On this day – 8 September

OTD in 1726 – the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’ BWV35

#OTD in 1799 – the first performance of #Haydn’s Theresienmesse

#OTD in 1802 – the first performance of #Haydn’s Harmoniemesse

#OTD in 1971 – the first performance of Bernstein’s MASS

#HappyBirthday to Nicolas #deGrigny born #OTD in 1672

#HappyBirthday to Antonín #Dvořák born #OTD in 1841

#HappyBirthday to Christoph #vonDohnányi born #OTD in 1929

#HappyBirthday to Peter Maxwell Davies born #OTD in 1934

#OTD in 1613 – the death of Carlo #Gesualdo – Tenebrae Factae Sunt performed by TheGesualdoSix

#OTD in 1916 – the death of Friedrich #Baumfelder

#OTD in 1949 – the death of Richard #Strauss