On This Day – 1 May

OTD in 1769 – the first performance of Mozart’s La finta semplice

#OTD in 1786 – the first performance of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro

Happy Birthday to Marco da Gagliano, born #OTD in 1582

Happy Birthday to Hugo Alfvén, born #OTD in 1872

#OTD in 1731 the death of composer Johann Ludwig Bach

#OTD in 1904 the death of composer Antonín Dvořák

#OTD in 1978 the death of composer Aram Khachaturian