Chronology

2026

Died at age 92, bulgarian composer Vasil Kazandžiev (September 10, 1934, Ruse – July 28, 2026, Sofia)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Vladimír Rusó (December 5, 1946, Praha – May 17, 2026)

Died at age 73, slovak double bass, composer, dramaturge Anton Viskup (April 25, 1953, Bratislava – September 2026)

Died at age 83, german composer Lothar Voigtländer (September 3, 1943, Leisnig – July 4, 2026, Berlin)

2025

Died composer Denis Betro (2025)

Died at age 94, russian composer of Tatar origin Sofia Gubaidulina (October 24, 1931, Chistopol – March 13, 2025, Appen)

Died at age 76, slovak composer Pavol Krška (May 11, 1949, Ružomberok – August 10, 2025, Rudina)

Died at age 93, russian composer Rodion Ščedrin (December 16, 1932, Moscow – August 29, 2025, Munich)

2024

Died at age 93, slovak composer Miro Bázlik (April 12, 1931, Partizánska Ľupča – August 29, 2024, Bratislava)

Died at age 78, slovak composer Vladimír Bokes (January 11, 1946, Bratislava – July 2, 2024, Bratislava)

Died at age 97, slovak composer Ladislav Burlas (April 3, 1927, Trnava – February 11, 2024, Bratislava)

Died at age 80, hungarian composer Péter Eötvös (January 2, 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc – March 24, 2024, Budapest)

Died at age 88, latvian composer Romualds Kalsons (September 7, 1936, Riga – November 15, 2024)

Died at age 92, composer Christfried Schmidt (1932 – 2024)

Died at age 94, polish composer Romuald Twardowski (June 17, 1930 – January 13, 2024)

2023

Died at age 82, slovak composer Igor Bázlik (December 5, 1941, Banská Bystrica – November 18, 2023)

Died at age 97, austrian composer Friedrich Cerha (February 17, 1926, Vienna – February 14, 2023, Vienna)

Died at age 89, composer Peter Dickinson (1934 – 2023)

Died at age 47, slovak composer Peter Hochel (September 26, 1976 – March 28, 2023)

Died at age 90, composer Alexander Kolker (1933 – 2023)

Died at age 91, czech composer Marek Kopelent (April 28, 1932, Prague – March 12, 2023, Prague)

Died at age 69, slovak singing, composer Vašo Patejdl (October 10, 1954, Karlovy Vary – August 19, 2023, Prague)

Died at age 71, finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (October 14, 1952, Helsinki – June 2, 2023, 8th arrondissement of Paris)

Died at age 90, american saxophone, composer Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933, Newark – March 2, 2023, Los Angeles)

Died at age 89, romanian composer Cornel Ţăranu (June 20, 1934, Cluj-Napoca – June 18, 2023, Cluj-Napoca)

Died at age 92, composer Yuzoh Toyama (1931 – 2023)

2022

Died at age 88, english composer Harrison Birtwistle (July 15, 1934, Accrington – April 18, 2022, Mere)

Died at age 93, american composer George Crumb (October 24, 1929, Charleston – February 6, 2022, Media)

Died at age 92, composer Roberto Hazon (1930 – 2022)

Died at age 96, british composer of Austrian origin Joseph Horovitz (May 26, 1926, Vienna – February 9, 2022, London)

Died at age 77, russian composer Michail Jurowski (December 25, 1945 – March 19, 2022)

Died at age 85, slovak composer Peter Kolman (May 29, 1937, Bratislava – November 5, 2022, Deutsch-Wagram)

Died at age 79, greek composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis) (March 29, 1943 – May 17, 2022)

Died at age 81, bulgarian composer Michail Pekov (August 6, 1941 – August 1, 2022)

Died at age 87, german composer Hansjürgen Schmidt (August 26, 1935, Jena – August 16, 2022)

2021

Died at age 82, dutch composer Louis Andriessen (June 6, 1939, Utrecht – July 1, 2021, Weesp)

Died at age 90, slovak sound engineer, composer Ján Backstuber (April 2, 1931, Bratislava – February 1, 2021, Rohovce, okr. Dunajská Streda)

