Musical Diary

ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 27

- in 1867, the composer and music theorist Charles Koechlin was born in Paris

- in 1955, the composer Arthur Honegger died in Paris

- in 1958, the conductor Artur Rodziński died in Boston

- in 1979, the violinist Hilary Hahn was born in Lexington

- in 1959, the violinist Viktorija Mullova was born in Zhukovsky

ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 28

- in 1632 the composer, dancer and instrumentalist Jean-Baptiste Lully was born in Florence

- in 1787 the composer and military man Michele Carafa was born in Naples

- in 1811 the bass Ignazio Marini was born in Tagliuno

ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 29

- in 1924 the composer Giacomo Puccini dies in Brussels

- in 1797 the composer Gaetano Donizetti is born in Bergamo

- in 1969 the soprano Ann-Helen Moen is born in Molde

- in 1959 the composer and conductor Fritz Brun dies in Grosshöchstetten

- in 1643 the composer Claudio Monteverdi dies in Venice

- in 1942 the baritone Philippe Huttenlocher is born in Neuchâtel

- in 1957 the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold dies in Los Angeles

- in 1972 the composer Carl Stalling dies in Los Angeles

- in 1869 the soprano Giulia Grisi dies in Berlin

ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 30

- in 1954, conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwängler dies in Baden-Baden

- in 1931, conductor Günther Herbig is born in Ústí nad Labem

- in 1957, tenor and actor Beniamino Gigli dies in Rome

- in 1753, composer Johann Schenk is born in Wiener Neustadt

- in 1939, conductor and violinist Walter Weller is born in Vienna

- in 1813, pianist and composer Charles-Valentin Alkan is born in Paris

- in 1952, conductor Semyon Bychkov is born in Saint Petersburg

- in 1796, composer, conductor, and baritone Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe is born in Löbejün

On November 26th, the composer, lyricist, and playwright Stephen Sondheim passed away; he was 91 years old

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 1

- in 1729 the composer Giuseppe Sarti was born in Faenza

- in 1823 the composer and music critic Ernest Reyer was born in Marseille

- in 1817 the composer, organist and music theorist Justin Heinrich Knecht died in Biberach an der Riß

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 2

- in 1990 the composer Aaron Copland dies in New York

- in 1899 the conductor John Barbirolli is born in London

- in 1923 the soprano and actress Maria Callas is born in New York

- in 1578 the composer, organist and music theorist Agostino Agazzari is born in Siena

- in 1774 the composer, organist, singer and teacher Johann Friedrich Agricola dies in Berlin

- in 1845 the composer and teacher Johann Simon Mayr dies in Bergamo

- in 1931 the composer and teacher Vincent d'Indy dies in Paris

- in 1950 the pianist and teacher Dinu Lipatti dies in Geneva

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 4

- in 1976, composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten died in Aldeburgh

- in 1879, conductor, composer, organist and pianist Hamilton Harty was born in Hillsborough

- in 2009, soprano Mary Curtis Verna died in Seattle

- in 2012, composer Jonathan Harvey died in Lewes

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 5

- in 1791 the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies in Vienna

- in 2007 the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen dies in Kürten

- in 2004 the tenor Giuseppe Campora dies in Tortona

- in 1956 the pianist and conductor Krystian Zimerman is born in Zabrze

- in 1946 the tenor José Carreras is born in Barcelona

- in 1960 the composer Osvaldo Golijov is born in La Plata

- in 1963 the composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann dies in Munich

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 7

- in 1960 the pianist Clara Haskil dies in Brussels

- in 1863 the composer and conductor Pietro Mascagni is born in Livorno

- in 1935 the conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus is born in Paris

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 9

- in 1882, the composer Joaquín Turina was born in Seville

- in 2005, the pianist György Sándor died in New York

- in 1953, the countertenor Christopher Robson was born in Falkirk

- in 1915, the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was born in Jarotschin

- in 1967, the violinist Joshua Bell was born in Bloomington

- in 1745, the composer, violinist, cellist, harpsichordist and opera singer Maddalena Laura Sirmen was born in Venice

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 10

- in 1822, the composer, organist and teacher César Franck was born in Liège

- in 1908, the composer, pianist, organist and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen was born in Avignon

- in 2001, the conductor Heinz Rögner died in Leipzig

- in 1938, the composer Mario Pilati died in Naples

- in 1618, the composer, singer and teacher Giulio Caccini died in Florence

- in 1877, the composer Federico Ricci died in Conegliano

- in 1813, the composer Errico Petrella was born in Palermo

- in 1987, the violinist Jascha Heifetz died in Los Angeles

- in 1965, the composer, pianist and music theorist Henry Cowell died in New York

- in 1919, the bass and baritone Sesto Bruscantini was born in Civitanova Marche

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 11

- in 1803, the composer Hector Berlioz was born in La Côte-Saint-André

- in 1908, the composer Elliott Carter was born in New York

- in 1668, the poet, librettist, journalist and man of letters Apostolo Zeno was born in Venice

- in 1973, the pianist Valentyna Lysycja was born in Kyiv

- in 1953, the conductor and composer Albert Coates died in Cape Town

- in 1967, the conductor, composer and teacher Victor de Sabata died in Santa Margherita Ligure

- in 1758, the composer, conductor and writer Carl Friedrich Zelter was born in Berlin

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 12

- in 1887, the composer, conductor and music critic Kurt Atterberg was born in Gothenburg

- in 1946, the composer and musicologist Francesco Vatielli died in Portogruaro

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 13

- in 1720, playwright and writer Carlo Gozzi was born in Venice

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 14

- in 1914, pianist and composer Giovanni Sgambati dies in Rome

- in 1946, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein is born in Zurich

- in 1932, librettist, playwright, and actor George Furth is born in Chicago

- in 1961, conductor François Boulanger is born in Oran

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 15

- in 1909 the composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega dies in Barcelona

- in 1657 the composer Michel-Richard Delalande is born in Paris

- in 1775 the composer François-Adrien Boieldieu is born in Rouen

- in 1997 the conductor Karsten Andersen dies in Oslo

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 19

- in 2004, soprano Renata Tebaldi dies in Città di San Marino

- in 1919, conductor Cleofonte Campanini dies in Chicago

- in 1944, harpsichordist and conductor William Christie is born in Buffalo

- in 1853, violin maker Riccardo Antoniazzi is born in Cremona

- in 1958, cellist and writer Steven Isserlis is born in London

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 20

- in 1948, pianist Mitsuko Uchida was born in Atami

- in 1938, composer and conductor John Harbison was born in Orange

- in 1982, pianist Arthur Rubinstein died in Geneva

ANNIVERSARIES DECEMBER 21

- in 1944, conductor, composer and pianist Michael Tilson Thomas was born in Los Angeles

- in 1953, pianist and conductor András Schiff was born in Budapest