Musicalics

The Classical Composers Database

Arthur Honegger (1921) 102 years ago

Premiere of Le Roi David, in Mézières, France.

Jean Françaix (1942) 81 years ago

Premiere of L'Apocalypse de St. Jean, in Paris, France.

Benjamin Britten (1960) 63 years ago

Premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in Aldeburgh, England, with Britten conducting.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1960) 63 years ago

Premiere of Kontakte für Elektronische Klänge, Klavier und Schlagzeug, in Cologne, Germany.

Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1986) 37 years ago

Premiere of Chimäre, in Aachen, Germany.

Leon Kirchner (1990) 33 years ago

Premiere of Requiem, Missa di Pace, in Moscow, Russia.

Peter Wallin (2002) 21 years ago

First performance of "Cla(o)p 2", in Århus, Denmark.