We mark the death on April 12, 1814 – 207 years ago today – of the English music historian and composer Charles Burney, in London.

We mark the premiere on April 5, 1803 – 218 years ago today – of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor at a public concert held at the Theater-an-der-Wien, in Vienna.

We mark the funeral of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) on March 29, 1827 – 194 years ago today – in Vienna.

We mark the birth on March 22, 1930 – 91 years ago today – and the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

We mark the opening performance on March 15, 1956 – 65 years ago today – of the Broadway musical My Fair Lady at the Mark Hellinger Theater

We mark the death on March 8, 1869 – 152 years ago today – of the French composer and conductor Hector Berlioz at the age of 65.

We mark the death on March 1, 2015 of the American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records Orrin Keepnews, in El Cerrito California

We mark the premiere on February 22, 1878 – 143 years ago today – of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor in a concert of the Russian Musical Society in Moscow, under the baton of Nicolai Rubinstein.

February 15 is one of those crazy days during which so much happened in the world of music that we are de facto forced to wonder if there is some metaphysical explanation for why this date should be a nexus of musical-historical activity!

We celebrate the birth on February 8, 1932 – 89 years ago today – of the American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist John Towner Williams