In 1680 Marco Uccellini died at about age 77 in Folimpopoli, Italy.
In 1714 Niccolo Jommelli was born in Aversa (near Naples). He was known as “the Italian Gluck”.
In 1838 Hector Berlioz’s opera “Benvenuto Cellini” was premiered at the Paris Opera.
In 1866 Tor Aulin was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 1875 Mikolajus Ciurlionis was born in Varena, Lithuania (Gregorian date: Sept. 22). His birthday is incorrectly listed as Oct. 4 in many reference works.
In 1950 Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s “Adagio” (Symphony No. 2) was premiered by the Southwest German Radio Orchestra with Hans Rosbaud conducting.
In 1955 Henry Cowell’s “Hymn and Fuguing Tune” No. 10 for oboe and strings was premiered in the Sunken Gardens of the Spanish Court House in Santa Barbara, Calif. by oboist Bert Gassman and the strings of the 3rd Annual Pacific Coast Music Festival orchestra with Leopold Stokowski conducting.
In 1971 Alberto Ginastera’s opera “Beatrix Cenci” premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
In 1989 Peter Maxwell Davies conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in the premier of his Symphony No. 4, at a BBC Proms Concert in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
In 1998 Joan Tower’s “Wild Purple” for solo viola was premiered at the Lincoln Center in New York by Paul Neubauer.
My thanks to John Zech and his Composers Datebook.
Composers Datebook is produced by American Public Media in association with the American Composers Forum, with initial support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The creator of the series and its principal writer is John Michel of American Composers Forum. The Composers Datebook Web site is maintained by American Public Media with content provided by ACF.
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