On this day in 1711 William Boyce was baptized (his birthdate is unknown) in London. In 1733 François Couperin (“le Grand”) died at age 64 in Paris. In 1786 Friedrich Kuhlau was born in Ülzen (near Hanover), Germany. In 1825 Eduard Hanslick was born in Prague. In 1840 Robert Schumann gifted his fiancée, Clara Wieck, his new song-cycle “Liederkreis,” on the eve of their wedding. In 1850 soprano Jenny Lind made her American debut at the Castle Garden Theatre in New York City, inaugurating a 93- [...]
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