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May 03 in Music History

1567 Death of German composer Leonhardt Paminger.

1649 Birth of composer Johann Valentin Meder.

1704 Death of Austrian composer Heinrich Biber at age 59, in Salzburg.

1729 Birth of Bohemian composer, violinist, harpist Florian Gassman.

1737 Birth of composer Friedrich Schwindl.

1744 Birth of composer Freidrich Wilhelm Weis.

1752 Birth of composer Braz Francisco de Lima.

1792 FP of Méhul’s “Stratonice” Paris.

1819 Birth of composer Nicola De Giosa.

1820 Birth of French violinist Jules Aarmingaud.

1825 FP of Auber’s “Le Maçon” Paris.

1831 FP of Herold’s Opera Zampa in Paris.

1839 Death of Italian composer and violinist Fernando Paer in Paris.

1844 Birth of English impresario and composer Richard D'Oyly Carte.

1856 Birth of German-American Wagnerian tenor Max Alvary.

1856 Death of French composer Adolphe Adam in Paris.

1867 Death of Italian soprano Fanny Persiani.

1873 Birth of Russian composer Nicolai Tcherepnin.

1875 Death of French soprano Sarah Fischer in Paris.

1886 Birth of French composer and organist Marcel Dupré in Rouen.

1891 Birth of bass-baritone Louis Leon Guenot.

1893 FP of Horatio Parker’s oratorio Hora Novissima in NYC.

1901 Birth of American film composer Hugo William Friedhofer.

1908 Birth of English pianist Sir William Glock. 1910 Birth of Italian conductor Alceo Galliera in Milant.

1912 Birth of American organist Virgil Fox in Princeton, IL.

1917 FP of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo. Bodanzky conducting the Society of the Friends of Music orchestra in NYC.

1917 Birth of Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Nadia Afeyan in Bulgaria.

1917 Birth of composer James Penberthy.

1918 Birth of Canadian tenor Leopold Simoneau.

1924 Birth of Dutch mezzo-soprano Mimi Aarden in Netherlands.

1924 Birth of French baritone Guy Fontagnere in Bordeaux.

1929 FP of Francis Poulenc’s Concert Champêtre for harpsichord and chamber orchestra with soloist Wanda Landowska in Paris.

1931 Death of Norwegian composer, organist Otto Winter-Hjelm in Christiania.

1933 Death of German soprano Berta Kiurina.

1934 Birth of German composer Georg Kröll in Linz, Rhein.

1934 FP of Bernard Rogers’ Three Japanese Dances in Rochester, NY.

1935 Death of English bass Charles Manners.

1939 Birth of English composer, cellist Jonathan Harvey.

1942 Birth of Italian soprano Gabriella Ravazzi in Milan.

1943 FP of Henry Cowell’s American Melting Pot for Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Orchestrette of New York, Frédérique Petrides conducting, in NYC.

1952 FP of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Romance for harmonica and orchestra, in NYC.

1958 FP of Walter Hartley’s Concerto for 23 Winds. Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell conducting at the Eastman School in Rochester, NY.

1959 Birth of Japanese composer Shigeru Kan-No in Fukushima.

1959 Birth of composer Christopher Jentsch.

1963 FP of Henry Cowell’s Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harp, at the University of Miami.

1966 Death of Russian composer Boris Vladimirovich Savelev in St. Petersburg.

1969 Birth of Latvian soprano Sonora Vaice in Tukums Latvia. 1969 FP of Dimitri Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata. David Oistrakh, violin and Sviatoslav Richter, piano, in Moscow.

1970 Death of Mexican composer Candelario Huízar in Mexico City.

1976 Birth of American composer Keith Corbin.

1989 FP of James MacMillan’s Visions of a November Spring for string quartet. Bingham String Quartet performing at University Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

1996 Death of Greek composer Dimitri Fampas in Athens.

1997 Death of Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes in Murcia, Spain.

1999 Death of Italian baritone Giulio Fioravanti.

2002 Death of Russian conductor Yevgeny Svetlanov in Moscow.

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