On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1858 Jacques Offenbach's operetta " Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris, includes "Infernal Galop" (can-can tune)
- 1957 Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley opens in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1961 Barbra Streisand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"
- 1971 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances
- 1972 "Dude" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 16 performances
- 1972 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 performances
- 1972 "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1975 "Treemonisha" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 64 performances
Birthdays in Music
- 1570 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer
- 1574 Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, born in Crevalcore (d. 1625)
- 1680 Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer
- 1751 David Moritz Michael, composer
Deaths in Music
- 1662 Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66
- 1793 Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
- 1798 Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71
- 1805 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer, dies at 54