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Composers born today

Panayiotis Kokoras (1974) 44 years ago

Stathis Giftakis (1967) 51 years ago

Andersen Viana (1962) 56 years ago

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Tatyana Divina (1955) 63 years ago

Jorge Antunes (1942) 76 years ago

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Elizabeth Vercoe (1941) 77 years ago

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Arthur Frackenpohl (1924) 94 years ago

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Louis Barron (1920) 98 years ago

Bülent Arel (1919) 99 years ago

Talivaldis Kenins (1919) 99 years ago

Jan Meyerowitz (1913) 105 years ago

Bernard Brindel (1912) 106 years ago

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Henry Barraud (1900) 118 years ago

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Ary Verhaar (1900) 118 years ago

Sergey Prokofiev (1891) 127 years ago

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Arthur Farwell (1872) 146 years ago

Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858) 160 years ago

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Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857) 161 years ago

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Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (1821) 197 years ago

Alessandro Rolla (1757) 261 years ago

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Martin Rinckart (1586) 432 years ago

Martin Rinckart

Georgius Macropedius (1487) 531 years ago

Robert Fayrfax (1464) 554 years ago

Composers died today

Patric Standford (2014) 4 years ago

Peter Lieberson (2011) 7 years ago

Juan Tizol (1984) 34 years ago

Juan Tizol

Heinrich Konietzny (1983) 35 years ago

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Krzysztof Komeda (1969) 49 years ago

Jesús Castillo (1946) 72 years ago

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Karl Komzak (1905) 113 years ago

Franz Sebastian Haindl (1812) 206 years ago

Maria Antonia Walpurga (1780) 238 years ago

Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1691) 327 years ago

Premieres today

Heinrich Schütz (1627) 391 years ago

Premiere of Dafne, in Torgau, Germany.

Milii Balakirev (1909) 109 years ago

Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in d minor, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

André Jolivet (1948) 70 years ago

Premiere of the Concerto for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra, in Vienna, Austria.

Olivier Messiaen (1953) 65 years ago

Premiere of Livre d'Orgue, Stuttgart, Germany, with Messiaen at the organ.

Iannis Xenakis (1963) 55 years ago

Premiere of Stratégie, in Venice, Italy.

Wolfgang Rihm (1988) 30 years ago

Premiere of the Chiffre-Zyklus, in Witten, Germany.

Laurent Mettraux (2007) 11 years ago

First performance of the Suite for three flutes in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.