Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- 1877 Ciro Pinsuti's final opera "Mattia Corvino" first performance at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, Italy
Sibelius' 7th Symphony
1924 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C at the Konsertföreningenin in Stockholm
Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz
1934 Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 premieres in Leningrad, USSR
Glenn Miller's 1st Film
1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie "Sun Valley Serenade", starring Sonja Henie and John Payne, for 20th Century Fox
Music Concert
1975 New Orleans R&B piano player Professor Longhair with the Meters perform at record release party for Paul McCartney and Wings' "Venus and Mars", aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California
Tony Awards
1977 Lily Tomlin is the first woman to appear solo in a Broadway show in "Appearing Nitely" (special Tony award 1977)
- 1978 Wings release single "With a Little Luck"
- 1979 "Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 116 performances
- 1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks on the LP "Rarites"
Music Premiere
1984 Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten", based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh, premieres at the Staatstheater, in Stuttgart, Germany
- 1988 "Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
- 1992 "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances
- 1994 "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances
Carousel
1994 Revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "Carousel" opens at the Beaumont Theater, NYC; runs for 322 performances
Music History
2010 World Health Organization appoints British singer Craig David as a Goodwill Ambassador for tuberculosis awareness on World Tuberculosis Day
Bright Star
2016 Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's musical "Bright Star" opens at the Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 100 performances
