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Composer events for today

Composers born today

Andrew Griffiths (1984) 37 years ago

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Mason Bates (1977) 44 years ago

Eric Sthembiso Mazibuko (1973) 48 years ago

Samer Hatoum (1972) 49 years ago

John Luther Adams (1953) 68 years ago

Alexander Mullenbach (1949) 72 years ago

Nicolai S. Korndorf (1947) 74 years ago

Carmelo Saitta (1944) 77 years ago

Yevgeny Krylatov (1934) 87 years ago

Yevgeny Krylatov

Todor Popov (1921) 100 years ago

Jerzy Gablenz (1888) 133 years ago

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Rutland Boughton (1878) 143 years ago

E.S. Engelsberg (1825) 196 years ago

E. S. Engelsberg

Heinrich Soussmann (1796) 225 years ago

Heinrich Soussmann

Gotthelf Heinrich Kummer (1774) 247 years ago

Muzio Clementi (1752) 269 years ago

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Composers died today

Riz Ortolani (2014) 7 years ago

Earl Wild (2010) 11 years ago

George Perle (2009) 12 years ago

Carter Harman (2007) 14 years ago

John Dean Goffin (1984) 37 years ago

Samuel Gardner (1984) 37 years ago

Samuel Barber (1981) 40 years ago

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Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1968) 53 years ago

Teresa del Riego

Neil Moret (1943) 78 years ago

Dobri Hristov (1941) 80 years ago

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Edward MacDowell (1908) 113 years ago

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Francesco Ruggi (1845) 176 years ago

John Field (1837) 184 years ago

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Vaclav (Wenzel) Pichl (1805) 216 years ago

Bernardo Pisano (1548) 473 years ago

Balthasar Paminger (1546) 475 years ago

Premieres today

George Frideric Handel (1733) 288 years ago

Premiere of Orlando, in London, England.

Béla Bartók (1933) 88 years ago

Premiere of piano concerto no. 2, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with Bartók at the piano.

Kurt Weill (1941) 80 years ago

Premiere of Lady in the Dark, in New York, USA.

William Thomas McKinley (2008) 13 years ago

Premiere of Clarinet Concerto No.4

Roger Davidson (2008) 13 years ago

Premiere of Peace Prayer

Composer places for today

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1770) 251 years ago

Place: Piazza San Marco, 2 Milano