Today's Birthdays in Music: April 13 (Bennett, Price)

1816 - William Sterndale Bennett, Sheffield, England; conductor, composer, pianist

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William Sterndale Bennett: 3 Impromptus Op. 12: No. 1 - Andante espressivo (Phillip Sear, pianist)




1941 - Margaret Price, Blackwood, Wales; opera and lieder soprano

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BBC bio

Margaret Price sings "Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder" from Mahler's Rückert Lieder