October, 22 Events that happened on this day in music...

1868-10-22 - Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in NYC

1883-10-22 - Charles Gounod

Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)

1922-10-22 - Richard Wagner

Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera

1959-10-22 - Bob Merrill

Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in NYC

1964-10-22 - The Who

EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers", they go on to become The Who

1995-10-22 - Johny Burke

"Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs

1686-10-22 - Georg Balthasar Schott

Georg Balthasar Schott, composer was born

1698-10-22 - Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino

Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer was born

1737-10-22 - Vincenzo Manfredini

Vincenzo Manfredini, composer was born

1752-10-22 - Ambrogio Minoja

Ambrogio Minoja, composer was born

1761-10-22 - Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz

Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer was born

1765-10-22 - Daniel Steibelt

Daniel Steibelt, composer was born

1809-10-22 - Federico Ricci

Federico Ricci, composer was born

1811-10-22 - Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist ( Faust Symphony), (d. 1886) was born

1826-10-22 - Guglielmo Quarenghi

Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer was born