This Day in Music

Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in NYC

"Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 perfs

Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born

Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born

Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer was born

Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer was born

Ignac Ruzitska, composer was born

Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer was born

Ludwig Schuberth, composer was born

Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895) was born

Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born

Wilhelm Gericke, composer was born

Josef Gruber, composer was born

Felix Blumenfeld, composer was born

Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer was born

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