Music History on October 13

Mahler's 1st Concert

1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert in Jihlava, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

Nellie Melba Debuts

1887 Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels

  • 1903 Victor Herbert and by Glen MacDonough's operetta "Babes in Toyland" premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City
  • 1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premieres in NYC

Cavalcade

1931 Noël Coward's play "Cavalcade" premieres in London

  • 1949 "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1962 Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen

  • 1963 The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium

Music History

1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience rock trio debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding and British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France

  • 1972 "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 2 performances

Music History

1975 Rock vocalist Neil Young undergoes throat surgery

52nd Street

1978 "52nd Street" 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979)

  • 1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances
  • 1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary festival
  • 1996 "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
  • 2011 Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize

Music History

2012 'I Won't Give Up', a single by Jason Mraz, is certified 4x multi-platinum

Nobel Prize in Literature

2016 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

Music Concert

2022 Ringo Starr cancels five remaining scheduled All-Starr Band tour concert dates in California and Mexico, after getting rebound COVID-19 infection