in West Chester, Pennsylvania, US
March 10
1892 – born: Arthur Honegger in Le Havre, France.
March 11
1851 – premiere: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi in Venice
1921 – born: Astor Piazzolla in Mar del Plata, Argentina
2002 – died: Ludwig Streicher
March 12
1927 – born: Georg Hörtnagel in Munchen, Germany
1931 – born: François Rabbath in Aleppo, Syria
March 13
1914 – born: Bob Haggard in New York City, US
March 14
1816 – born: Josef Hrabe in Prague, Bohemia
March 16
1870 – premiere: Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Russia
1917 – born: Alvin Redrick Raglin “Junior” in Omaha, US
March 17
1918 – born: Henrik Lindemann in Oslo, Norway
March 18
1844 – born: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in Tikhvin, Russia
1876 – premiere: Quintet No.2, Op. 77 by Antonin Dvorak in Prague, Bohemia
March 19
1892 – premiere: “The Nutcracker Suite” for Orchestra op. 71a by P.I. Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg , Russia
March 20
1880 – born: Franz Josef Moser in Vienna, Austria
March 21
1839 – born: Modest Musorgsky in Toropets, Russia
1839 – premiere: Symphony no. 8 “The Great” by Franz Schubert in Leipzig, Germany
March 22
1931 – born: Rodion Azarkhin in Kharkiv, USSR
March 23
1750 – born: Johann Matthias Sperger in Valtice, Bohemia
1783 – premiere: Symphony no. 35 “Haffner” by Mozart in Vienna, Austria
March 24
1872 – born: Edouard Nanny in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
March 25
1881 – born: Béla Bartók in Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
March 27
1926 – born: John Mathews in Birmingham, Michigan, US
March 31
1685 – born: Johann Sebastian Bach in Eisenach, Germany
April
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April 1
1873 – born: Sergei Rachmaninoff in Great Novgorod, Russia
2006 – premiere: Concerto for Bass Viol by John Harbison in Toronto, Canada
April 2
1800 – premiere: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20 by Beethoven in Vienna
1800 – premiere: Symphony no. 1 by Beethoven in Vienna
1803 – born: Franz Lachner in Rain, Germany
April 3
1906 – born: Billy Taylor in Washington, D.C., US
1936 – born: Scott LaFaro in Newark, NJ, US
April 4
1870 – born: Vito Allegri (Parma Bass School)
1905 – born: Eugène Bozza in Nice, France
April 5
1755 – born: Vincenc Václav Mašek in Zwikowetz, Bohemia
1784 – born: Louis Spohr in Braunschweig, Germany
1803 – Premiere: Symphony no. 2 by Beethoven in Vienna
1874 – premiere: “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauß Jr.in Vienna, Austria
April 7
1726 – born: Charles Burney in Shrewsbury, England
1763 – born: Domenico Dragonetti in Venice, Italy
1805 – premiere: Symphony no. 3 “Eroica” by Beethoven in Vienna
April 8
1894 – premiere: Symphony no. 5 by Bruckner in Vienna
April 9
1717 – born: Matthias Georg Monn in Vienna
April 10
1707 – born: Michel Corrette in Rouen, France
April 11
1872 – born: Lebrecht Goedecke in Gross-Quenstedt bei Halberstadt, Germany
1916 – born: Alberto Ginastera in Buenost Aires, Argentina
1917 – born: Francis Athelstone Baines in Oxford, Great Britain
April 12
1864 – born: Ugo Marchetti in Imola, Italy
April 13
1742 – premiere: “Messiah” oratorio by G. F. Handel in Dublin
April 14
1907 – born: Alfeo Gigli in Modigliana, Italy
April 15
1729 – premiere: St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach in Leipzig, Germany.
April 18
1906 – born: František Hertl in Zbůch of Plzeň, Bohemia
1906- born: Rudolf Malarić in Budapest, Hungary
April 19
1774 – premiere: “Iphigenie in Aulis” by C.W. Gluck in Paris, France.
