On This Day – 19 April

Today marks 200 years since the death of Lord Byron, who inspired the following three pieces of music:

Also on this day:

OTD in 1836 – the – the first performance of Berg’s Violin Concerto

Happy birthday to Christoph Bach, the grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach, born #OTD in 1613 (we struggled to find a recording…)

Happy birthday to James Nares, born #OTD in 1715

Happy birthday to Karl von Ordóñez, born #OTD in 1734

Happy birthday to Germaine Tailleferre, born #OTD in 1892

Happy birthday to Dudley Moore, born #OTD in 1935, here improvising an operatic scene with Peter Ustinov (who was born 16 April 1921)

#OTD in 1629 death of the composer Sigismondo d’India

#OTD in 1941 death of the composer Johanna Müller-Hermann