History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Overture


1956 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City

1948 "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6

1941 Waltons overture "Scapino," premieres in Chicago

1922 Francis Thorne, born in Bay Shore, New York, composer, Burlesque Overture

1914 Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer, Tragic Overture

1910 William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard

1892 1st performance of Antonin Dvorak's overture "Carneval"

1882 Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow

1881 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau

1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture

1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com