1840 – born: Friedrich Schlufter in Jecha bei Sonderhausen, Germany
April 21
1918 – premiere: “Classical Symphony” by Sergey Prokofiev in St. Petersburg, Russia
1925 – born: Carline Ray in New York City, US
April 22
1757 – born: Alessandro Rolla in Pavia, Italy
1922 – born: Charles Mingus in Nogales, Arizona, US
1935 – born: Paul Chambers in Pittsburgh, PA, US
April 24
1801 – premiere: “The Seasons” oratorio by J. Haydn in Vienna, Austria
1860 – born: Carl Gianicelli in Gaming, Lower Austria
1889 – born: Hans Fryba in Reisenberg, Austria
1921 – born: Aaron Bell in Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
April 25
1926 – premiere: “Turandot” opera by G. Puccini in Milan, Italy
April 26
1749 – premiere: Music for the Royal Fireworks by F. Handel in London, England
1808 – born: August Müller in Darmstadt, Germany
1950 – premiere: Hidemith’s sonata for Double Bass and Piano
April 27
1891 – born: Sergey Prokofiev in Sontsovka, Eastern Ukraine
April 29
1803 – born: Joseph Karl Kühn in Elbing, Prussia (now Poland)
1899 – born: Duke Ellington in Washington, DC, USA
1936 – born: Zubin Mehta in Mumbai, India
April 30
1923 – born: Percy Heath in Wilmington, North Carolina, US
May
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May 1
1786 – premiere: “Le Nozze di Figaro” by W.A. Mozart in Vienna, Austria
1851 – born: Ludvig Hegner in Copenhagen, Danemark
1907 – born: Hayes Alvis in Chicago, Illinois, US
May 2
1952 – premiere: “Peter and the Wolf” op. 67, by Sergey Prokofiev in Moscow, Russia
May 3
1923 – Premiere: “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky in Ravel’s orchestration – in Paris, France.
May 4
1804 – born: Anton Sláma in Prague, Bohemia
1937 – born: Ron Carter in Ferndale, Michigan, U.S.
May 5
1906 – born: Reidar Furu in Høvik Verk – Bærum, Norway
May 6
1915 – born: George Perle in Bayonne, NJ, US
1981 – premiere: “Angel of Dusk” bass concerto by Einojuhani Rautavaara in Helsinki, Finland
May 7
1824 – premiere: Symphony no. 9 by Beethoven in Vienna
1833 – born: Johannes Brahms in Hamburg, Germany
1871 – born: Vojta Kuchynka in Nove Straseci, Bohemia
1840 – born: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk, Russia
May 8
1745 – born: Carl Stamitz in Mannheim, Germany
1924 – premiere: “Pacific 231” by Arthur Honegger in Paris, France
1938 – premiere: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto by Igor Stravinsky in Washington D.C., USA
May 9
1868 – premiere: Symphony no. 1 by Anton Bruckner in Linz, Austria
May 12
1739 – born: Johann Baptist Vanhal in Neu Nechanitz, East Bohemia
1754 – born: Franz Anton Hoffmesiter in Rottenburg am Neckar, Austria
1872 – born: Claude Hobday in Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom
1887 – born: Iosif Frantsevich Gertovich in Vilnus, Latvia
1935 – born: Gary Peacock in Burley, Idaho, US
May 13
1833 – premiere: Symphony no. 4 “The Italian” by Felix Mendelssohn in London, England
1930 – born: Erik Moseholm in Fredericia, Denmark
May 14
1966 – premiere: “Concerto per Corde” by Alberto Ginastera in Caracas, Venezuela
May 15
1908 – born: Lars Erik Larsson in Åkarp, Sweden
1920 – premiere: “Pulcinella” by Stravinsky in Paris, France
May 16
1927 – born: Paul Angerer (composer) in Vienna, Austria
1945 – born: Michael Moore in Glen Este, Ohio
May 17
1850 – born: Antonio Scontrino in Trapani, (Sicily) Italy
1932 – born: David Izenzon in Pittsburgh, US
May 18
1906 – born: Frederick Zimmermann in New York City, US
1919 – born: Roger Scott in Brooklyn, New York, US
May 19
1859 – born: Johann Geißel in Pardubitz, Bohemia
1886 – premiere: Symphony no. 3 “Organ Symphony” by Camille Saint-Saëns in London
1892 – born: Pops Foster in McCall, Louisiana, US
1917 – born: Abe Luboff in Chicago, Illinois, US
May 22
1813 – born: Richard Wagner in Leipzig, Germany
May 23
1794 – born: Ignaz Moscheles in Prague, Bohemia [composed Grand Septour]
1880 – born: Guido Gallignani in Lugo di Romagna, Italy ( +BHB 150523)
