Lift Every Voice And Sing

Today's 12 December Music in History

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1527 Flemish composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice to begin is engagement as maestro di cappella of St. Mark's Basilica

Lift Every Voice and Sing

1900 James Weldon Johnson's poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing", is set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson; the hymn becomes known as the Black national anthem [1] [2]

1965 The Beatles' last concert in Great Britain at Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales

Rock and Roll Circus

1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock and Roll Circus"- guest performers include The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Show is withheld by the Rolling Stones and not aired until October 1996.

1977 "Saturday Night Fever", film starring John Travolta, with music by the Bee Gees, premieres in NYC

1981 "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances
1993 "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
1993 Frank D. Gilroy's stage drama "Any Given Day", starring Sada Thompson, closes at Longacre Theater, NYC, after 32 performances
2004 On This Day launches MusicOrb.com and TodayinSport.com, separate sites for music and sports history, now its music and sport channels

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