Music History on April 26

Grand Polonaise Brillante

1835 Frédéric Chopin's "Grand Polonaise Brillante" premieres in Paris

Rossini Leaves Italy

1855 Composer Gioachino Rossini leaves Italy

Shostakovich's 4th Symphony

1936 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 4th Symphony

  • 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London

Music Premiere

1965 Charles Ives' 4th Symphony premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York, 11 years after the composer's death

  • 1967 "Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
  • 1969 "Celebration" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
  • 1969 "George M!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 435 performances

Company

1970 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company", directed by Hal Prince, opens at Alvin Theater NYC; runs for 705 performances, wins 6 Tony Awards

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

1973 Galt MacDermot and John Guare's musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" opens at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, running for 237 performances

  • 1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater, NYC, after 13 performances

Music History

1982 Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

  • 1987 "Barbara Cook: A Concert" closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 performances

TNN Viewers Choice Awards

1988 1st TNN Viewers choice awards: Randy Travis wins in 5 categories

  • 1990 "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances
  • 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 performances
  • 1992 "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
  • 1992 George C. Wolfe, Susan Birkenhead, and Luther Henderson's musical "Jelly's Last Jam", based on the life and work of Jelly Roll Morton, starring Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 569 performances

Music History

1992 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "The Master Builder", directed by Tony Randall, closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 45 performances

  • 1993 "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 performances
  • 1997 "Life" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC

Devils and Dust Released

2005 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 13th studio album "Devils and Dust"

Music History

2013 Cory Monteith is reported to have completed treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility

  • 2014 Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015) [1]

Music History

2021 Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype trainers sell for a record $1.8 million in a private sale at Sotheby's