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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: October 21 (Canteloube, Solti)

1879 - Joseph Canteloube, Annonay, France; composer

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Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Bailero" from Chants d'Auvergne (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis conducting, London 1989)

1912 - Georg Solti, Budapest, Hungary; conductor

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Solti conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven's Egmont overture (Cagliari, Italy, 1996)

Labels: birthdays, composer, conductor, Georg Solti, Joseph Canteloube

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