Today in Music History for September 12
Music Events: - 1840 - Marriage of Robert Schumann, age 30, to Clara Wieck, on the day before her 21st birthday.
- 1866 - The Black Crook opens at Niblo's Garden. The opening night performance on lasted a bottom-numbing five and a half hours.
- 1896 - Down in Poverty Row recorded by George J. Gaskin begins a run of 4 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
- 1910 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, the Symphony of a Thousand, is premiered in Munich
- 1928 - Anton Webern's String Trio is premiered in Siena
- 1932 - Premire of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras" No. 1, in Rio de Janerio.
- 1937 - Premiere of Milhaud's "Suite Provençale" in Venice, conducted by the composer
- 1954 - Premiere of Bernstein's "Serenade" (after Plato's "Symposium") at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, with composer conducting and Isaac Stern the violin soloist
- 1958 - George Russell records Manhattan with a band including John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Evans
- 1966 - First episode of The Monkees is broadcast on NBC Television
- 1967 - Premiere of Kokkonen's Symphony No. 3, in Helsinki
- 1969 - Premiere of Henri Lazarof: Cello Concerto, in Oslo, Norway.
- 1996 - Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.
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