We mark the birth on June 12, 1941 82 years ago today of the pianist and composer Armando Anthony Chick Corea, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He died of cancer after a brief illness on February 9,

On June 5, 1977 46 years ago today the shock-rock superstar Alice Coopers pet boa constrictor and concert co-star, a creature rather cleverly named Julius Squeezer, suffered what turned out to

On May 29, 1860 163 years ago today the composer and pianist Isaac Albniz was born in Camprodn, Spain. Albniz was a brilliant pianist and, as evidenced by his 12-movement suite for piano entit

We mark the first performance on May 22, 1874 149 years ago today of Giuseppe Verdis Requiem, written in memory of the Italian novelist, poet, and patriot Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1872). Backgro

On May 15, 1501 522 years ago today the first polyphonic (that is, multi-part) music printed using moveable type was released to the public by the Venice-based publisher Ottaviano dei Petrucci. (

We mark the birth on May 8, 1829 194 years ago today of the American composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, in New Orleans. He died, all-too-young, on December 18, 1869 at the age of forty,

On May 1, 1786 on what was also a Monday, 237 years ago today a miracle was heard for the first time: Wolfgang Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro received its premiere at the Burgtheater in Vie

We mark the birth on April 24, 1942 81 years ago today of the American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker Barbara Joan Barbra Streisand, in Brooklyn, New York. But first, before we get

We mark the final San Francisco performance on the evening of Tuesday, April 17, 1906, 117 years ago today of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1874-1921). That performance at the no longer

We mark the premiere on April 10, 1868 155 years ago today of Johannes Brahms magnificent A German Requiem, for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Johannes Brahms, Again? I know Ive been goi