Today's Birthdays in Music: July 18 (Schafer, Viardot, Masur)
1933 - R. Murray Schafer, Sarnia, Canada; composer
Biography
1821 - Pauline Viardot, Paris, France; concert and opera mezzo-soprano; composer
Wikipedia
Cecilia Bartoli sings Pauline Viardot's "Havanaise"
1927 - Kurt Masur, Brieg, Germany; conductor
Kurt Masur conducting the NY Philharmonic in Schumann's Rhenish Symphony, 4th mvt. (1995)
Labels: birthdays, composer, conductor, Kurt Masur, Pauline Viardot, R. Murray Shafer, singer
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