Today's Birthdays in Music: August 19 (Enescu, G. Schwarz, A. Monk)
1881 - George Enescu, Liveni, Romania; composer, conductor, violinist, pianist, teacher
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TRAFFIC String Quintet plays Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody (live concert, Bucharest, 2008)
1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weekawken, U.S.A.; conductor
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Gerard Schwarz rehearses the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Louis Gruenberg's Violin Concerto (Koh Gabriel Kameda, violin; Tokyo, 2002)
1942 - Allan Monk, Mission, Canada; opera and concert baritone
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Allan Monk and Marilyn Horne sing "Ai capricci delle sorte" from Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri (Metropolian Opera, 1986)
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TRAFFIC String Quintet plays Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody (live concert, Bucharest, 2008)
1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weekawken, U.S.A.; conductor
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Gerard Schwarz rehearses the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Louis Gruenberg's Violin Concerto (Koh Gabriel Kameda, violin; Tokyo, 2002)
1942 - Allan Monk, Mission, Canada; opera and concert baritone
Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)
Allan Monk and Marilyn Horne sing "Ai capricci delle sorte" from Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri (Metropolian Opera, 1986)
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