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Composers that were born on 17 August

Justin Taylor (1984) 40 years ago Image for Justin Taylor
Donnacha Dennehy (1970) 54 years ago Donnacha Dennehy
James Whitbourn (1963) 61 years ago
David "Uncle Dave" Lewis (1961) 63 years ago Image for David "Uncle Dave" Lewis
Heiner Goebbels (1952) 72 years ago
Anton Del Forno (1950) 74 years ago Image for Anton Del Forno
André Bon (1946) 78 years ago
Edward Cowie (1943) 81 years ago
Valeri Gavrilin (1939) 85 years ago Valery Gavrilin
Ivan Parík (1936) 88 years ago
João Donato (1934) 90 years ago João Donato
Marian Borkowski (1934) 90 years ago Image for Marian Borkowski
Georgi Portnov (1928) 96 years ago
Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1928) 96 years ago
Claudio Guidi Drei (1927) 97 years ago Claudio Guidi Drei
Erkki Aaltonen (1910) 114 years ago
Kurt Hessenberg (1908) 116 years ago
Marian Viktorovitch Koval (1907) 117 years ago Marian Viktorovich Koval
Zygmunt Mycielski (1907) 117 years ago Zygmunt Mycielski
Abram Chasins (1903) 121 years ago
Suzanne Daneau (1901) 123 years ago
Henri Tomasi (1901) 123 years ago Image for Henri Tomasi
Salvatore Allegra (1897) 127 years ago
Georges Taconet (1889) 135 years ago Georges Taconet
Antonio Jiménez Manjón (1866) 158 years ago Antonio Jiménez Manjón
Franz Poenitz (1850) 174 years ago Franz Poenitz
Marie Jaëll (1846) 178 years ago Image for Marie Jaëll
Emile Dunkler (1838) 186 years ago
Peter Benoit (1834) 190 years ago Image for Peter Benoit
Benjamin Bilse (1816) 208 years ago Benjamin Bilse
Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808) 216 years ago Image for Juan Pedro Esnaola
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806) 218 years ago Image for Johann Kaspar Mertz
Nicola Fornasini (1803) 221 years ago
Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776) 248 years ago
Philippe Libon (1775) 249 years ago Philippe Libon
Nicola Porpora (1686) 338 years ago Image for Nicola Porpora

Composers that died on 17 August

Jan Fotek (2015) 9 years ago
Graham Whettam (2007) 17 years ago
Franco Donatoni (2000) 24 years ago Image for Franco Donatoni
Svetomir Nastasijević (1979) 45 years ago
Georges Dandelot (1975) 49 years ago Georges Dandelot
Jean Barraqué (1973) 51 years ago
Carlos Salzédo (1961) 63 years ago Image for Carlos Salzédo
Pedro Humberto Allende-Saron (1959) 65 years ago Pedro Humberto Allende
Florent Schmitt (1958) 66 years ago Image for Florent Schmitt
Gino Marinuzzi (1945) 79 years ago
Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1936) 88 years ago Image for Pierre-Octave Ferroud
Richard Hofmann (1909) 115 years ago
Edmond Audran (1901) 123 years ago Edmond Audran
Carl Zeller (1898) 126 years ago Image for Carl Zeller
Ole Bull (1880) 144 years ago Image for Ole Bull
Johann Nepomuk Poissl (1865) 159 years ago Johann Nepomuk von Poißl
John Cole (1855) 169 years ago
Raynor Taylor (1825) 199 years ago
Jan Jáchym Kopřiva (1792) 232 years ago
Frederick II (the Great) (1786) 238 years ago Friedrich II der Große
Johann Augustin Kobelius (1731) 293 years ago
Mauritius Vogt (1730) 294 years ago Mauritius Vogt

Composer events for 17 August

Richard Wagner (1876) 148 years ago
Premiere of Götterdämmerung, in Bayreuth, Germany.
Arthur Honegger (1946) 78 years ago
Premiere of Symphonie Liturgique, in Zürich, Switzerland.
Gottfried von Einem (1953) 71 years ago
Premiere of Der Prozeß, in Salzburg, Austria.
Werner Egk (1955) 69 years ago
Premiere of Irische Legende, in Salzburg, Germany.
Rolf Liebermann (1957) 67 years ago
Premiere of Die Schule der Frauen, in Salzburg, Germany.
Sophie Lacaze (2004) 20 years ago
Premiere of Dreaming

Composer places for 17 August

Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776) 248 years ago
Place: Fruchtmarkt, Sankt Wendel

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