On This Day – 16 January

#OTD in 1605 Publication of #DonQuixote (Vol 1) Richard Strauss – Don Quixote Op.35 (1897)

#OTD in 1888 the first performance of #Fauré’s #Requiem (first version)

#OTD in 1922 the first performance of #VaughanWilliams’ Symphony No.3 ‘Pastoral’

#OTD in 1938 the first performance of #Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Sz110

#HappyBirthday to Ethel Merman born #OTD in 1908

#HappyBirthday to #GavinBryars born #OTD in 1943

#HappyBirthday to Brian Ferneyhough born #OTD in 1943

#OTD in 1886 the death of Amilcare #Ponchielli

#OTD in 1891 the death of Léo #Delibes

#OTD in 1957 the death of Arturo #Toscanini