We mark the premiere on January 22, 1859 165 years ago today of Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, in the German city of Hanover. No other work by Brahms caused him such effort; never before o

On January 15, 1972 52 years ago today Don McLeans folk-rock song American Pie began what would eventually be a four-week stay at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song made the singe

We mark the birth on January 8, 1830 196 years ago today of the German pianist, conductor, composer, and cuckold, Hans Guido von Blow. Born in the Saxon capital of Dresden, he died in a hotel in

On December 18, 1962 61 years ago today Dmitri Shostakovichs Symphony No. 13 received its premiere in Moscow. The symphony stirred up a proverbial hornets nest of controversy, and were not tal

On December 11, 1721 302 years ago today Johann Sebastian Bachs employer, the 27-year-old Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cthen (1694-1728), married the 19-year-old Friederica Henrietta of Anhalt-Bernb

We mark the premiere on December 4, 1881 142 years ago today of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys one-and-only violin concerto, his Violin Concerto in D major. It received its premiere in Vienna, where

On November 27, 1896 127 years ago today Richard Strauss conducted the premiere performance of his sprawling orchestral tone poem Thus Spoke Zarathustra in the German city of Frankfurt. Requests

We mark the conclusion on November 20, 2022 one year ago today of the North American leg of Elton Johns Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour. The concert took place at Dodgers Stadium in

We mark the death on November 13, 1868 155 years ago today of the opera composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini, in Paris, at the age of 76. He was one of the most famous and beloved artists of his tim

We mark the birth on November 6, 1854 169 years ago today of the American composer, conductor, and violinist John Philip Sousa. Born in Washington, D.C., Sousa died in Reading, Pennsylvania on Ma