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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: August 12 (Tourangeau, Biber)

1940 - Huguette Tourangeau, Montreal, Canada; opera mezzo-soprano

Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)

Huguette Tourangeau (with Allan Monk) sings "Batti batti, o bel Masetto" from Mozart's Don Giovanni (The Met., 1978)


Huguette Tourangeau and Joan Sutherland sing "Viens, Mallika" (Flower Duet) from Delibes' Lakmé



1644 - Heinrich von Biber, Wartenberg, Bohemia; composer and violinist

Wikipedia

Agnus Dei from Mass in B flat major (Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh)


Sonata "La Battaglia" in D major (Il Giardino Armonico, director Giovanni Antonini)

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