Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, conductor, and teacher, was born in Legnago on this day in 1750.

August 18, 2019 by Scott Davis

Krzysztof Penderecki’s “Magnificat” was premiered in Salzburg, Austria, on this day in 1974.

August 17, 2019 by Scott Davis

Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung,” the fourth and last of his music dramas in the “Ring” cycle, premiered on this day in 1876 in Bayreuth.

August 17, 2019 by Scott Davis

Italian opera composer Gioachino Rossini married Olympe Pélissier in Paris on this day in 1846.

August 16, 2019 by Scott Davis

Richard Wagner’s third of four music dramas in the “Ring” cycle, “Siegfried” premiered in Bayreuth on this day in 1876.

August 16, 2019 by Scott Davis

Johannes Maelzel, creator of the Maelzel Metronome, was born in Regensburg, Germany, on this day in 1772.

August 15, 2019 by Scott Davis