On This Day – 13 March

1781 William Herschel discovers Uranus

1797 – the first performance of Cherubini’s Médée

1845 – the first performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64

Born OTD in 1860 Hugo Wolf

Born OTD in 1952 Wolfgang Rihm

Born OTD in 1957 Moses Hogan