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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: August 23 (Krenek, Primrose)

1900 - Ernst Krenek, Vienna, Austria; composer

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Späte Zeit, op.114 for Cello, Piano and Tenor

1904 - William Primrose, Glasgow, Scotland; violist

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William Primrose plays Walton's Viola Concerto, 1st mvt. (William Walton conducting)

Labels: birthdays, composer, Ernest Krenek, viola, William Primrose

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