Died at age 74, slovak composer Igor Dibák (July 5, 1947 – February 8, 2021)

Died at age 77, slovak composer Hanuš Domanský (March 1, 1944, Nový Hrozenkov – October 19, 2021, Senec)

Died at age 66, czech composer Juraj Filas (March 5, 1955 – December 31, 2021)

Died at age 83, slovak composer Michal Galovec (November 19, 1938, Svätuša (okres Trebišov) – November 20, 2021, región horná Nitra)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Juraj Hatrík (May 1, 1941 – May 21, 2021)

Died at age 96, american composer Richard Hoffmann (April 20, 1925, Vienna – June 24, 2021)

Died at age 80, uruguayan composer Raúl Jaurena (August 26, 1941, Montevideo – January 5, 2021)

Died at age 89, composer Bronius Kutavičius (1932 – 2021)

Died at age 59, slovak composer Peter Martinček van Grob (November 13, 1962 – February 14, 2021)

Died at age 87, german composer Siegfried Matthus (April 13, 1934, Zadorozhye – August 27, 2021, Stolzenhagen)

Died at age 90, composer Jorge Morel (1931 – 2021)

Died at age 94, slovak composer Milan Novák (August 12, 1927 – May 18, 2021)

Died at age 91, spanish composer Luis de Pablo (January 28, 1930, Bilbao – October 10, 2021, Madrid)

Died at age 77, slovak composer Jozef Podprocký (June 10, 1944 – March 31, 2021)

Died at age 97, composer Vladimír Rubin (1924 – 2021)

Died at age 83, american composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021)

Died at age 88, canadian composer Raymond Murray Schafer (July 18, 1933, Sarnia – August 14, 2021)

Died at age 91, american composer Stephen Sondheim (March 22, 1930, Manhattan – November 26, 2021, Roxbury)

Died at age 78, composer Udo Zimmermann (1943 – 2021)

2020

Died at age 90, slovak composer Roman Berger (August 9, 1930, Cieszyn – December 22, 2020, Bratislava)

Died at age 79, uruguayan composer Enrique Crespo (October 17, 1941 – December 20, 2020)

Died at age 91, composer Frederick Devreese (1929 – 2020)

Died at age 91, spanish saxophone, composer Pedro Iturralde (July 13, 1929, Falces – November 1, 2020, Madrid)

Died at age 85, mexican composer Armando Manzanero (July 7, 1935 – December 28, 2020)

Died at age 82, american playwright Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938, St. Petersburg – March 24, 2020, Sarasota)

Died at age 92, italian composer Ennio Morricone (November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020)

Died at age 87, polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (November 23, 1933 – March 29, 2020)

Died at age 88, estonian composer Jaan Rääts (October 15, 1932 – December 25, 2020)

Died at age 88, composer Petr Řezníček (1932 – 2020)

Died at age 90, slovak composer Pavol Šimai (June 29, 1930 – February 9, 2020)

Died at age 82, ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk (July 13, 1938 – June 1, 2020)

Died at age 88, russian composer Sergej Slonimskij (August 12, 1932, Saint Petersburg – February 9, 2020, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 72, composer Dmitrij Smirnov (1948 – 2020)

Died at age 89, bulgarian composer Penčo Stojanov (February 9, 1931, Sofia – November 24, 2020)

2019

Died at age 65, czech composer Věra Bílá (May 22, 1954 – March 12, 2019)

Died at age 92, german composer Martin Böttcher (June 17, 1927, Berlin – April 19, 2019, Westerrönfeld)

Died at age 95, american composer Arthur Frackenpohl (April 23, 1924, Irvington – June 8, 2019, Pittsford)

Died at age 89, french composer Jean Guillou (April 18, 1930 – January 26, 2019)

Died at age 88, composer Joan Guinjoan (1931 – 2019)

Died at age 82, norwegian composer Alfred Janson (March 10, 1937, Oslo – May 19, 2019)

Died at age 84, georgian composer Giya Kancheli (August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019)

Died at age 84, composer Georg Katzer (1935 – 2019)

Died at age 89, composer Hans Kox (1930 – 2019)

