On This Day – 21 November

#OTD in 1921 the first performance of #Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová

#OTD in 1937 the first performance of #Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47

#OTD in 1945 the first performance of #Prokofiev’s #Cinderella

#HappyBirthday to Friedrich Wilhelm #Marpurg born #OTD in 1718

#HappyBirthday to Francisco #Tárrega born #OTD in 1852

#HappyBirthday to Sigfrid #Karg-Elert born #OTD in 1877

#HappyBirthday to Malcolm #Williamson born #OTD in 1931

#HappyBirthday to @Björk born #OTD in 1965

#OTD in 1695 the death of Henry #Purcell

#OTD in 1710 the death of Bernardo #Pasquini

#OTD in 1938 the death of Leopold #Godowsky

#OTD in 1974 the death of #FrankMartin

#OTD in 1996 the death of #BernardRose of Magdalen College Oxford