1912 – born: Jean Françaix in Le Mans, France
May 24
1911 – born: Carleen Maley Hutchins in Springfield, Massachusetts, US
May 26
1915 – born: Samuel Kolstein in Manhattan, New York City, US
May 27
1906 – premiere: Symphony no. 6 by Gustav Mahler in Essen, Germany
1946 – born: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen in Osted, Zealand, Denmark
May 30
1846 – born: Oswald Schwabe in Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany
1866 – premiere: “The Bartered Bride” opera by B. Smetana in Prague, Bohemia
June
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June 1
1763 – born: Antonio Dall’Occa in Bologna, Italy
June 2
1857 – born: Edward Elgar in Broadheath, United Kingdom
1937 – premiere: Lulu by Alban Berg in in Zürich, Switzerland
1953 – premiere: “Variaciones Concertantes” by Alberto Ginastera in Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 3
1914 – Carl Nielsen’s “Serenata in Vano” premiered in Nykøbing Falster, Danemark
1921 – born: Herman Burkhart in Brooklyn, NY, USA
June 4
1928 – born: Teddy Kotick in Haverhill, Massachusetts, US
June 5
1870 – born: Eugen Uhlig in Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany
June 6
1920 – born: Eldon Obrecht in Rolfe, Iowa, US
June 8
1773 – born: Pierre Chénier in Paris, France
1810 – born: Robert Schumann in Zwickau, Germany
1937 – premiere: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff in Frankfurt, Germany
June 9
1902 – premiere: Symphony no. 3 by Gustav Mahler in Krefeld, Germany
June 10
1865 – premiere: “Tristan und Isolde” by Richard Wagner in Munich, Germany
1902 – born: Peter Schwarz (composer), Vienna, Austria
1935 – born: Lucas Drew, Richmond, VA, USA
June 11
1864 – born: Richard Strauss in Munich, Germany
June 13
1911 – premiere: “Pétroushka” by Igor Sravinsky in Paris, France
June 17
1882 – born: Igor Stravinsky in Lomonosov, Russia
June 18
1757 – born: Ignaz Pleyel in Ruppersthal, Austria
1818 – born: Charles Gounod in Paris, France
1821 – premiere: Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber in Berlin, Germany
1905 – born: Edouard Tubin in Kallaste, Estonia
1942 – born: Paul McCartney (Beatles) in Liverpool, United Kingdom
June 19
1717 – born: Johann Stamitz in Havlíčkův Brod, Bohemia
1865 – born: Josef Schmid in Wernstein, Austria
1899 – premiere: “Enigma Variations” by Edward Elgar in London, England
June 20
1819 – born: Jaques Offenbach in Cologne, Germany
June 21
1868 – premiere: “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” by Richard Wagner in Munich, Germany
1890 – premiere: “Death and Transfiguration”, Op. 24 by Richard Strauss
1932 – born: Jamil Nasser in Memphis, Tennessee, US
June 23
1907 – born: Victor Serventi in Algiers, Algeria
1910 – born: Milt Hinton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, US
June 26
1747 – born: Leopold Kozeluch in Velvary, Bohemia
1788 – completed: Symphony no. 39 by Mozart in Vienna
1870 – premiere: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner in Munich, Germany
1912 – premiere: Symphony no. 9 by Gustav Mahler in Vienna, Austria
1920 – born: Ludwig Streicher in Vienna, Austria
June 30
1884 – born: Anton Torello in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Spain
July
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July 1
1915 – born: Willie Dixon in Vicksburg, Mississippi, US
1926 – born: Hans Werner Henze in Gütersloh, Germany
July 2
1714 – born: Christoph Willibald von Gluck in Berching, Germany
July 3
1889 – born: Oskar Geier in Roßleben, Germany
July 4
1867 – born: Karel Kukla in Janeće, Bohemia
July 7
1757 – born: Giuseppe Andreoli in Milan, Italy
1860 – born: Gustav Mahler in Kaliště, Bohemia
1911 – born: Gian Carlo Menotti in Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy
July 9
1879 – born: Ottorino Respighi in Bologna, Italy
July 10
1778 – born: Sigismund Neukomm in Salzburg, Austria
1832 – born: Auguste Warlimont in Liege, Belgium.