Died at age 92, composer Oddvar Kvam (1927 – 2019)

Died at age 86, composer István Láng (1933 – 2019)

Died at age 87, french composer Michel Legrand (February 24, 1932 – January 26, 2019)

Died at age 83, composer Colin Mawby (1936 – 2019)

Died at age 86, composer Arif Melikov (1933 – 2019)

Died at age 83, composer Viačeslav Ovčinikov (1936 – 2019)

Died at age 87, romanian composer Doru Popovici (February 17, 1932, Reșița – March 5, 2019, Bucharest)

Died at age 77, composer Sven-David Sandström (1942 – 2019)

Died at age 90, composer Bogusław Schäffer (1929 – 2019)

Died at age 84, slovak composer Bohumil Urban (January 30, 1935 – December 07, 2019)

Died at age 94, slovak composer Ján Valach (September 22, 1925 – November 20, 2019)

2018

Died at age 94, composer Milko Kelemen (1924 – 2018)

Died at age 66, composer Oliver Knussen (1952 – 2018)

Died at age 68, composer Otomar Kvěch (1950 – 2018)

Died at age 86, french composer Francis Lai (April 26, 1932 – November 7, 2018)

Died at age 65, composer László Melis (1953 – 2018)

Died at age 79, composer Evžen Zámečník (1939 – 2018)

2017

Died at age 102, argentine composer José Bragato (October 12, 1915, Udine – July 18, 2017)

Died at age 85, german composer Klaus-Peter Bruchmann (October 16, 1932 – August 21, 2017)

Died at age 84, bulgarian composer Dimitar Christov (October 2, 1933 – February 26, 2017, Sofia)

Died at age 88, composer Mohammed Rifaate Garana (January 29, 1929 – April 2, 2017)

Died at age 71, composer Ladislav Kubík (1946 – 2017)

Died at age 88, czech composer Václav Kučera (April 29, 1929, Praha – April 22, 2017, Praha)

Died at age 96, swedish composer Ingvar Lidholm (February 24, 1921, Jönköping – October 17, 2017, Salem)

Died at age 89, slovak composer Zdeněk Macháček (August 15, 1928 – January 6, 2017)

Died at age 70, composer Pēteris Plakidis (1947 – 2017)

Died at age 82, swedish composer Folke Rabe (October 28, 1935, Bromma parish – September 25, 2017, Stockholms Sankt Matteus)

Died at age 70, composer Václav Riedlbauch (1947 – 2017)

Died at age 94, polish composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski (October 3, 1923 – December 21, 2017)

Died at age 87, estonian composer Veljo Tormis (August 7, 1930, Kuusalu Rural Municipality – January 21, 2017, Tallinn)

Died at age 70, slovak composer Marián Varga (January 29, 1947, Skalica – August 9, 2017, Chorvátsky Grob-Čierna Voda)

2016

Died at age 85, american composer David Nathaniel Baker (December 21, 1931, Indianapolis – March 26, 2016, Bloomington)

Died at age 91, french composer Pierre Boulez (March 5, 1925 – January 5, 2016)

Died at age 61, french composer Roland Dyens (October 19, 1955 – October 2, 2016)

Died at age 84, czech composer Jaromír Hnilička (February 11, 1932, Bratislava – December 7, 2016, Brno)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Ladislav Kupkovič (March 17, 1936, Bratislava – June 15, 2016, Haste (D))

Died at age 88, composer Kamilló Lendvay (1928 – 2016)

Died at age 89, composer Jiří Matys (1927 – 2016)

Died at age 82, english composer Peter Maxwell Davies (September 8, 1934, Salford – March 14, 2016, Sanday)

Died at age 86, composer Richard Peaslee (1930 – 2016)

2015

Died at age 90, composer Andrej Ešpaj (1925 – 2015)

Died at age 62, american composer James Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015)

Died at age 93, polish composer Andrzej Koszewski (July 26, 1922, Poznań – February 17, 2015, Poznań)

Died at age 87, composer Gerd Natschinski (1928 – 2015)

2014

Died at age 80, composer Frans Brüggen (1934 – 2014)

