On This Day – 18 October

#OTD in 1904 the first performance of #Mahler’s Symphony No.5

#HappyBirthday to Luca #Marenzio born #OTD in 1553

#HappyBirthday to Baldassare #Galuppi born #OTD in 1706

#HappyBirthday to Maurice El #Mediouni born #OTD in 1928

#HappyBirthday to #HowardShore born #OTD in 1946

#HappyBirthday to @WyntonMarsalis born #OTD in 1961

#OTD in 1545 the death of John #Taverner Dum transisset Sabbatum sung by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

#OTD in 1817 the death of Etienne Nicolas #Méhul

#OTD in 1893 the death of Charles #Gounod