On This Day – 2 May

OTD in 1956 – the first performance of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.8

Happy Birthday to Jean-Baptiste Barrière, born #OTD in 1707

Happy Birthday to Ludwig August Lebrun, born #OTD in 1752

Happy Birthday to Vicente Martín y Soler, born #OTD in 1754

Happy Birthday to Hans Christian Lumbye, born #OTD in 1810

Happy Birthday to Alan Rawsthorne, born #OTD in 1905

#OTD in 1519, the death of Leonardo da Vinci, designer of the Viola Organista

#OTD in 1864, the death of composer Giacomo Meyerbeer