On This Day – 21 February

1893 – the first performance of Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer

1920 – the first performance of Milhaud’s Le Bœuf sur le toit

1920 – the first performance of Delius’ Double Concerto

1929 – the first performance of Respighi’s Feste Romane

1932 – the first performance of Schoenberg’s Vier Lieder für Gesang und Orchester Op.22

Born OTD in 1791 – Carl Czerny

Born OTD in 1801 – John Henry Newman

Born OTD in 1836 – Léo Delibes

Born OTD in 1844 – Charles-Marie Widor

Born OTD in 1907 – W H Auden

Born OTD in 1933 – Nina Simone