#Matyas Seiber

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Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) : Jazzolette nr.2 (1932)

played in 1991 by the Ebony Band (cond. Werner Herbers

Leo van Oostrom, Hens Otter (sax), Peter Masseurs (tp), Michel Tilkin (tbn), Gerard Bouwhuis (pno), Paul Koek (drms)

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May 11 in Music History

1728 Birth of French composer and violinist Pierre Gavines in Bordeaux.

1731 Birth of composer Johann Gottfried Seyfert.

1738 FP of Hasse's "Alfonso" Dresden.

1772 Birth of composer Henri-Jean Rigel.

1791 Birth of Bohemian composer Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek in Wamberg. 

1797 FP of Dalayrac's "La Maison isolée" Paris.

1811 Birth of Italian baritone Filippo Coletti in Anagni Italy. 

1827 Birth of American composer Septimus Winner in Philadelphia, PA.

1830 FP of Herold and Carafa's "L'Auberge d'Aurey" Paris.

1840 Birth of composer Filippo Capocci.

1849 Death of German composer Otto Nicolai at age 38, in Berlin. 

1855 Russian composer Anatoly Liadov.

1864 FP of Guiraud's "Sylvie" Paris.

1877 Birth of soprano Anna Slavikova-Jordanova. 

1881 Birth of composer Jan van Gilse.

1882 Birth of Austrian composer Joseph Marx in Graz. 

1884 Birth of Romanian soprano Alma Gluck in Bucarest.

1885 Birth of Dutch bass-baritone Joseph Groenen in Waalwijk, Holland.

1888 Birth of Belgian tenor Louis Morrison in Antwerp. 

1888 Birth of American popular music composer Irving Berlin.

1895 Birth of American composer William Grant Still.

1896 Birth of composer Josip Slavenski.

1898 Birth of Swedish bass Sven Nilsson in Gafla Gäfle, Sweden. 

1902 Birth of Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayao.

1905 Birth of American soprano Agnes Davis in Colorado Springs.

1905 Birth of tenor Paul-Henry Vergnes in Lagrasse. 

1906 Death of baritone Gottardo Aldighieri. 

1909 Birth of composer Herbert Murrill.

1913 Birth of American composer Clare Grundman.

1916 Death of German composer Max Reger.

1917 FP of Ferrucio Busoni's operas Arlecchino 'Harlequin' and Turandot at the Stadttheater in Zurich.

1928 Birth of German soprano Ingeborg Reichelt in Frankfurt.

1931 Birth of American bass Arnold Voketaitis in East Haven, CT. 

1938 Birth of American composer Harvey Sollberger in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

1940 Birth of American visualist-music composer Ron Pellegrino.

1940 Birth of American baritone Ron Bottcher in Sandpoint, ID. 

1941 FP of Henry Cowell´s Tales of the Countryside for piano and orchestra in Atlantic City, NJ.

1942 Death of German soprano Helena Forti. 

1944 Birth of American soprano Elaine Cormany in Clifton, TX. 

1945 Birth of New Zealand cellist and conductor Ross Pople.

1945 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Hashkiveinu with text from the Sabbath Evening Service for Cantor, Choir and Organ, at Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC.

1946 Birth of American composer Lenore von Stein.

1947 Death of Swedish composer Ture Rangström.

1948 FP of Henry Cowell's Hymn, Chorale, and Fuguing Tune No. 8 for strings, at Florida State University Recital Hall. School of Music Faculty String Quartet.

1950 Death of tenor Charles Rousseliere.

1953 Birth of American experimental-music composer Steed Cowart.

1954 Birth of Scottish composer Judith Weir in Aberdeen.

1954 FP of Matyas Seiber´s Concertino for Clarinet and Strings in London.

1955 FP of Sir Arthur Bliss' Violin Concerto, in London.

1956 Birth of American composer Jane Ellen in CA.

1956 Birth of Belgian composer Marc Achille Matthys in Gehnt.

1957 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini in Rome. 

1960 FP of Chailly's "Il mantello" Florence.

1960 FP of Bucchi's "Una notte in Paradiso" Florence.

1961 Birth of Filipino pianist Cecile Licad in Manila.

1963 Death of Italian tenor Guido Ciccolini in Rome. 

1963 FP of William Grant Still's opera A Southern Interlude. University of Miami Opera. It was later revised as Highway 1, U.S.A.

1966 FP of Andrew Imbrie's Symphony No. San Francisco Symphony.

1976 Death of mezzo-soprano Enid Cruickshank. 

1984 FP of John Harbison's Ulysses' Bow. New Haven Symphony, Murray Sidlin conducting.

1995 FP of John Adams' musical I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky with the Paul Dresher Ensemble conducted by Grant Gershon in Berkeley, CA.

2000 FP of Colin Matthews' Pluto - The Renewer. Composed as an addition to Gustav Holst's The Planets. The Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano conducting, in Manchester England.

2002 FP of Kenneth Frazelle's Concerto for Chamber Orchestra. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane conducting in Glendale, CA.

