Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini was born in Genoa on this day in 1782.

October 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

The complete orchestral “Nocturnes” by Claude Debussy was first performed by Camille Chevillard with the Lamoureux Orchestra on this day in 1901.

October 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

U. S. composer Dominick Argento was born on this day in 1927.

October 27, 2019 by Scott Davis

Modest Mussorgsky’s opera “The Fair at Sorochyntsi,” finished by Cesar Cui after Mussorgsky’s death, was first performed in St. Petersburg on this day in 1917.

October 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti was born on this day in 1685.

October 26, 2019 by Scott Davis

Georges Bizet was born in Paris on this day in 1838.

October 25, 2019 by Scott Davis