Today's 26 October Music in History

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Bruckner's Symphony No. 2

1873 Anton Bruckner leads the Vienna Philharmonic in the premiere of his "Symphony No. 2"

  • 1918 Louis Hirsch and Otto Harbach's musical "Going Up" closes at the Liberty Theater, NYC after 351 performances
  • 1919 B C Hilliam's musical "Buddies" premieres in NYC

Elgar's Cello Concerto

1919 Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, premieres at Queen's Hall, London

Creole Love Song

1927 American jazz vocalist Adelaide Hall makes her 1st recordings - "Creole Love Call" and "Blues I Love to Sing" - with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey

  • 1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates The Beatles with medals making them members Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Buckingham Palace
  • 1973 Wings release single "Helen Wheels"
  • 1986 John Forster and Lee Holdridge's musical "Into the Light", starring Dean Jones, closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC. after 6 performances
  • 2002 Moscow Theatre Siege ends: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before

Eminem Esque

2017 National Party of New Zealand found guilty of breaching the copyright of rapper Eminem's publisher and ordered to pay $413,000 for use of the song “Eminem Esque”

O'Connor Converts

2018 Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor announces she has converted to Islam



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