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Composers that were born on 17 May

César de Oliveira (1977) 46 years ago Image for César de Oliveira
Jason Eckardt (1971) 52 years ago
Dieter Ammann (1962) 61 years ago
Jos Smeets (1960) 63 years ago Jos Smeets
Paul Amrod (1951) 72 years ago
Nejat Basegmezler (1950) 73 years ago Image for Nejat Basegmezler
Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943) 80 years ago Joanna Bruzdowicz
David Cope (1941) 82 years ago
Philippe Boesmans (1936) 87 years ago
Frantisek Kovaricek (1924) 99 years ago
Peter Mennin (1923) 100 years ago Image for Peter Mennin
Bob Merrill (1921) 102 years ago
Berthe Di Vito-Delvaux (1915) 108 years ago
Guido Masanetz (1914) 109 years ago
Sigismund Toduta (1908) 115 years ago Sigismund Toduță
Werner Egk (1901) 122 years ago Image for Werner Egk
Nicolai Berezowski (1900) 123 years ago
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz (1896) 127 years ago Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz
Pascual De Rogatis (1880) 143 years ago Image for Pascual De Rogatis
Erik Satie (1866) 157 years ago Erik Satie
John W. Boone (1864) 159 years ago
René Brancour (1862) 161 years ago
Victor Bendix (1851) 172 years ago Viktor Bendix
Antonio Scontrino (1850) 173 years ago
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby (1821) 202 years ago Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
Johann Nepomuk Kafka (1819) 204 years ago
Carl Friedrich Zollner (1800) 223 years ago Carl Friedrich Zöllner
Nicolas Stoessel (1793) 230 years ago
François Dunkler (1779) 245 years ago
Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis (1755) 269 years ago
Christian Hochbrucker (1733) 291 years ago

Composers that died on 17 May

Walter Haupt (2023) 10 months ago
Vangelis (2022) 1 year ago
Peter Thomas (2020) 3 years ago
Harold Shapero (2013) 10 years ago
Wilfrid Mellers (2008) 15 years ago
Edgardo Martin (2004) 19 years ago
Ikuma Dan (2001) 22 years ago Ikuma Dan
Ellis Kohs (2000) 23 years ago
Günter Bergmann (1998) 25 years ago
Lars Gullin (1976) 47 years ago Lars Gullin
Chalva Azmaiparachvili (1957) 66 years ago Shalva Azmaiparashvili
Paul Dukas (1935) 88 years ago Image for Paul Dukas
Constance Faunt le Roy Runcie (1911) 112 years ago Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie
Ernesto Kohler (1907) 116 years ago Ernesto Köhler
Henri Cohen (1880) 143 years ago
Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski (1872) 151 years ago
Adolf Bernhard Marx (1866) 157 years ago Adolf Bernhard Marx
Jacob Wilhelm Lustig (1796) 227 years ago
Johann Michael Bach (1694) 330 years ago
Giovanni Picchi (1643) 381 years ago

Composer events for 17 May

Pietro Mascagni (1890) 133 years ago
Premiere of Cavalleria Rusticana, in Rome, Italy.
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1892) 131 years ago
Premiere of Pagliacci, in Milan, Italy.
Maurice Ravel (1905) 118 years ago
Premiere of Alborada del Gracioso, in Paris, France.
Aloís Hába (1931) 92 years ago
Premiere of Dei Mutter, in Munich, Germany.
Sergey Prokofiev (1939) 84 years ago
Premiere of Alexander Nevski, in Moscow, Russia.
Frank Martin (1946) 77 years ago
Premiere of Petite Symphony Concertante, in Zürich, Switzerland.
Wolfgang Rihm (1990) 33 years ago
Premiere of Ungemahltes Bild, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Composer places for 17 May

Jacob Wilhelm Lustig (1796) 227 years ago

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