Died at age 67, spanish composer Paco de Lucía (December 21, 1947, Algeciras – February 25, 2014, Playa del Carmen)

Died at age 97, french composer Francis-Paul Demillac (1917 – 2014)

Died at age 87, composer Karl Dietrich (1927 – 2014)

Died at age 70, czech composer Petr Hapka (May 13, 1944 – November 25, 2014)

Died at age 84, american composer Lorin Maazel (March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014)

Died at age 85, australian composer Peter Sculthorpe (April 29, 1929, Launceston – August 8, 2014, Woollahra)

Died at age 86, composer Volker Wangenheim (1928 – 2014)

2013

Died at age 80, slovak composer, conductor Pavol Bagin (May 11, 1933, Košice – January 4, 2013, Bratislava)

Died at age 89, british composer Ian Balfour (December 21, 1924 – April 14, 2013)

Died at age 97, french composer Henri Dutilleux (January 22, 1916, Angers – May 22, 2013, Paris)

Died at age 87, austrian composer Paul Walter Fürst (April 25, 1926 – February 28, 2013)

Died at age 77, composer Sten Hanson (1936 – 2013)

Died at age 91, czech composer Ilja Hurník (November 25, 1922, Poruba – September 7, 2013, Prague)

Died at age 81, polish composer Wojciech Kilar (July 17, 1932 – December 29, 2013)

Died at age 80, composer Akira Miyoshi (1933 – 2013)

Died at age 83, composer Dobri Palijev (1930 – 2013)

Died at age 77, composer Arnošt Parsch (1936 – 2013)

Died at age 71, composer Friedrich Schenker (1942 – 2013)

Died at age 69, british composer John Tavener (January 28, 1944, London – November 12, 2013, Dorset)

Died at age 86, german composer Rolf Wilhelm (June 23, 1927 – January 17, 2013)

2012

Died at age 92, armenian composer Alexander Arutjunjan (September 23, 1920, Yerevan – March 28, 2012, Yerevan)

Died at age 92, american piano, composer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920, Concord – December 5, 2012, Norwalk)

Died at age 104, composer Elliott Carter (1908 – 2012)

Died at age 69, composer William Duckworth (1943 – 2012)

Died at age 81, composer Hikaru Hayashi (1931 – 2012)

Died at age 86, german composer Hans Werner Henze (July 1, 1926 – October 27, 2012)

Died at age 96, slovak composer Zdenko Mikula (November 27, 1916 – October 31, 2012)

Died at age 91, composer Eduard Mirzojan (1921 – 2012)

2011

Died at age 78, british composer John Barry (November 3, 1933 – January 30, 2011)

Died at age 91, composer Karen Chačaturjan (1920 – 2011)

Died at age 69, slovak composer Juraj Farkaš (1942 – 2011)

Died at age 75, composer Krasimir Kjurkčijski (1936 – 2011)

Died at age 82, composer Ctirad Kohoutek (1929 – 2011)

Died at age 84, brazilian composer Osvaldo Lacerda (March 23, 1927, São Paulo – July 18, 2011, São Paulo)

Died at age 81, composer Minoru Miki (1930 – 2011)

Died at age 67, cornish composer Goff Richards (1944 – 2011)

Died at age 82, bulgarian composer Dimitr Tapkov (July 12, 1929 – May 7, 2011)

2010

Died at age 77, polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (December 6, 1933 – November 12, 2010)

Died at age 62, american composer John Moss (1948 – April 22, 2010)

Died at age 81, serbian composer Dušan Radić (April 10, 1929 – April 3, 2010)

Died at age 89, composer Billy Taylor (1921 – 2010)

Died at age 71, composer Boris Tiščenko (1939 – 2010)

Died at age 90, dutch composer Willem Vogel (May 2, 1920, Amsterdam – October 7, 2010, Amsterdam)

Died at age 95, american composer Earl Wild (November 26, 1915, Pittsburgh – January 23, 2010, Palm Springs)

2009

Died at age 78, maltese composer Charles Camilleri (September 7, 1931, Ħamrun – January 3, 2009, Malta)

Died at age 73, composer Jurij Falik (1936 – 2009)

