On This Day – 15 January

#OTD in1559 The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

#OTD in1739 the first performance of #Handel’s #Saul

#OTD in1890 the first performance of #Tchaikovsky’s #SleepingBeauty

#OTD in1941 the first performance of #Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps

#OTD in1958 the first performance of #Barber’s #Vanessa

#HappyBirthday to #Molière born #OTD in 1622

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#HappyBirthday to Johanna #Müller-Hermann born #OTD in 1878

#HappyBirthday to #IvorNovello born #OTD in 1893

#OTD in 1775 the death of Giovanni Battista #Sammartini