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This Week in
Music History
October 14
- 1924 Arnold Schoeberg's opera "Die Gluckliche Hand" premieres in Vienna
- 1930 George Gershwin and Ira Gershin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
- 1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
- 1961 "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St NYC for 1415 performances
- 1977 Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby], American singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
October 14
October 15
- 1886 Modest Mussorgsky's musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain" premieres in St. Petersburg's Kononov Hall, Russia
- 1905 Claude Debussy's "La Mer" premieres
- 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
- 1917 Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris
October 15
October 16
October 16
- 1912 Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," premieres at the Berlin Choralion-Saal sung by Albertine Zehme
- 1939 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" premieres in NYC, running until 1941 for 739 performances
- 1942 Aaron Copland and Agnes de Mille's ballet "Rodeo," premieres in NYC
October 17
October 17
- 1707 German composer Johann S Bach marries for the 1st time his cousin Maria Barbara Bach
- 1831 Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres
- 1849 Frederic Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
- 1945 Actress Ava Gardner (22) weds band leader Artie Shaw (35) in Hollywood
- 1952 Country music legend Hank Williams (29) weds Billie Jean Jones in Minden, Louisiana
- 1963 The Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in London
- 1979 "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 performances
October 18
- 1752 Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"
- 1855 Franz Liszt's "Prometheus" premieres
- 1904 Gustav Mahler's 5th symphony premieres in Cologne
- 1939 Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Harts musical "Too Many Girls" premieres in NYC
- 1946 Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony premieres
- 1961 "West Side Story", directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, starring Natalie Wood, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1962)
October 18
October 19
- 1845 Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser" premieres in Dresden
- 1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance March" premieres in Liverpool
- 1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
October 19
October 20
- 1877 Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B premieres
- 1955 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith
- 1962 Musical "Mr President" opens at St James Theater New York for 265 performances
- 1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances
- 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House
October 20
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