On This Day – 5 May

OTD in 1891 Carnegie Hall opens, with Tchaikovsky conducting

#OTD in 1922 – the first performance of Respighi’s Concerto Gregoriano

Happy Birthday to Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, born #OTD in 1749

Happy Birthday to Hans Pfitzner, born #OTD in 1869

Happy Birthday to Patrick Gowers, born #OTD in 1936

Happy Birthday to Delia Derbyshire, born #OTD in 1937