Premieres today
Gustav Albert Lortzing
(1851)
170 years ago
Premiere of Deie Opernprobe, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Johannes Brahms
(1880)
141 years ago
Premiere of the rhapsodies for piano in b minor and g minor op. 79, in Krefeld, Germany, with Brahms at the piano.
Paul Hindemith
(1944)
77 years ago
Premiere of Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by C.M. von Weber, in New York, USA.