On This Day

Births:

1871 – Frederick Shepherd Converse, American composer  {Listen & Discover his music: here}

Deaths:

1970 – Catalan-born British composer Roberto Gerhard, in Cambridge, England, age 73.
1979 – American jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, in Mexico City, age 56.

Premieres:

1677 – Lully: opera “Isus,” in Paris.
1932 – Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, in Vienna, with Vienna Symphony conducted by Robert Heger, with Paul Wittgenstein (who commissioned the work) as soloist.  {Listen & Discover: here}
1973 – Pierre Boulez: “. . . explosante/fixe” at a concert by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.  {Listen & Discover: here}