On This Day in Music
Events in Music
- 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- 1824 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg
- 1924 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C at the Konsertföreningenin in Stockholm
- 1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox
- 1955 Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
- 1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
- 1962 Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys
- 1978 Wings release "With a Little Luck"
Birthdays in Music
- 1714 Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
- 1732 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer
- 1740 John Antes, American composer and missionary, born in Frederick, Pennsylvania (d. 1811)
- 1749 Bernard Jumentier, composer
Deaths in Music
- 1631 Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
- 1654 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
- 1755 Theodor Christlieb Reinhold, German composer, dies at 72
- 1825 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64