Milton Babbitt, U. S. composer and music theorist, was born in Philadelphia on this day in 1916.

May 10, 2019 by Scott Davis

The opera “La scala di seta” by Gioachino Rossini was first staged in Venice on this day in 1812.

May 9, 2019 by Scott Davis

Theater impresario and composer Oscar Hammerstein I was born on this day in 1846.

May 8, 2019 by Scott Davis

Swiss composer Frank Martin’s oratorio “In terra pax,” written for the end of World War II in Europe, was broadcast on this day in 1945.

May 7, 2019 by Scott Davis

Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk on this day in 1840.

May 7, 2019 by Scott Davis

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor was premiered in Vienna on this day in 1824.

May 7, 2019 by Scott Davis