On This Day – 17 November

#OTD in 1726 the first performance of #Bach’s Cantata ‘Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht’ BWV55

#OTD in 1878 – the first performance of #Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5

#OTD in 1558 the death of Hugh #Aston

#OTD in 1648 the death of Thomas #Ford

#OTD in 1959 the death of Heitor #VillaLobos