1895 – born: Carl Orff in Munich, Germany
1924 – born: Major Holley in Detroit, Michigan, US
July 13
1928 – born: Leroy Vinnegar in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
July 16
1782 – premiere: “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” by W.A. Mozart in Vienna, Austria
July 18
1941 – born: Frank Proto in Brooklyn, New York, US
1944 – born: Rodney Slatford in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England
July 19
1916 – born: Ernie Shepard in Beaumont, Texas, US
July 20
1925 – born: Michel Perrault (composer) in Montreal, Canada
July 22
1871 – born: Italo Caimmi in Cesenatico, Italy
1928 – born: Keter Betts in Port Chester, NY, US
July 23
1796 – born: Franz Berwald in Stockholm, Sweden
July 24
1880 – born: Ernest Bloch in Geneva, Switzerland
1894 – born: Ludvig Juht in Väägvere, Estonia
July 25
1788 – completed: Symphony no. 40 by Mozart
July 26
1809 – born: Carlo Montanari in Parma, Italy
1874 – born: Serge Koussevitzky in Vyshny Volochyok, Russia
1882 – premiere: Parsifal by Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, Germany
July 27
1784 – born: George Onslow in Clermont-Ferrand, France
1959 – premiere: Nonet (H. 374) by Bohuslav Martinu in Salzburg
July 31
1913 – born: Anatoly Bogatyrev in Vitebsk, Belorussia
August
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August 1
1755 – born: Antonio Capuzzi in Brescia, Italy
1840 – born: Franz Simandl in Blatno, Bohemia
1845 – born: Vasiliĭ Aleksandrovich Zhdanov in Russia
1923 – born: Edward Krolick in Rochester, New York, US
August 3
1829 – premiere: “Guillaume Tell” by Giocchino Rossini in Paris, France
August 4
1900 – born: Georges Edmond Moleux in France
August 6
1937 – born: Charlie Haden in Shenandoah, Iowa, US
August 7
1881 – born: Vaclav Jiskra in Žinkovech, Bohemia
1908 – born: Manuel Verdeguer in Valencia, Spain
August 9
1890 – born: Sándor Jemnitz in Budapest, Hungary
August 10
1788 – completed: Symphony no. 41 “Jupiter” by Mozart
1872 – born: Bill Johnson in Talladega, Alabama, US
August 13
1913 – born: Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyrev in Vitebsk, Belarus
August 14
1738 – born: Leopold Hofmann in Vienna, Austria
August 16
1876 – premiere: “Siegfried” by Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, Germany
August 17
1876 – premiere: “Götterdämmerung” by Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, Germany
1920 – born: George Duvivier in New York City, US
August 18
1750 – born: Antonio Salieri in Legnago, Republic of Venice
August 19
1881 – born: George Enescu in Botoşani, Romania
1908 – born: Al Morgan in New Orleans, US
August 20
1880 – premiere: “1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Russia
August 21
1917 – born: Rodney Richardson in New Orleans, US
August 22
1862 – born: Claude Debussy in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
1919 – born: František Pošta in Lány, Chehoslovakia
August 23
1847 – born: Gustav Laska in Prague, Bohemia
August 25
1885 – born: Rudolf Tulaček in Jicin, Bohemia
1918 – born: Leonard Bernstein in Lawrence, Massachusetts, US
August 26
1687 – born: Willem de Fesch in Alkmaar, Netherlands
1726 – born: Karl Kohaut in Vienna, Austria
1869 – born: Ludwig Moser (composer) in Linz, Austria
August 28
1850 – premiere: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner in Weimar, Germany
August 29
1875 – born: Adolf Míšek in Modletín, Bohemia
August 30
1769 – born: Bonifazio Asioli in Correggio, Italy
August 31
1928 – premiere: “Die Dreigroschenoper” by Kurt Weill in Berlin, Germany
September
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September 1
1883 – born: Josep Cervera Bret in Peralada, Spain
September 2
