On This Day – 13 September

#OTD in 1801 the first performance of #Haydn’s Schöpfungsmesse

#OTD in 1807 the first performance of #Beethoven’s Mass in C Op.86. Its commissioner, Nikolaus I of Esterházy, dislikes it intensely.

#OTD in 1956 the first performance of #Stravinsky’s Canticum Sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis

#OTD in 1967 the first performance of #Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.2 in C-sharp minor, Op.129 by Oistrakh

#OTD in 1985 the launch of #SuperMarioBros for #Nintendo in Japan

#HappyBirthday to Francesco #Manelli born #OTD in 1594

#HappyBirthday to #ClaraSchumann born #OTD in 1819

#HappyBirthday to Arnold #Schoenberg born #OTD in 1874

#HappyBirthday to Arleen #Auger born #OTD in 1939

#OTD in 1894 the death of Emmanuel #Chabrier

#OTD in 1977 the death of Leopold #Stokowski