Musicalics

The Classical Composers Database

Claude Debussy (1905) 120 years ago

Premiere of La Mer, in Paris, France.

Johann Adam Hiller, Max Reger (1907) 118 years ago

Premiere of Max Reger's "Hiller Variations" op. 100, in Cologne, Germany.

Paul Hindemith (1923) 102 years ago

Premiere of Das Marienleben op. 27, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Richard Strauss (1938) 87 years ago

Premiere of Daphne, in Dresden, Germany.

Benjamin Britten (1946) 79 years ago

Premiere of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, in Liverpool, England.

Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1953) 72 years ago

Premiere of piano concerto no. 1, in Moscow, Russia.