On This Day

Births:

1878 – Edwin Franko Goldman, American composer and bandleader {Listen & Discover his music: here}
1923 – Milt Jaskson, jazz vibraphone virtuoso and member of the famous Jazz Quartet {Listen & Discover his music: here}

Deaths:

1782 – German composer Johann Christian Bach, in London, age 47. He was the youngest surviving son of J.S. Bach.

Others:

1585 – Composer Giovanni Gabrieli becomes the second organist at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. His uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli, is the first organist.
1791 – Haydn arrives in England for a series of concerts at the invitation of orchestral conductor and impresario Johann Salomon.
1801 – Eight members of the U.S. Marine band perform the first official music at the unfinished Executive Mansion (the “White House”) at a New Year’s Day reception hosted by President and Mrs. John Adams.
1908 – Gustav Mahler makes his conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, leading a performance of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.”