OTD in 1832 – the first performance of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore
#OTD in 1923 – the first performance of Fauré’s Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120
#OTD in 1937 – the first performance of Walton’s Crown Imperial at the Coronation of George VI
#OTD in 1938 – the first performance of Honneger’s Le Roi David
Happy Birthday to Johann Baptist Wanhal, born #OTD in 1739
Happy Birthday to Franz Anton Hoffmeister, born #OTD in 1754
Happy Birthday to Giovanni Battista Viotti, born #OTD in 1755
Happy Birthday to Adolf von Henselt, born #OTD in 1814
Happy Birthday to Pavlos Carrer, born #OTD in 1829
Happy Birthday to Jules Massenet, born #OTD in 1842
Happy Birthday to Gabriel Fauré, born #OTD in 1845
Happy Birthday to Gordon Jenkins, born #OTD in 1910
Happy Birthday to Burt Bacharach, born #OTD in 1928
#OTD in 1700, the death of poet and playwright John Dryden
#OTD in 1884, the death of composer Bedřich Smetana
#OTD in 1931, the death of composer Eugène Ysaÿe
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