Music History on March 28

Brahms' Serenade for Orchestra

1859 1st performance of Johannes Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra

1896 Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier" premieres at La Scala, Milan with Giuseppe Borgatti singing the title role; libretto by Luigi Illica

Piston's Suite for Orchestra

1930 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)

1953 "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances
1953 7th Tony Awards: "The Crucible" (Outstanding Play) & "Wonderful Town" (Outstanding Musical) win
1954 8th Tony Awards: "Teahouse of the August Moon" (Best Play) & "Kismet" (Best Musical) win

Music History

1964 Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London unveils figures of The Beatles; they later appear on the Sgt. Pepper album cover

Sculptor and Wax Museum Founder Madame Tussaud

1967 "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1971 25th Tony Awards: "Sleuth" (Best Play) & "Company" (Best Musical, Original Score, Director) win

Burning Love

1972 Elvis Presley records his final Top Ten hit, a cover of "Burning Love", written by Dennis Linde, and first recorded by Arthur Alexander

1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
1979 Frank Lazarus & Dick Vosburgh's stage musical comedy "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine" premieres at the Mayfair Theatre, London, England
1996 "Seven Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC

The Capeman

1998 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, closes at the Marquis Theatre, NYC, after 68 performances