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Classical Music Buzz > Today in Music History > Today in History: February 20
Today in History: February 20
Today in Music History
  • The 1816 premiere of Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" in Rome.



Also on this day...
  • The 1724 premiere of Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare" in London.

  • The 1881 premiere of Bruckner's Symphony no 4 in Vienna.

  • The 1910 premiere of Debussy's "Iberia" from Images for Orchestra in Paris.

  • The 1937 premiere of Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite in Paris.

  • German pianist, conductor Christoph Eschenbach born in 1940.

  • Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly born in 1953.
Samuel Barber ; Anton Bruckner ; Claude Debussy ; George Frideric Handel ; Sergei Prokofiev ; Gioachino Rossini ; Riccardo Chailly ; Christoph Eschenbach ;
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