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Events in Music

  • 1799 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" ("Die Schöpfung") fisrt public performance premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
  • 1859 Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, France
  • 1864 Charles Gounod's opera "Mireille" premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, France
  • 1870 Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany" premieres at Teatro La Scala in Milan, Italy
  • 1906 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's comic opera "Quattro Rusteghi" ("The Four Ruffians") premieres at the Hoftheater in Munich, Germany
  • 1917 Victor Herbert and Harry Blossom's operetta "Eileen", loosely based on a novel by Herbert's grandfather, premieres at Shubert Theater, New York City
  • 1941 Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena", with vocals by Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly, in New York City
  • 1944 British composer Michael Tippett's oratorio "A Child of Our Time" premieres at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England
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Deaths in Music

  • 1711 Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
  • 1782 Louis-Henry Paisible, French composer, dies at 33
  • 1796 Stephen Storace, English composer, dies at 33
  • 1797 Philip Hayes, English composer, dies at 58
  • 1811 Frantisek Adam Mica, Bohemian composer, dies at 65
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Weddings in Music

  • 1918 American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21); divorce in 1923
  • 1956 British "The Doors of Perception" author Aldous Huxley (62) weds second wife, American musician and author Laura Archera (45), until his death in 1963