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Composers that were born on 20 August

Thomas Dempster (1980) 43 years ago
Amos Elkana (1967) 56 years ago Image for Amos Elkana
Thierry Pecou (1965) 58 years ago Thierry Pécou
Dora Cojocaru (1963) 60 years ago
Nélio Tanios Porto (1962) 61 years ago
Douglas Smith (1957) 66 years ago
Reinhard David Flender (1953) 70 years ago
Andrew Downes (1950) 73 years ago Andrew Downes
Leonard Lehrman (1949) 74 years ago
Isaac Hayes (1942) 81 years ago Isaac Hayes
Stelvio Cipriani (1937) 86 years ago Stelvio Cipriani
Jean Louis Petit (1937) 86 years ago
Istvan Bogar (1937) 86 years ago
Charles Shere (1935) 88 years ago Charles Shere
Maarten Bon (1933) 90 years ago Image for Maarten Bon
Heinz Bernhard Orlinski (1928) 95 years ago
Leonid Afanasyev (1921) 102 years ago
Nijazi (1912) 111 years ago
Alwyn Surplice (1906) 117 years ago
Paul Martineau (1890) 133 years ago
Paula Licite (1889) 134 years ago
Jan Zwart (1877) 146 years ago Image for Jan Zwart
Franz Bolsche (1869) 154 years ago
Stephan Vassilievitch Smolenski (1848) 175 years ago Stepan Smolensk
Gustave Michiels (1845) 178 years ago
Oscar Stoumon (1835) 188 years ago
Karol Bernard Zaluski (1834) 189 years ago Karol Bernard Załuski
Jules Laurent Duprato (1827) 196 years ago Jules Duprato
Francesco Stabile (1801) 222 years ago
Wilhelm Eckersberg (1762) 261 years ago
Sophia Elisabetha of Mecklenburg (1613) 410 years ago
Jacopo Peri (1561) 462 years ago Image for Jacopo Peri

Composers that died on 20 August

Franz Hummel (2022) 1 year ago
Yasuo Sueyoshi (2018) 5 years ago
Wilhelm Killmayer (2017) 6 years ago
Irving Fields (2016) 7 years ago Irving Fields
Richard Peaslee (2016) 7 years ago
Piotr Warzecha (2015) 8 years ago
William Presser (2004) 19 years ago Image for William Presser
Ivan Jirko (1978) 45 years ago
Felix Winternitz (1948) 75 years ago
Otakar Ostrčil (1935) 88 years ago
Tadeusz Joteyko (1932) 91 years ago
George John Bennett (1930) 93 years ago
Marguerite Balutet (1928) 95 years ago Marguerite Balutet
Arthur Coquard (1910) 113 years ago Arthur Coquard
Oscar Stoumon (1900) 123 years ago
Francesco Masini (1863) 160 years ago Francesco Masini
Philipp Jakob Riotte (1856) 167 years ago
Wilhelm Eckersberg (1821) 202 years ago
Aldebrando Subissati (1677) 346 years ago

Composer events for 20 August

Carl Orff (1973) 50 years ago
Premiere of De Temporum Fine Comoedia, in Salzburg, Austria.
Krzysztof Penderecki (1988) 35 years ago
Premiere of Passacaglia, in Luzern, Switzerland.
Peter Wallin (2000) 23 years ago
First performance of "Brørup Suite", in Brørup, Denmark.

Composer places for 20 August

Otakar Ostrčil (1935) 88 years ago

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