Music History on October 28

Court Lutenist

1612 British King James I appoints musician Robert Dowland court lutenist

Clara Wieck's Debut

1828 Clara Wieck, age 9, makes her official debut in a piano recital at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig, Germany

Pathetique

1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts first performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique", in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9 days before his death

An Alpine Symphony

1915 Richard Strauss' tone poem "Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)" premieres in Berlin

  • 1961 "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC starring Tom Bosley after 796 performances and a Pulitzer Prize

Happy Xmas (War is Over)

1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record the single "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC

  • 1972 "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
  • 1996 Apple Records releases The Beatles "Anthology 3" (double CD/triple LP)", the last of 3-part series of rare recordings and outtakes by the Beatles; set covers the years 1968-70; album tops Billboard charts in US and peaks at no. 4 in UK

How Far I'll Go

2016 Disney Records releases Alessia Cara's single "How Far I'll Go" from the film "Moana"