August 26

Events in Music on August 26

Event of Interest

1846 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" premieres at the Birmingham Festival in England

Composer and Pianist Felix Mendelssohn — Composer and Pianist
Felix Mendelssohn

Film Premier

1951 "An American in Paris" with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron premieres in London (Academy Awards Best Picture 1952)

Actor and Dancer Gene Kelly — Actor and Dancer
Gene Kelly

Composer and Pianist George Gershwin — Composer and Pianist
George Gershwin

Event of Interest

1967 Beatles, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Rock Star Mick Jagger — Rock Star
Mick Jagger

Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi — Guru
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

1968 "Hey Jude" single released by the Beatles in US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)
1980 Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick
1992 "Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 performances

Event of Interest

2006 David Gilmour performs with his band and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra before a crowd of 50,000 at Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland.

Singer-songwriter and Producer David Gilmour — Singer-songwriter and Producer
David Gilmour

2018 Moroccan pop singer Saad Lamjarred arrested in Saint-Tropez, France on a rape allegation

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