Today's 4 March Music in History

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  • 1830 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy

Resurrection

1895 Gustav Mahler conducts the premiere of his incomplete 2nd Symphony ("Resurrection") in Berlin, Germany, with the Berlin Philharmonic; the complete version debuts in December

  • 1913 Gabriel Fauré's opera "Pénélope," based on Homer's "The Odyssey", premieres at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo, Monaco

More Popular Than Jesus

1966 John Lennon says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

  • 1973 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

Music Premiere

1977 Roger Sessions' 6th Symphony premieres (in fully completed form) in New York City with José Serebrier conducting the Juilliard Orchestra

  • 1979 "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 61 performances

Music Concert

1992 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC

  • 1993 "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 188 performances


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