Births and Deaths
- Died 2005: Francesco Albanese, tenor, born 08-13-1912
- Born 1934: Augustin Anieavas, pianist
- Born 1894: Margarete Dessoff, choral conductor, died-??
- Died 2005: Ghena Dimitrova, soprano, born 05-06-1941
- Died 1775: Egiio Romualdo Duni, composer, born 02-11-1708
- Born 1926: Carlisle Sessions Floyd, composer
- Born 1896: Madeleine Grey [Grumberg], soprano, died 03-13-1979
- Died 1950: Marcel Maas, pianist, born 05-07-1897
- Born 1923: Frederick Marvin, pianist/teacher [Soler specialist]
- Born 1899: George Frederick McKay, composer, died 10-04-1970
- Born 1913: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
- Born 1864: Richard Strauss, composer/conductor, died 09-08-1949
- Died 2003: Dennis Wicks, bass singer, born 10-06-1928
"For Orpheus's lute was strong wtih poets' sinews,
Whose golden touch could soften steel and stones."
—William Shakespeare
What happened on this day in music history?
In London, England in 1863, the first performance of Charles Gounod's opera Faust occurred with Luigi Arditi conducting.
