On This Day – 11 May

OTD in 1946 – the first performance of Ives’ Central Park in the Dark

#OTD in 1946 – the first performance of Ives’ The Unanswered Question (chamber version)

Happy Birthday to Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, born #OTD in 1715

Happy Birthday to Jan van Gilse, born #OTD in 1881

Happy Birthday to Irving Berlin, born #OTD in 1888

Happy Birthday to William Grant Still, born #OTD in 1895

Happy Birthday to Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, born #OTD in 1896