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Euphony. Three Hungarian Folk Songs - Matyas Seiber

Enorme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbRWsWWYL6M

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Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) : Jazzolette nr.1 (1929)

This 'dodecaphonic jazz' was played at a concert given by the Ebony Band on April 25, 2013 at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam.

Bert Langenkamp, tp./ Leo van Oostrom, David Kweksilber, sax. / Bart Claessens, trb. / Gerard Bouwhuis, pno. / Herman Rieken, drms.

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Matyas Seiber - Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra

00:00 Part I (picture of Freddy Arteel) 02:40 Part II (picture of Matyas Seiber) 06:59 Part III (picture of Daniel Sternefeld) 09:41 Part IV (picture of Matyas Seiber) 12:59 Part V (picture of Freddy Arteel)

Performed by Freddy Arteel (Clarinet) and BRT Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Sternefeld

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Le Rossignol by Matyas Seiber. James Boyd, guitar, Joshua Ellicott, tenor.

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Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) : Jazzolette nr.2 (1932) played in 1991 by the Ebony Band (cond. Werner Herbers),

TV-program 'Reiziger in Muziek' (VPRO, March 10, 1991). Leo van Oostrom, Hens Otter (sax), Peter Masseurs (tp), Michel Tilkin (tbn), Gerard Bouwhuis (pno), Paul Koek (drms) More info on the Ebony Band and Matyas Seiber: www.ebonyband.nl

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September 24 in Music History

1645 Death of British composer William Lawes in Chester.

1667 Birth of composer Jean-Louis Lully.

1735 FP of Hasse: "Tito Vespasiano" in Dresden.

1748 Birth of composer Philipp Meissner.

1754 FP of Gluck: "Le Cinesi" in Vienna.

1761 Birth of composer Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen.

1773 Birth of composer Johann Philipp Christian Schulz.

1779 FP of Gluck: "Echo et Narcisse" Paris.

1806 Birth of Irish composer and pianist George Alexander Osborne.

1813 Death of Belgian-born French composer André Grétry.

1806 Birth of composer George Alexander Osborne

1819 FP of Rossini: "La Donna del largo" Naples.

1834 Birth of French conductor and violinist Charles Lamoreux in Bordeaux. 

1838 Death of French clarinetist, bassoonist, and composer Friedrich Berr. 1863 Birth of American bandmaster William Henry Santelmann.

1879 Birth of Swedish soprano Signe Von Rappe, in Stockholm. 

1885 Birth of Estonian composer Arthur Lemba.

1888 Birth of English baritone Summer Austin in London. 

1891 Death of Austrian soprano Marie Wilt. 

1891 Birth of Swedish soprano Karin Branzell. 

1892 Death of Irish-American bandmaster and composer Patrick Gilmore.

1893 Birth of Spanish composer Rafael Millan.

1899 Birth of composer Eduardo Hernandez Moncada.

1907 Birth of composer Pierre Moulaert.

1906 FP of Victor Herbert's The Red Mill. NYC, Knickerbocker Theater.

1907 Birth of American conductor and pianist Edwin McArthur.

1907 Birth of Italian soprano Lina Bruna Rasa, nr. Padua.

1910 Birth of composer Frank Pelleg.

1910 Death of composer Rudolf Dellinger.

1913 Birth of German bass Max Proebstl in Munich. 

1914 Birth of Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik in Warsaw. 

1919 Birth of Czech composer Vaclav Nelhybel.

1921 Birth of American composer Robert Mols.

1921 Birth of composer Leonardo Lopez Salzedo.

1922 Birth of American baritone Cornell MacNeil in Minneapolis. 

1922 Birth of Italian baritone Ettore Bastianini, in Siena. 

1925 Birth of Italian tenor Florindo Andreolli, in Adria. 

1927 Birth of American composer Richard Swift in Middlepoint, OH.

1927 Birth of Spanish tenor Alfredo Kraus in Palmas.

1928 Birth of German composer Karl Haus in Schweinfurt.

1930 Birth of opera singer Edgar Waehlte.

1934 Birth of American composer and conductor Fisher Tull. 

1936 Birth of German baritone Marion Lippert, in Munich. 

1937 Birth of Puerto Rican baritone Pablo Elvira, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1945 Birth of English conductor and composer John Rutter in London.

1946 Birth of American conductor Mark Neikrug in NYC.

1949 Death of French composer Pierre Onfroy de Breville in Paris. 

1951 Birth of American composer S. K. Waller in CA.

1954 FP of Badings: "Orestes" radio opera, Florence.

1955 FP of Andre Jolivet's Suite Transocene in Louisville, KY.

1960 Death of Hungarian cellist Matyas Seiber.

1962 FP of Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center, NYC. Pianist John Browning, Erich Leinsdorf conducting.

