We mark the death on April 3, 1897 126 years ago today of the German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms at the age of 63. One of the great ones and along with Sebastian Bach and Louis van Beeth

A quick comment in reference to the title of todays post, Papas Last Appearance. Not that you really need me to tell you, but by Papa we are not referring to Papa John Schnatter, who founded Pa

We mark the premiere performance, on February 20, 1816 207 years ago today of Gioachino Rossinis comic opera masterwork, The Barber of Seville, at Romes famed Teatro Argentina. The Natural Gioac

We mark the death, on February 13, 1883 140 years ago today of the German composer Richard Wagner, in Venice, at the age of 69. He had been born in the Saxon city of Leipzig on May 22, 1813. Wagn

We mark the death on February 6, 1497 526 years ago today of the composer and singer Johannes Ockeghem, in Tours, France, at the age of 87 (or so). He was born circa 1410 in the French-speaking c

We mark the death on January 30, 1963 exactly sixty years ago today of the French composer and pianist Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, in Paris. A Parisian from head to toe, he was born in the tres

We mark the death on January 23, 1976 47 years ago today of the American bass-baritone singer, stage and screen actor, civil rights activist, professional football player, and graduate of Columbia

We mark the death on January 16, 1864 159 years ago today of Anton Felix Schindler, in Frankfurt, at the age of 68. Born on June 13, 1795, in the town of Medlov in todays Czech Republic, Schindl

We mark the birth on January 9, 1902 121 years ago today of the opera impresario Rudolf Bing, in Vienna Austria. The general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972, Bing

We mark the birth on December 19, 1915 107 years ago today of the French singer and actress dith Piaf in the Belleville district of Paris. Born dith Giovanna Gassion, she came to be considered