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Dec 5
On 5th December 1901, Walt Disney was born in Illinois, USA. The first movie I ever watched was Fantasia. I remember being so scared by...


Dec 3
On 3rd December 1911, the Italian composer Nino Rota, who was very successful in film music, was born in Milan. He said that his main job...


Dec 2
On 2nd December 1804, the coronation of #Napoleon I took place in the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. It is well known that Beethoven's...


Nov 29
On 29 November 1797, Donizetti, one of the three great masters of bel canto opera (Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti), was born in Italy....


Nov 27
On November 27, 1896, the symphonic poem "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss was first performed in Frankfurt. He composed this...


Nov 26
On November 26th, 1938, Prokofiev 's Cello Concerto No. 1 was first performed in Moscow, but it was not well received. This concerto was...


Nov 25
On November 25th, 1835), Andrew Carnegie who built Carnegie Hall was born in Scotland. The New York Philharmonic was based at Carnegie...


Nov 24
On November 24, 1839, Berlioz 's "Roméo et Juliette" was first performed at the Paris Conservatoire, conducted by Berlioz, and it was a...


Nov 23
On November 23, 1876, the Spanish composer Falla was born. "Homenaje de Claude Debussy" is his only guitar work, and it was later...
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