1965 FP of George Rochberg's Black Sounds for winds and percussion. 

1973 Birth of American composer Amy Scurri.

1974 Birth of Mexican composer D'Mendo Boteli.

1975 Birth of composer Greg Robbin in Chicago, IL.

1986 FP of Karel Husa's Concerto for Orchestra.

1988 Death of Welsh composer Arwel Hughes in Cardiff. 

1989 FP of Balada: "Cristóbal Colón" Barcelona, with tenor José Carreras as 'Christopher Columbus'.

1992 FP of Tobias Picker's Bang!. The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting a New York Philharmonic 150th Anniversary commission.

1994 FP of Ellen T. Zwilich's American Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, by the San Diego Symphony, JoAnn Faletta conducting, with soloist Doc Severinson. The inaugural concert of the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.

2001 Death of conductor Jens Nygaard in NYC.

2014 Death of British conductor Christopher Hogwood.

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May 4 in Music History

1604 Death of Italian organist, composer, and publisher Claudio Merulo.

1611 Birth of composer Carlo Rainaldi.

1665 Birth of Italian harpsichord craftsman Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua. 

1738 Birth of composer Josef Kohaut.

1744 Birth of Austrian-Spanish pianist and composer Marianne Martinez.

1774 FP of Jommelli's "Ciro riconosciuto" Bologna.

1763 Birth of composer Franz Stanislaus Spindler.

1769 Birth of composer Charles Hague.

1777 Birth of composer Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens.

1778 FP of Sacchini's "L'Amore soldato" London.

1795 FP of F. J. Haydn's Symphony No. 104, conducted by Haydn, at the King's Theater in London.

1802 FP of Catel's "Sémiramis" Paris.

1830 Birth of English impresario J. H. "Colonel" Mapleson in London.

1833 FP of Barnet's "The Soldier' s Widow or The Ruins of the Mill" London.

1835 Birth of composer Edmund Hart Turpin.

1855 Birth of composer Ludwig Schögel.

1856 FP of Dargomyzhsky's "Rusalka" St. Petersburg.

1860 Birth of Austrian composer Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek.

1867 Birth of composer Dynam-Victor Fumer.

1869 Birth of Polish composer Sigismond Stojowski.

1883 Birth of Russian conductor Nikolai Malko.

1884 FP of Nessler's "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" Leipzig.

1886 The gramophone, the first practical phonograph, was patented.

1888 Premiere of Faure's Requiem.

1891 Birth of American composer Frederick Jacobi in San Francisco.

1895 FP of Antonin Dvorák's cantata The American Flag Op. 102, in NYC.

1895 FP of Kienzl's "Der Evangelimann" Berlin.

1902 Birth of composer Cvjetko Rihtman.

1905 Birth of English soprano Margaret Field-Hyde in Cambridge. 

1905 Birth of Hungarian cellist and composer Matyas Gyorgy Seiber. 

1907 Birth of Swiss mezzo-soprano Elsa CaveIti.

1915 Birth of composer Pedro Saenz.

1917 Birth of American composer Edward T. Cone. 

1919 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Carla Henius in Mannheim. 

1919 Birth of composer Dimiter Petkov.

1920 First American orchestra to make a European tour. The Symphony Society of New York performs at the Paris Opera House.

1921 Birth of Dutch tenor John van Kesteren Hague. 

1924 Birth of Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Bezhitz. 

1924 FP of N. Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 6, in Moscow.

1926 FP of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "La mandragola" Venice.

1930 Birth of American soprano Roberta Peters.

1931 Birth of Russian conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky in Moscow.

1932 Death of Spanish bass Jose Mardones. 

1932 Birth of composer Fausto Razzi.

1937 Birth of composer Hans Ulrich Lehmann.

1937 Birth of Spanish-English harpist Marisa Robles.

1938 FP of Malipiero's "Antonio e Cleopatra" Florence.

1942 Birth of Mexican conductor Enrique Batiz.

1943 Death of Italian soprano Cesira Ferrani in Vercelli. 

1948 Birth of English composer Michael Blake Watkins in Ilford, Essex.

1949 Birth of American composer John Newell in Charlotte, NC.

1949 FP of Bacon´s Folk opera "A Drumlin Legend" NYC.

1940 FP of Pizzetti's "Vanna Lupa" Florence. 

1950 FP of Malipiero's "L'allegra brigata" Milan. 

1951 Death of Belgian baritone Hector Dufranne. 

1951 Birth of composer Peter Ware.

1953 FP of Wm. Schuman's "The Mighty Casey" Hartford, CT.

1953 FP of Delius' "Irmelin" Oxford.

1955 Death of Rumanian conductor, violinist, and composer Georges Enesco.

1972 Birth of American composer Scott Rosenberg.

1974 FP of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Flute Concerto, flutist Gunilla von Bahr, Swedish Radio Symphony, Stig Westerberg conducting in Stockholm.

1989 FP of Joan Tower's Island Prelude for oboe and strings. Peter Bowman and the St. Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting.

2003 Death of Italian bass-baritone Sesto Bruscantini.

2003 Death of English composer Arthur Oldham in Villejuif, France.