Composer calendar
Composers that were born on 21 March
Composers that died on 21 March
Composer events for 21 March
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1826)
194 years ago
Premiere of String Quartet in B flat major op. 130, in Vienna, Austria.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Schubert
(1839)
181 years ago
Premiere of Schubert's Symphony no. 8 in C major D 944 “The Great”, in Leipzig, with Mendelssohn conducting.
Sergey Taneyev
(1898)
122 years ago
Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in c minor, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Richard Strauss
(1904)
116 years ago
Premiere of Sinfonia Domestica op. 53, in New York, USA, with Strauss conducting.
Peter Wallin
(2002)
18 years ago
First performance of "Motions and objects, lurching around in your neighbourhood when you least expect it", in Billund, Denmark.
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