1917 – born: Armando Trovajoli (composer) in Rome, Italy
September 3
1915 – born: Alpert Trigger in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
September 4
1804 – born: Achille Gouffé in Pontoise, France
1824 – born: Anton Bruckner (composer) in Ansfelden, Austria
1892 – born: Michael Krasnopolsky in Russia
1892 – born: Darius Milhaud (composer) in Marseilles, France
September 5
1912 – born: John Cage (composer) in Los Angeles, California, US
September 7
1839 – born: Tullo Battioni in Parma, Italy
1924 – born: Hugh Aitken in New York, US
September 8
1841 – born: Antonín Dvořák (composer) in Nelahozeves, Bohemia
1923 – born: Wilbur Ware in Chicago, US
September 9
1898 – born: Gaston Dufresne in Lille, France
September 11
1935 – born: Arvo Pärt (composer) in Paide, Estonia
September 13
1874 – born: Arnold Schoenberg (composer) in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
September 14
1737 – born: Michael Haydn (composer) in Rohrau, Austria
1918 – born: Cachao – Israel López Valdés in Havana, Cuba
September 16
1755 – born: Karl Wach in Löbau, Germany
September 18
1910 – born: Leon Stein (composer) in Chicago, IL, USA
September 20
1832 – born: Johan Joseph Abert in Kochowitz, Bohemia
1877 – born: Eduard Madenski in Vienna, Austria
1927 – born: Red Mithcell in New York City, US
September 21
1910 – born: Oscar Zimmerman in Philadelphia, PA, US
1914 – born: Slam Stwerat in Englewood, New Jersey, US
September 22
1937 – born: Franco Petracchi in Pistoia, Italy
September 23
1928 – born: Jimmy Woode in Philadelphia, PA, US
September 24
1804 – born: Achille Gouffé in Pontoise, France
September 25
1741 – born: Václav Pichl in Bechyně, Bohemia.
1866 – born: Giuseppe Marangoni in Lugo di Romagna, Italy
September 28
1918 – premiere: Histoire du soldat by Stravinsky in Lausanne.
September 30
1897 – born: Fabien Sevitzky in Wishny Wolotchok, Russia
1922 – born: Oscar Pettiford in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, US
October
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October 1
1881 – born: Theodor Albin Findeisen in Zeitz, Germany
Ocotber 2
1951 – born: Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner) in Wallsend, England
October 3
1885 – born: Vladimir Bakaleinikoff (composer) in Moscow, Russia
October 4
1772 – born: François-Louis Perne in Paris, France
1815 – born: Jozef Wladyslaw Krogulski (composer) in Tarnów, Poland
October 5
1918 – born: Jimmie Blanton in Chattanooga, Tennessee, US
October 6
1767 – born: Gottlieb Graupner in Hannover, Germany
October 8
1939 – born: Aladár Pege in Budapest, Hungary
October 9
1912 – born: Konrad Siebach in Pausa, Germany
1835 – born: Camille Saint-Saëns in Paris, France
October 10
1813 – born: Giuseppe Verdi in Le Roncole, Italy
1830 – born: A.C. White in Canterbury, England
October 11
1901 – born: Emil Hlobil (composer) in Veselí nad Lužnicí, Bohemia
1929 – born: Luděk Hulan (jazz bassist) in Prague, Czech Republic
October 12
1872 – born: Ralph Vaughan Williams (composer) in Down Ampney, England
October 13
1926 – born: Ray Brown in Indianapolis, IN, US
October 14
1753 – born: Anton Dimmler in Manheim, Germany
October 19
1810 – born: Charles Labro in Ardennes, France
October 23
1877 – born: Václav Bech in Lounky, Bohemia
October 24
1920 – born: Wendell Marshall in St. Louis, Missouri, US
October 25
1801 – born: Luigi Anglois in Torino, Italy
1918 – born: Chubby Jackson in New York City, US
October 28
1893 – premiere: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique” by P.I. Tchaikovsky
1915 – premiere: “Alpine Symphony“, Op. 64 by R. Strauss
Ocotber 30
1944 – premiere: “Appalachian Spring“ by Aaron Copland in Washington, DC, USA
November
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November 2
