Today's Birthdays in Music: April 5 (von Karajan, Roussel)

1980 - Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg, Austria; conductor

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Book review (La Scena Musicale, 1999)

A Tribute: von Karajan conducts R. Strauss, Mussorgsky, Wagner, J. Strauss, Beethoven




1869 - Albert Roussel, Tourcoing, France; composer

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Roussel: Impromptu, op. 21 (Angelica Vianna, harp)