Be sure your student reads and listens to Today’s Daily Listening Assignment
• 1586 ~ Claudio Saracini, Composer
• 1592 ~ Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist and composer, died
• 1662 ~ Simon Ives, Composer, died at the age of 61
• 1663 ~ Franz Xaver Murschhauser, Composer
• 1688 ~ Johann Ludwig Steiner, Composer
• 1691 ~ Marc’Antonio Pasqualini, Composer, died at the age of 77
• 1735 ~ James Lyon, Composer
• 1742 ~ Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk and composer, died at the age of 58
• 1764 ~ Georg Christoph Grosheim, Composer
• 1784 ~ Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, died
More information about Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
• 1805 ~ Georg Ritschel, Composer, died at the age of 60
• 1883 ~ Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, Composer, died at the age of 39
• 1899 ~ Cavan O’Connor, Singer
• 1908 ~ Peter Anders, German opera singer
• 1910 ~ Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, died
• 1914 ~ Earle Warren, Alto sax player
• 1915 ~ Willie Dixon, Blues Musician
• 1917 ~ William Gillock, Educational Music Composer
• 1925 ~ Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer, died at the age of 59
More information about Satie
• 1926 ~ Hans Werner Henze, German composer
• 1927 ~ Hans Eklund, Composer
• 1928 ~ Volker Wangenheim, Composer
• 1930 ~ Leslie Caron, Dancer
• 1933 ~ Strauss and von Hofmannsthal’s opera “Arabella,” premiered in Dresden
More information about Strauss
• 1935 ~ James Cotton, blues vocalist
• 1939 ~ Louis Davids (Simon David), Cabaret performer/chorus performer, died
• 1941 ~ Twila Tharp, Choreographer
• 1941 ~ John Gould, British composer and musical comic
• 1942 ~ Andrae Crouch, Gospel Singer
• 1945 ~ Debbie Harry, American singer
• 1946 ~ June Montiero, American vocalist
• 1947 ~ Clarence Lucas, Composer, died at the age of 80
• 1950 ~ Edward Faber Schneider, Composer, died at the age of 77
• 1954 ~ Fred Schneider, Singer for pop-punk band the B-52s
• 1956 ~ Elvis Presley appeared wearing a tuxedo on the Steve Allen Show
• 1960 ~ Benjamin Britten’s cantata “Carmen Baseliense,” premiered in Basel
More information about Britten
• 1963 ~ The Beatles recorded She Loves You & I’ll Get You
• 1964 ~ Pierre Monteux, French/American conductor, died at the age of 89
• 1965 ~ Claude Thornhill, Composer, died at the age of 55
• 1967 ~ “Funny Girl”, the story of Fanny Brice, closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances
More information about Fanny Brice
• 1967 ~ The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, went #1 for 15 weeks
• 1968 ~ John Lennon’s first full art exhibition (You are Here)
• 1969 ~ John & Yoko were hospitalized after a car crash
• 1969 ~ Shelby Singleton bought Sun Records from Sam Phillips
• 1970 ~ Jimi Hendrix first recording session (New York City)
• 1972 ~ “Follies” closed at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances
• 1972 ~ “Hair” closed at Biltmore Theater New York City after 1750 performances
• 1973 ~ Mario La Broca, Composer, died at the age of 76
• 1973 ~ “Jesus Christ Superstar”, by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, closed at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances
• 1978 ~ “Act” closed at Majestic Theater New York City after 233 performances
• 1982 ~ John Everett Watts, Composer, died at the age of 51
• 1982 ~ Shon Coco Palm, (Jacobo JM Palm), Curaçan Composer, died
• 1982 ~ ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere, but it never happened
• 1988 ~ Hellmuth Christian Wolff, Composer, died at the age of 82
• 1988 ~ Lex van Delden, Dutch Composer and writer, died at the age of 68
• 1995 ~ “Kiss of the Spider Woman” closed at Broadhurst New York City after 906 performances
• 1996 ~ Placido Domingo became art director of Washington Opera
• 2015 ~ Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer, died at the age of 88
• 2018 ~ Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress, known for Broadway work on “Cats” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” died at the age of 92
and
