On This Day – 17 October

#OTD in 1723 – the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben’ BWV 109

#OTD in 1727 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl’ BWV 198

#OTD in 1728 the first probable performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ich habe meine Zuversicht’ BWV 188

#OTD in 1761 the first performance of #Gluck’s #DonJuan ou Le Festin de Pierre

#OTD in 1954 the first performance of #Korngold’s Symphony in F-sharp, Op.40

#HappyBirthday to Domenico #Zipoli born #OTD in 1688

#HappyBirthday to Maria Teresa Agnesi #Pinottini born #OTD in 1720

#HappyBirthday to Pierre-Alexandre #Monsigny born #OTD in 1729

#HappyBirthday to Herbert Howells born #OTD in 1892

#OTD in 1456 the death of Nicolas #Grenon

OTD in 1837 the death of Johann Nepomuk #Hummel

OTD in 1849 the death of Frédéric #Chopin