Died at age 68, composer Friedrich Goldmann (1941 – 2009)

Died at age 84, dutch composer Robert Heppener (August 9, 1925, Amsterdam – August 25, 2009)

Died at age 85, french composer Maurice Jarre (September 13, 1924 – March 28, 2009)

Died at age 74, composer Nicholas Maw (1935 – 2009)

Died at age 80, composer Henri Pousseur (1929 – 2009)

Died at age 62, composer Milan Slavický (1947 – 2009)

2008

Died at age 86, composer Antonio Bibalo (1922 – 2008)

Died at age 81, french composer Jacques Bondon (December 6, 1927, Boulbon – April 2, 2008, Coulommiers)

Died at age 90, composer Harold Gramatges (1918 – 2008)

Died at age 86, american composer Neal Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008)

Died at age 77, argentine-german composer Mauricio Kagel (December 24, 1931, Buenos Aires – September 18, 2008, Cologne)

Died at age 86, composer Uroš Krek (1922 – 2008)

Died at age 78, german composer Hermann Gabriel Kummer (1930 – 2008)

Died at age 85, composer Kacutoši Nagasawa (1923 – 2008)

2007

Died at age 94, composer Tichon Chrennikov (1913 – 2007)

Died at age 78, czech composer Petr Eben (January 22, 1929 – October 24, 2007)

Died at age 79, composer Frigyes Hidas (1928 – 2007)

Died at age 85, romanian composer Tudor Jarda (February 11, 1922, Cluj-Napoca – August 13, 2007)

Died at age 80, soviet composer Lev Kogan (1927 – 2007)

Died at age 79, czech composer Zdeněk Lukáš (August 21, 1928 – July 13, 2007)

Died at age 78, composer Teizo Matsumura (1929 – 2007)

Died at age 96, composer Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 – 2007)

Died at age 90, composer Oskar Morawetz (1917 – 2007)

Died at age 88, czech composer Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 – 21 December 2007)

Died at age 76, slovak composer of Czech origin Juraj Pospíšil (January 14, 1931, Olomouc – September 20, 2007, Bratislava)

Died at age 67, slovak composer Jozef Sixta (May 12, 1940 – February 20, 2007)

Died at age 79, german composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (August 22, 1928, Mödrath – December 5, 2007, Kürten)

Died at age 69, czech composer Karel Svoboda (December 19, 1938 – January 28, 2007)

Died at age 86, composer András Szöllősy (1921 – 2007)

Died at age 81, german composer Ruth Zechlin (June 22, 1926, Großhartmannsdorf – August 4, 2007, Munich)

Died at age 75, slovak composer Ilja Zeljenka (December 21, 1932, Bratislava – July 13, 2007, Bratislava)

2006

Died at age 85, composer Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006)

Died at age 95, composer Erik Bergman (1911 – 2006)

Died at age 77, polish composer Augustyn Bloch (13 August 1929, Grudziądz – 6 April 2006, Warsaw)

Died at age 77, composer Josef Boháč (1929 – 2006)

Died at age 81, composer Thomas Christian David (1925 – 2006)

Died at age 89, bulgarian composer Petar Hristoskov (March 08, 1917 – June 19, 2006)

Died at age 68, composer Werner Jacob (1938 – 2006)

Died at age 83, composer Viktor Kalabis (1923 – 2006)

Died at age 83, hungarian composer György Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006)

Died at age 87, composer Štěpán Lucký (1919 – 2006)

Died at age 84, czech composer Otmar Mácha (October 2, 1922 – December 14, 2006)

Died at age 70, slovak composer Dušan Martinček (June 19, 1936, Prešov – August 30, 2006, Bratislava)

Died at age 76, composer Andrej Petrov (1930 – 2006)

Died at age 87, russian composer Galina Ustvoľskaja (June 17, 1919, Saint Petersburg – December 22, 2006, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 93, composer John Weinzweig (1913 – 2006)

2005

Died at age 77, british composer Dennis Armitage (May 28, 1928 – November 5, 2005)

Died at age 15, slovak composer Igor Garvanský (1990 – 2005)

