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Composers born today

Maria de Alvear (1960) 60 years ago

Nguyen Manh Cuong (1959) 61 years ago

Peter Lieberson (1946) 74 years ago

Zdenek Pololanik (1935) 85 years ago

Zdeněk Pololáník

Pierre Ancelin (1934) 86 years ago

Jurgis Gaižauskas (1922) 98 years ago

Cemal Reşit Rey (1904) 116 years ago

Hans Klotz (1900) 120 years ago

Willem Andriessen (1887) 133 years ago

Willem Andriessen

Georg Schumann (1866) 154 years ago

Georg Schumann

Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov (1864) 156 years ago

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Georges Bizet (1838) 182 years ago

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Johann Strauß Jr. (1825) 195 years ago

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Camillo Sivori (1815) 205 years ago

Camillo Sivori

Thomas Weelkes (1576) 444 years ago

Hans Leo Hassler (1564) 456 years ago

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Composers died today

Wen-Chung Chou (2019) 1 year ago

Martin Dalby (2018) 2 years ago

Robert Strassburg (2003) 17 years ago

Yoritsune Matsudaira (2001) 19 years ago

Thomas Hugh Eastwood (1999) 21 years ago

Roger Désormière (1963) 57 years ago

Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (1952) 68 years ago

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Jules Mouquet (1946) 74 years ago

Giulio Cottrau (1916) 104 years ago

Charles Halle (1895) 125 years ago

Charles Hallé

György Arnold (1848) 172 years ago

Antal György Csermák (1822) 198 years ago

Bernat Bertrán (1815) 205 years ago

Franz Horzizky (1805) 215 years ago

Joseph Touchemoulin (1801) 219 years ago

Pasquale Cafaro (1787) 233 years ago

Geoffrey Chaucer (1400) 620 years ago

Geoffrey Chaucer

Premieres today

Carl Maria von Weber (1823) 197 years ago

Premiere of Euryanthe, in Vienna, Austria.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 145 years ago

Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in b flat minor, in Boston, USA.

Johannes Brahms (1885) 135 years ago

Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in e minor op. 98, in Meiningen, Germany, with Brahms conducting.

Johann Strauß Jr. (1899) 121 years ago

Premiere of Wiener Blut, in Vienna, Austria.

Oskar Nedbal (1913) 107 years ago

Premiere of Polenblut, in Vienna, Austria.

Darius Milhaud (1923) 97 years ago

Premiere of Le Création du Monde, in Paris, France.

Bohuslav Martinů (1973) 47 years ago

Premiere of violin concerto no. 1, in Chicago, USA.

Peter Wallin (2003) 17 years ago

First performance of "Electronic Brian´s Brain" (Music Manifesto 2002, Part 21), in Billund, Denmark.

Composer places for today

Johannes Brahms (1885) 135 years ago

Place: Goethepark Meiningen