We mark the birth – on April 27, 1920, 100 years ago today – of the conductor Guido Cantelli, in Novara, Italy, some 30 miles west of Milan.

We mark the solo piano recital on April 20, 1986 – 34 years ago today – that saw Vladimir Horowitz perform at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

We mark the first performance on April 13, 1742 – 278 years ago today – of George Frederick Handel’s “Messiah” in Dublin, Ireland.

Welcome to Music History Monday, April 6, 2020! We mark the death on April 6, 1971 – 49 years ago today – of the composer Igor Stravinsky at the age of 88.

March 30 is a good day for birthdays in the world of pop and rock but we're focusing today's Music History Monday on Stanley Kirk Burrell, aka MC Hammer.

On March 23, 1828 – 192 years ago today – the Schuppanzigh String Quartet posthumously premiered Beethoven’s final string quartet: the F major, Op. 135 of 1826 in Vienna.

We mark the first appearance on the Billboard charts on March 16, 1963 – 57 years ago today – of the song Puff, the Magic Dragon.

We mark the first performance on March 9, 1842 – 178 years ago today – of Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera and first operatic masterwork, Nabucco, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

We mark the death, in Vienna, on March 2, 1830 – 190 years ago today – of the violinist and conductor Ignaz Schuppanzigh.

Music History Monday: The Game Changer - Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo, in Mantua, Italy