Today's Birthdays in Music: July 12 (Cliburn, Flagstad)
1934 - Van Cliburn, Shreveport, U.S.A.; pianist
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Dallas Morning News article (2008)
Van Cliburn plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, 2nd mvt., Kirill Kondrashin conducting (Moscow, 1962)
1895 - Kirsten Flagstad, Hamar, Norway; opera soprano
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Short biography and pictures
Kirsten Flagstad sings "Liebestod" from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (her debut performance at Covent Garden, 1936; Fritz Reiner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra)
Wikipedia
Dallas Morning News article (2008)
Van Cliburn plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, 2nd mvt., Kirill Kondrashin conducting (Moscow, 1962)
1895 - Kirsten Flagstad, Hamar, Norway; opera soprano
Wikipedia
Short biography and pictures
Kirsten Flagstad sings "Liebestod" from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (her debut performance at Covent Garden, 1936; Fritz Reiner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra)
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