April 27: Names and Notes in Music

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APRIL 27

Births and Deaths

• Born 1943: James Atherton, tenor, died 11-20-1987 [pupil of Rosa Ponselle and Martial Singher]
• Born 1925: Samuel Baron, flutist, died 05-16-1997
• Died 2003: Patrick L. Beitch, operatic manager, born 03-26-1944
• Born 1940: JudithBlegen, soprano
• Died 1968: Alexander Borovsky, pianist, born 03-19-1889
• Born 1920: Guido Cantelli, conductor, died 11-24-1956 [air crash; protegé of Toscanini]
• Born 1861: Georgy Lvovitch Catoire, composer, died 05-21-1926
• Died 2001: Peter Crossley-Holland, musicologist/composer, born 01-28-1916
• Died 1980: John Culshaw, record producer [British Decca], born 05-28-1924
• Born 1812: Friedrich von Flotow, composer, died 01-24-1883
• Died 1999: Al Hirt [Alois Maxwell], trumpeter, born 11-07-1922
• Born 1925: Wilma Lipp, soprano
• Born 1959: Louis Lortie, pianist
• Died 1992: Olivier Messiaen, composer, born 12-10-1908
• Born 1931: Igor Oistrakh, violinist/conductor [son of violinist/conductor David Oistrakh]
• Born 1891: Serge Prokofiev, composer/pianist, died 03-05-1953
• Died 1954: Torsten Ralf, tenor, born 01-02-1901
• Died 1799: Amédée Rasetti [Razetti], composer, born 04-07-1759 [possible birth year: 1754]
• Born 1892: Delia Reinhardt, soprano, died 10-03-1974
• Died 1942: Emil von Sauer, pianist/composer, born 10-08-1862 [husband of pianist Angelica Morales]
• Died 1915: Alexander Scriabin, composer, born 01-06-1872
• Born 1894: Nicholas Slonimsky, composer/author, died 12-25-1995
• Died 1944: Dmitry Smirnov, tenor, born 11-19-1882
• Died 1999: Maria Stader, soprano, born 11-05-1911
• Died 1871: Sigismond Thalberg, composer/pianist, born 01-08-1812 [Liszt rival]
• Died 2001: Fritz Wallenberg, conductor/cellist, born 01-24-1901
• Born 1950: Christian Zacharias, pianist

Musical Quote for Today

"He who would do a great thing well must first have done the simplest thing perfectly."
—Cady

What happened on this day in music history?

Charles Gounod's opera Romeo and Juliet was given its first performance in 1867 at the Theatre-Lyrique in Paris, France. Marie Miolan-Carvalho was the heroine in this world premiere performance.