Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Daphnis et Chloe London Symphony; Pierre Monteux, cond. London 425 956

On This Day

Births

• 1671 - Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni, in Venice;

• 1810 - German composer Robert Schumann, in Zwickau;

• 1894 - Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff, in Prague; He died in a Nazi concentration camp in Wülzburg, Bavarian, in 1942;

Deaths

• 1612 - German composer Hans Leo Hassler, age 47, in Frankfurt;

• 1884 - American composer Henry Clay Work, age 51, in Hartford, Conn.; A printer by trade, he wrote some famous popular songs, including "Grandfather's Clock," "Father, Come Home," and "Marching Through Georgia";

• 1908 - Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in Lyubensk, near Luga (now Pskov district) (Gregorian date: June 21);

• 1940 - American composer Frederick Shepherd Converse, age 69, in Westwood, Mass.;

• 1984 - English composer Gordon Jacob, age 88, in Saffron Walden;

• 1998 - German-born American composer Margaret Buechner, age 76, in Midland, Mich.;

Premieres

• 1912 - Ravel: ballet, "Daphnis et Chloé," at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, by Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe, Pierre Monteux conducting;

• 1929 - Hindemith: "Neus vom Tage" (News of the Day), in Berlin at the Krolloper;

• 1937 - Carl Orff:: scenic canata "Carmina Burana," in Frankfurt at the Opernhaus;

• 1941 - Harold Shapero: "Nine Minute Overture," in New York City;

• 1950 - Hindemith: Horn Concerto, in Baden-Baden, Germany, with the composer conducting and Dennis Brain the soloist;

• 1953 - Britten: opera "Glorianna," in London at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden;

• 1968 - Harrison Birtwistle: opera "Punch and Judy" at the Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh, by the English Opera Group, David Atherton conducting;

• 1974 - Henry Brant: "An American Requiem," in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.