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Pierre Cochereau
1924Jul, 9

Pierre Cochereau

Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (d. 1984)
Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.

Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible for a controversial renovation of the cathedral's organ in the 1960s. He was greatly renowned as an improviser and organist in his lifetime and still is today.

After his death, the Conservatory of Nice was renamed in his honour.

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    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • 25Mar

    Second Hellenic Republic

    On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • 8Apr

    Atatürk's Reforms

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  • 4Aug

    Soviet Union

    Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
  • 23Nov

    Andromeda Galaxy

    Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.