Music History Monday: An American in Paris
We mark the London premiere on August 26, 1952 – 72 years ago today – of the film “An American in Paris.” With music by George Gershwin (189...
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20 of 120 episodesMusic History Monday: Serge Pavlovich Diaghilev
Serge (or Sergei) Diaghilev (1872-1929) in 1916 We mark the death on August 19, 1929 – 95 years ago today – of the Russian impresario, patro...
Music History Monday: Giovanni Gabrieli and the Miracle That is Venice!
Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555-1612) We mark the death on August 12, 1612 – 412 years ago today – of the composer Giovanni Gabrie...
Music History Monday: The First Professional Composer
Easy Times! We’ve been having a good time, an easy time here at Music History Monday these last few weeks. Five of our last six MHM posts ha...
Music History Monday: Cass Elliot and the Making of an Urban Legend
We mark the death of Cass Elliot on July 29, 1974 – 50 years ago today – in an apartment at No. 9 Curzon Street in London’s Mayfair District...
Music History Monday: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Taylor Swift (born 1989) Only July 22, 2023 – one year ago today – Taylor Swift (born 1989; she has, according to Forbes , a present net wor...
Music History Monday: An Indispensable Person
Indispensability The title of this blog – “An Indispensable Person” – might be considered controversial. That’s because any number of...
Music History Monday: What’s in a Name?
We mark the birth on July 8, 1935 – 89 years ago today – of the American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning singer, actor, and comedian Ste...
Music History Monday: The Sony Walkman: A Triumph and a Tragedy!
The original Sony Walkman, model TPS-L2 We mark the introduction on July 1, 1979 – 45 years ago today – of the Sony Walkman. The Walkman was...
Music History Monday: Boogie Fever
One sort of Boogie Fever: Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) cuttin’ the rug at New York’s Studio 54, circa 1978 On June 24, 1374 – 650 years ago...
Music History Monday: Unsung Heroes
John Taylor McClure (1929-2014; bottom left) with Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971; bottom right”) in the recording studio on July 20, 1964 We mar...
Music History Monday: Let Us Quaff from the Cup: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
The real-life married couple Ludwig and Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld as Tristan and Isolde at the first performance of Tristan und Isolde...
Music History Monday: Ludwig von Köchel and the Seemingly Impossible Task
Ludwig Alois Friedrich Ritter (“Ritter” meaning “Knight”) von Köchel” (18900-1877) We mark the death on June 3, 1877 – 147 years ago t...
Music History Monday: “Inappropriate”
There Must Be Something in the Air Have any of you done – or anticipate doing – anything particularly foolish today, anything particularly i...
Music History Monday: A Difficult Life
Gaston Leroux’s Paris Opera House (today the Palais Leroux) in 1875, the year of its inauguration Before we get to the principal topic of to...
Music History Monday: What Day is Today?
World Cocktail Day! Whoever wrote the copy for this notice was clearly well into their third, perhaps fourth cocktail We recognize May 13th...
Music History Monday: The Evolution of Western Pop Music: USA (1960-2010)
We mark the public release, on May 6, 2015 – nine years ago today – of a scientific/statistical study published by The Royal Society Open Sc...
Music History Monday: The Duke
John Wayne as Genghis Kahn (1956); not one of his finest cinematic moments We mark the birth of The Duke on April 29, 1899 – 125 years ago t...
Music History Monday Replay: “The Empress” – Bessie Smith
I am writing this post from my hotel room in what is presently (but sadly, not for long) warm and sunny Vienna. As I mentioned last week, I...
Music History Monday: The Guy Who Wrote the “Waltz”
Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) We mark the death on April 8, 1858 – 166 years ago today – of the Austrian composer, editor, and music publisher...