English composer and organist Herbert Howells was born on this day in 1892.

October 17, 2019 by Scott Davis

The opera “Don Sanche, ou Le château de l’amour,” by Franz Liszt, was premiered in Paris at the Salle Le Peletier on this day 1825.

October 17, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Pierrot lunaire,” by Arnold Schoenberg, was premiered in Berlin on this day in 1912.

October 16, 2019 by Scott Davis

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovksy was born on this day in 1962 in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia .

October 16, 2019 by Scott Davis

Aaron Copland and Agnes de Mille’s ballet “Rodeo” was premiered in New York City on this day in 1942.

October 16, 2019 by Scott Davis

Claude Debussy’s “La mer” was premiered in Paris on this day in 1905.

October 15, 2019 by Scott Davis