On This Day

Births:

1909 – Borge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge. Was a Danish pianist, conductor and musical humorist {Listen & Discover his humor: here}

Deaths:

1785 – Italian composer Baldassare Galuppi, in Venice, age 68.
1942 – Russian composer and violinist Julius Conus, in Malenski, age 72.

Premieres:

1843 – Donizetti: opera “Don Pasquale,” in Paris.
1897 – Dukas: Symphony in C, in Paris.  {Listen & Discover: here}
1941 – Rachmaninoff: “Symphonic Dances,” by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.  {Listen & Discover: here}

Others:

1925 – German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwängler makes his American debut, conducting the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.