1739 – born: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf in Vienna, Austria
November 4
1919 – born: Joe Benjamin in Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
November 5
1895 – premiere: ”Till Eulenspiegel” by R. Strauss in Cologne, Germany
November 6
1888 – premiere: Symphony no. 5 by P. I. Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg
November 10
1872 – born: Mikhail Bukinik in Dubno, Ukraine
November 11
1889 – premiere: “Don Juan“, Op. 20 by Richard Strauss
November 12
1945 – premiere: “Ode to the End of the War” by Prokofiev in Moscow
November 14
1900 – born: Aaron Copland in Brooklyn, NY, USA
1924 – born: Sam Jones in Jacksonville, Florida, US
November 16
1888 – born: Burnet Tuthill in New York City, US
1895 – born: Paul Hindemith in Hanau, Germany
November 18
1786 – born: Henry Rowley Bishop in London, United Kingdom
November 19
1843 – born: Abelardo Lauger in Parma, Italy
1856 – born: Friedrich Warnecke in Hannover, Germany
November 20
1889 – premiere: Symphony no. 1 “Titan” by Mahler in Budapest, Hungary
1941 – born: Gary Karr in Los Angeles, California, US
November 21
1908 – born: Jindrich Piacek in Malenovice, Bohemia
November 22
1925 – born: Gunther Schuller in New York City, US
1928 – premiere: “Boléro” by Maurice Ravel in Paris, France.
November 24
1936 – premiere: “Romeo and Juliet“ Orchestral Suite no. 1 in Moscow, Russia
November 27
1896 – premiere: “Also sprach Zarathustra“, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss
November 28
1784 – baptized: Ferdinand Ries in Bonn, Germany
November 29
1825 – born: Victor Verrimst in Paris, France
1916 – born: Valentino Bucchi in Florence , Italy
December
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December 4
1871 – born: Adolf Lotter in Prague, Bohemia
December 3
1911 – born: Nino Rota (composer) at Milan, Italy
1917 – born: Anthony Bianco in New Haven, Connecticut, US
December 5
1830 – premiere: “Symphonie Fantastique” by Hector Berlioz in Paris, France
1837 – premiere: “Requiem” by Hector Berlioz in Paris, France (requiries 18 double basses)
1934 – born: Art Davis in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
December 7
1840 – born: Hermann Goetz (composer) in Königsberg, Germany
December 8
1813 – premiere: Symphony no. 7 by Beethoven in Vienna
1908 – premiere: Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection” by Mahler in New York City, US
December 10
1822 – born: Cesar Franck in Liège, Belgium.
December 11
1803 – born: Hector Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André, France
1880 – born: Louis Winsel (bassist) in Collme, Germany
December 12
1886 – born: Joseph Prunner in Graz, Austria
December 13
1933 – born: Walter Booker in Prairie View, Texas, US
December 16
1893 – premiere: Symphony no. 9 “New World” by Dvorak in New York
December 17
1770 – baptised: Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, Germany
1865 – premiere: “Unfinished Symphony” by Franz Schubert in Vienna, Austria
December 18
1892 – premiere: “The Nutcracker” ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia
1908 – born: Paul Toenniges in DeKalb, Illinois, US
December 21
1921 – born: Julius Levine in Brooklyn, NY, US
December 22
1808 – premiere: Symphony no. 5 by Beethoven in Vienna, Austria
1821 – born: Giovanni Bottesini in Crema, Italy
1874 – born: Isaia Billé in Fermo, Italy
1922 – premiere: Pulcinella Suite by Stravinsky in Boston
December 25
1918 – born: Eddie Safranski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
December 30
1877 – premiere: Symphony no. 2 by Johannes Brahms in Vienna
December 31
1927 – born: Stuart Sankey in Los Angeles, CA, US
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