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Who we are?
This Week in
Music History
April 14
- 1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
- 1932 Loretta Lynn, American country singer-songwriter (Coal Miner's Daughter), born in Butcher's Hollow Kentucky
- 1936 French singer Édith Piaf questioned after nightclub owner and her patron Louis Leplée murdered in Paris
- 1956 "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
- 1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
April 14
April 15
- 1729 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" premieres in Leipzig
- 1738 Premiere in London of "Serse", an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel
- 1961 "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1375 performances
April 15
April 16
- 1854 Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa" premieres
April 16
April 17
April 17
- 1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
- 2015 Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane is awarded a posthumous Special Citation by the Pulitzer Prize board
- 1941 Actress Doris Day (19) weds trombonist Albert Jorden
April 18
- 1930 BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music instead
- 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
- 1977 "Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
April 18
April 19
- 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
- 1963 Johnny Cash releases his single "Ring Of Fire" written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore
April 19
April 20
- 1896 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres in NYC