Johann Strauss, Jr., “The Waltz King,” was born in Vienna on this day in 1825.

October 25, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Adriano in Siria,” by composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was first produced in the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples on this day in 1734.

October 25, 2019 by Scott Davis

English composer and organist Thomas Weelkes was born on this day in 1576.

October 25, 2019 by Scott Davis

German composer and organist Hans Leo Hassler was born in Nuremberg on this day in 1564.

October 25, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Kosmogonia,” by Krzysztof Penderecki, was premiered at the United Nations (New York) on this day in 1970.

October 24, 2019 by Scott Davis

The premier of “Die glückliche Hand,” by Arnold Schoenberg, was on this day in 1924.

October 24, 2019 by Scott Davis