Nadia Boulanger In 1887 Nadia Boulanger was born in Paris, France. She taught a number of American composers including as Aaron Copland and Philip Glass. In 1844 Paul Taffanel was born in Bordeaux, France. In 1965 Duke Ellington’s First Sacred Concert was premiered at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. In 1966 Samuel Barber’s opera, “Anthony and Cleopatra” opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City, NY. In 1995 Harrison Birtwistle’s “Panic” for alto sax, drummer [...]
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