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Sunday, September 7

English composer Thomas Tallis

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Tallis' 40-voice birthday greeting? ...

MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM:
Thomas Tallis (c.1505 - 1585): Spem in alium
Huelgas Ensemble; Paul Van Nevel, cond.
Sony 60992

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ALSO ON THIS DATE:
Births:
1726—French opera composer and chess master François André Danican-Philidor, in Dreux;
1923—English composer, pianist and actress Madeleine Dring, in Hornsey, London;
1924—American film composer Leonard Rosenman, in Brooklyn;

Deaths:
1881—American poet, flutist and composer Sidney Lanier, age 39, in Lynn, N.C.;

Premieres:
1922 — Bliss: "Colour Symphony," at the Three Choirs' Festival in Glouchester, England;
1940 — David Diamond: "Concerto for Orchestra," in Yaddo, N.Y.;
1949 — Ghedini: opera, "Billy Budd," in Venice (Benjamin Britten's more successful operatic treatment of the same Hermann Melville novella premiered in London on December 1, 1951);
1971 — Bernstein: "Mass" (public dress rehearsal), at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; The work's official gala premiere occurred on Sept. 8, 1971.
1996 — David Stock: String Quartet No. 3, in Pittsburgh, by Cuarteto Latinoamericano.

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