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Composer events for today

Composers born today

Jane O’Leary (1946) 78 years ago

Max Méreaux (1946) 78 years ago

Lyell Cresswell (1944) 80 years ago

Lyell Cresswell

Paul Simon (1941) 83 years ago

Paul Simon

Tjeknavorian (1937) 87 years ago

Loris Tjeknavorian

Adam Kaczynski (1933) 91 years ago

Margarita Ivanovna Kuss (1921) 103 years ago

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Hugo Weisgall (1912) 112 years ago

Vladimir Wal-Berg (1910) 114 years ago

Otto Joachim (1910) 114 years ago

Arturo Bosmans (1908) 116 years ago

Enrique de Marchena (1908) 116 years ago

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Milo Cipra (1906) 118 years ago

Milo Cipra

Marius François Gaillard (1900) 124 years ago

Marcelle de Manziarly (1899) 125 years ago

Harrison Kerr (1897) 127 years ago

Ludwig Weber (1891) 133 years ago

Gösta Nystroem (1890) 134 years ago

Eduardo Caba (1890) 134 years ago

Josep Muset i Ferrer (1889) 135 years ago

Peter van Anrooy (1879) 145 years ago

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Elisabeth Kuyper (1877) 147 years ago

Lucien Mawet (1875) 149 years ago

Roffredo Caetani (1871) 153 years ago

Roffredo Caetani

Boleslavs Grodzski (1865) 159 years ago

Gilda Ruta (1856) 168 years ago

Gustav Krasselt (1846) 178 years ago

Antonio Pasculli (1842) 182 years ago

Marius Adrianus Brandts Buys sr. (1840) 184 years ago

Marius Adrianus Brandts Buys sr.

Romain Nihoul (1821) 203 years ago

Thomas H. Bayly (1797) 227 years ago

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Anselm Huttenbrenner (1794) 230 years ago

Anselm Hüttenbrenner

Moritz Hauptmann (1792) 232 years ago

Moritz Hauptmann

Jean Schneitzhoeffer (1785) 239 years ago

Composers died today

Theo Verbey (2019) 5 years ago

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Gerhard Wimberger (2016) 8 years ago

David Wessel (2014) 10 years ago

Roger Nixon (2009) 15 years ago

Gerhard Schwarz (1995) 29 years ago

Rebecca Clarke (1979) 45 years ago

Günther Hauk (1979) 45 years ago

Benito Canónico (1971) 53 years ago

Arthur Vincent Lourié (1966) 58 years ago

Rudolf Mengelberg (1959) 65 years ago

António Fragoso (1918) 106 years ago

Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen (1806) 218 years ago

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Johann Christoph Kühnau (1805) 219 years ago

Dismas Hataš (1777) 247 years ago

Andreas Anton Schmelzer (1701) 323 years ago

Johann Gumprecht (1697) 327 years ago

Lelio Colista (1680) 344 years ago

Premieres today

Adolphe-Charles Adam (1836) 188 years ago

Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France.

Max Reger (1908) 116 years ago

Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.

Modest Moussorgsky (1917) 107 years ago

Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Gustaf Allan Pettersson (1968) 56 years ago

Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Leonard Bernstein (1982) 42 years ago

Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1991) 33 years ago

Premiere of Love after Love, in Hamburg, Germany.

Toru Takemitsu (1991) 33 years ago

Premiere of Quotation of Dream, in London, England.

Peter Wallin (1985) 39 years ago

First performances of "Elegia piccola" and the original version of "Combat", in Genarp, Sweden.

Sophie Lacaze (1993) 31 years ago

Premiere of Voyelles for flute

Composer places for today

Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen (1806) 218 years ago

Place: Berliner Dom Berlin-Mitte