A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Johann Sigismund Kusser

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February 13, 1660: Johann Sigismund Kusser is baptized in Pressburg (Bratislava), Kingdom of Hungary.
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Today in Music and History: November 23
1940: Piano Quintet op.57 by Dmitri Shostakovich (34) is performed publicly for the first time, in the Moscow Conservatory Malyi Hall, the composer at the keyboard. This work wins Shostakovich a Stalin Prize.
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