German composer, pianist, and conductor Johannes Brahms was born on this day in 1833.

May 7, 2019 by Scott Davis

It was at the Exposition Universelle that opened in Paris on this day in 1889 where Claude Debussy first heard Javanese gamelan music.

May 6, 2019 by Scott Davis

George Frideric Handel’s opera “Alessandro” was first staged at the King’s Theatre in London on this day in 1726.

May 5, 2019 by Scott Davis

New York’s Carnegie Hall opened on this day in 1891, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a guest conductor.

May 5, 2019 by Scott Davis

Frederick Jacobi, American composer and educator, was born in San Francisco on this day in 1891.

May 4, 2019 by Scott Davis

Robert W. Ottman, U. S. music theorist and professor, was born in Fulton, New York, on this day in 1914.

May 3, 2019 by Scott Davis