On This Day – 17 March

1749 – the first performance of Handel’s Solomon

1830 – the first performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2

1984 – the first performance of Ives’ The Unanswered Question (original version)

Born OTD in 1665 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Born OTD in 1839 Josef Rheinberger

Died OTD in 1875 Ferdinand Laub