The NBC Symphony Orchestra, the first full-sized symphony orchestra formed exclusively for radio, had its first broadcast on this day in 1937.

November 13, 2019 by Scott Davis

Alexander Borodin, one of “The Five,” was born in Saint Petersburg on this day in 1833.

November 12, 2019 by Scott Davis

The Rev. Edmund Horace Fellowes, English musicologist and editor, was born in London on this day in 1870.

November 11, 2019 by Scott Davis

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast” was premiered in London at the Royal College of Music, conducted by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, on this day in 1898.

November 11, 2019 by Scott Davis

The opera “La forza del destino,” by Giuseppe Verdi, opened at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of St. Petersburg on this day in 1862.

November 10, 2019 by Scott Davis

French composer, organist, and harpsichordist François Couperin was born on this day in 1668.

November 10, 2019 by Scott Davis