On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1903 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC
- 1908 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera
- 1916 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
- 1935 Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo" premieres in NYC
- 1957 "Copper & Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
- 1959 "Sound of Music" musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II first opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, for 1443 performances
- 1966 "Greatest Hits" album by The Temptations is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1967)
- 1970 Elton John records a show in New York City which was later released as his 11-17-70 album
Birthdays in Music
W. C. Handy
(1873 - 1958)
Deaths in Music
- 1628 Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
- 1667 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34
- 1775 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, dies at 28
- 1893 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
Weddings in Music
- 1987 Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
- 1996 "What Part of No" country singer Lorrie Morgan (37) weds singer Jon Randall (29) in Nashville
- 2014 Singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (28) weds music video director Alan Ferguson (51) in New Orleans, Louisiana
Divorces in Music
- 2010 Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage