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This Week in
Music History
March 3
- 1842 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
- 1875 Georges Bizet's last and greatest opera "Carmen" premieres in Paris
- 1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution
- 1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)
- 1940 American bandleader Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
- 1944 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
- 1955 Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show "Louisiana Hayride"
- 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
March 4
- 1830 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" premieres in Venice
- 1895 Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony premieres in Berlin
- 1913 Gabriel Faure's opera "Penelope" premieres in Monte Carlo
- 1968 3rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Glen Campbell and Lynn Anderson win
March 4
March 5
- 1807 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
- 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
- 1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
- 1942 World première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in Kuybyshev, Russia
March 5
March 6
March 6
- 1808 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
- 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata" premieres in Venice
- 1932 John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
- 1965 "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St NYC after 1415 performances
- 1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
March 7
- 1917 1st jazz record released on a 78 by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step," one side "Livery Stable Blues" other)
March 7
March 8
- 1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
- 1902 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony, his most popular, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society
March 8
March 9
- 1842 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" premieres in Milan
- 1868 The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
- 1897 Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)
- 1959 The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100
- 1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"
March 9
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