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Reply 241 by Frank

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Damn, I didn't get it yesterday:

Domenico Scarlatti passed away in Madrid on July 23, 1757

Domenico Scarlatti - Cembalo-Sonaten - Ursula Deutschler

Spanish Style. K 140,141 (04:13) , 52 (08:42) ,29 (17:15) ,384 (23:45) ,385 (27:45) ,115 (31:39) ,263 (38:24) ,25 (46:10) ,27 (51:19),534(55:28) ,535 (59:59) .

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Adolphe Adam was born in Paris on July 24, 1803

Adolphe Adam - Entree de Giselle

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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Richard Bonynge 1987 Adolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 -- 3 May 1856) was a French composer and music crit...

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Alfredo Casella was born in Turin on July 25, 1883

Alfredo Casella: Italia op.11 (1909)

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Alfredo Casella (1883-1947): Italia, rhapsody for large orchestra op.11 (1909) -- WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln conducted by Alun Francis -- painting by Gregorio...

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Francesco Cilea was born in Palmi on July 26, 1866

Virginia ZEANI . Francesco Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur Poor flowers. By Giuseppe INFANTINO

Open-air works by Giuseppe INFANTINO . Sanguigne

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Reply 245 by Ettore

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Igor Markevitch was born in Kiev on July 27, 1912

Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps - Igor Markevitch - Live in Japan 1968 (video)

Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps - Igor Markevitch - Live in Japan 1968 (video)

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Reply 246 by Dino

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Jacques Ibert was born in Paris on August 15, 1890

Jacques Ibert: Ouverture de fête (1940)

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): Ouverture de fête (1940) -- Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux conducted by Yutaka Sado --

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On August 14, 1814, in Milan, the first performance of Gioachino Rossini's Il turco in Italia took place

Gioachino Rossini - Il turco in Italia - Overture (Neville Marriner)

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Reply 248 by Frank

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On August 16, 1932, in New York, the first performance of George Gershwin's Cuban Overture took place

BOULT & GERSHWIN'S CUBAN OVERTURE

George Gershwin's high spirited 'Cuban Overture' with its continuous Latin American rumba rhythm is here given a 'big' performance by Sir Adrian Boult & his London Philharmonic players.

... late but I wanted to post it

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Nicola Porpora was born in Naples on August 17, 1686

N. Porpora: De profundis clamavi (1744) / Psalm 129 for soloists, choir, strings & b.c. / Peter Kopp

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I cannot help but point out that on August 24, 1837, in Rosnay, Théodore Dubois was born ... who doesn't know him?

What shall we get him as a gift?

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Reply 258 by antares86

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What should we get him as a gift?

a signed copy of his treatise on counterpoint and fugue?! ahahahaha

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Reply 259 by Natan

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Frank wrote:

What should we get him as a gift?

A nice collection of bass lines written by us on which he "must" practice

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Reply 260 by Frank

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Natan wrote:

A nice collection of basses written by us on which he "must" practice

...yesss, maybe one of those nasty ones that force you to do fifths and octaves in buckets and maybe quite a few false relations

Jokes aside, Dubois didn't just write treatises

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