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Today in History: April 27
Today in History: April 27
Today in Music History
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev born in 1891.
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German composer Friedrich von Flotow born in 1812.
Schubert finished composition of his Symphony no 4 "Tragic".
The 1867 premiere of Gounod's opera "Romeo and Juliet" i Paris.
Musicologist, conductor Nicolas Slonimsky born in 1894.
The 1907 premiere of Stravinsky's Symphony no 1 in St. Petersburg.
The 1927 premiere of Weinberger's opera "Schwanda, the Bagpiper" in Prague.
Russian violinist Igor Oistrakh born in 1931.
The 1937 premiere of Stravinsky's ballet "Jeu de cartes" in New York.
American lyric soprano Judith Blegen born in 1940.
Friedrich von Flotow
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Charles Gounod
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Franz Schubert
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Igor Stravinsky
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Judith Blegen
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Igor Oistrakh
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