Today's 6 May Music in History
Sally 1948 Revival of Jerome Kerns and Clifford Grey's rags-to-riches musical "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; run…
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Today's 18 April Music in History
1930 BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music instead 1946 Rome, Auerbach a…
Today's 14 April Music in History
1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres with the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris, France Lady, Be Good! …
Today's 8 April Music in History
Violin Sonata No. 27 1781 Premiere of Mozart's "Violin Sonata No. 27" in G major (K. 379) 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli&…
Today's 8 April Major Events in History
Assassination of Caracalla 217 Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Ma…
Today's 7 April Music in History
St John Passion 1724 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, E…
Today's 4 April Music in History
Music Premiere 1848 American premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" at the Astor Opera house in New York City …
Today's 19 March Music in History
Die Schöpfung 1799 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" ("Die Schöpfung") first public performance premieres at …
Today's 18 March Music in History
Tam o’ Shanter 1791 Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter,” is published in the "Edinburgh Herald" 1870 Antonio Carlos Gome…
Today's 15 March Film TV in History
1915 Carl Laemmle opens film studio Universal Pictures Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles [1] 1948 WCAU TV chann…
Today's 15 March Music in History
Music History 1770 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (14) completes his String Quartet No. 1 (K. 80), in its original three-movement form on 15 Marc…
Today's 14 March Music in History
Macbeth 1847 Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Macbeth" at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence Petite Messe Solenn…
Today's 14 March Fun Facts in History
1592 "Ultimate Pi day": on this day at 6.53am is the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi, since th…
Today's 12 March Music in History
1832 Romantic ballet "La Sylphide" by Filippo Taglioni premieres at the Opéra de Paris Clara Schumann's Last Concer…
Today's 12 March Major Events in History
538 Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine…
Today's 10 March Music in History
1820 Karol Kurpiński's opera "Kalmora, or The Paternal Right of the Americans" premieres at the Warsaw Opera 1888 1st perfor…
Today's 10 March Major Events in History
241 BC Battle of the Aegates Islands: Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet, ending the First Punic War 418 Jews are excluded from public office…