Musical Anniversaries 2012

[Norfolk Born]

A fellow Forum member has recently introduced us to the following:

http://landofllostcontent.blogspot.com

which gives a list of anniversaries, some of which may have escaped our collective attention thus far.
NB: The double 'l' is not a mistake - at least, not on my part!

[yuccahouse]

Astonishing indeed. And remarkable that someone who died so young can still provoke such strong emotion. A voice that creates a frisson as soon as heard, not achieved for me by any British mezzo or contralto since, apart from Janet Baker.

One strange bit of trivia is that we can still hear on record her musical father and grandfather: teacher Roy Henderson, who died in 2000, the last of the 16 original soloists in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, aged 100; and HIS teacher Bantock Pierpoint (1854-1933).

[french frank]

#47 refers to Kathleen Ferrier as in #42 (threads merged as requested).

[verismissimo]

Surely ther must be a Mahler anniversary worth noting?

First perf 9th symphony in Vienna 26 June 1912. Conducted by Walter.

Good enough?

[bluestateprommer]

The New York Times has a recent article on Kathleen Ferrier, for those interested:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/arts/music/kathleen-ferrier-and-her-centennial-cd.html?_r=1&ref=music&pagewanted=all

[PaulT]

Erich Leinsdorf born February 4th 1912