Died at age 49, french tuba Christian Jous (1965 – 2005)

Died at age 75, japanese composer Yutaka Makino (July 5, 1930, Tokyo – January 29, 2005)

Died at age 69, slovak composer Ivan Parík (August 17, 1936 – March 2, 2005)

Died at age 82, composer Jiří Válek (1923 – 2005)

2004

Died at age 81, french composer Maurice Allard (May 25, 1923 – May 5, 2004)

Died at age 64, slovak composer Juraj Beneš (March 2, 1940, Trnava – September 11, 2004, Bratislava)

Died at age 82, american composer Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004)

Died at age 64, slovak composer Alexander Brezina (1940 – 2004)

Died at age 57, french composer Jean-Louis Florentz (December 19, 1947 – July 4, 2004)

Died at age 89, czech composer Jan Hanuš (May 2, 1915, Prague – July 30, 2004, Prague)

Died at age 74, composer Usko Meriläinen (1930 – 2004)

Died at age 81, composer Kenneth G. Mills (1923 – 2004)

Died at age 96, american composer of Cuban origin Joaquín Nin-Culmell (September 5, 1908, Berlin – January 14, 2004, Berkeley)

Died at age 72, american composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (June 14, 1932 – March 9, 2004)

Died at age 94, american composer Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Died at age 59, czech composer Jiří Svoboda (September 13, 1945, Prague – March 11, 2004, Prague)

2003

Died at age 78, italian composer Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003)

Died at age 78, british composer Ron Goodwin (February 17, 1925 – January 8, 2003)

Died at age 55, american composer Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003)

Died at age 91, slovak composer Július Kowalski (February 24, 1912, Ostrava – June 2, 2003, Bratislava)

Died at age 99, italian composer Goffredo Petrassi (July 16, 1904, Zagarolo – March 3, 2003, Rome)

Died at age 68, composer Peter Schat (1935 – 2003)

Died at age 69, american composer Dale Wood (February 13, 1934 – April 13, 2003)

2002

Died at age 96, composer Murray Adaskin (1906 – 2002)

Died at age 68, composer Irving Srul Glick (1934 – 2002)

Died at age 77, composer Berthold Hummel (1925 – 2002)

Died at age 94, french composer Daniel Lesur (November 19, 1908, Paris – July 2, 2002, Paris)

Died at age 69, composer Arne Mellnäs (1933 – 2002)

Died at age 90, spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge (March 11, 1912 – May 7, 2002)

Died at age 74, composer Tiberiu Olah (1928 – 2002)

2001

Born slovak composer Tereza Jaďuďová (2001)

Died at age 84, slovak composer Tibor Andrašovan (April 3, 1917, Slovenská Ľupča – June 14, 2001, Bratislava)

Died at age 72, cameroonian composer Francis Bebey (July 15, 1929, Douala – May 28, 2001, Paris)

Died at age 95, german composer Franz Biebl (September 1, 1906 – October 2, 2001)

Died at age 93, composer Gunnar Hahn (1908 – 2001)

Died at age 74, slovak composer Ivan Hrušovský (February 23, 1927 – October 5, 2001)

Died at age 54, composer Nikolaj Korndorf (1947 – 2001)

Died at age 54, composer Mati Kuulberg (1947 – 2001)

Died at age 94, composer Joritsuné Matsudaira (1907 – 2001)

Died at age 82, composer Siegfried Naumann (1919 – 2001)

Died at age 74, serbian composer Aleksandar Obradović (August 22, 1927, Bled – April 1, 2001, Belehrad)

Died at age 61, austrian composer Werner Pirchner (February 13, 1940, Hall in Tirol – August 10, 2001, Innsbruck)

Died at age 75, swedish composer Lars Johan Werle (June 23, 1926, Gävle – August 3, 2001)

Died at age 79, french composer Iannis Xenakis (May 29, 1922 – February 4, 2001)

2000

Died at age 79, armenian composer Adam Chudojan (February 21, 1921, Yerevan – April 1, 2000, Yerevan)

Died at age 90, composer Renato Dionisi (1910 – 2000)

Died at age 73, italian composer Franco Donatoni (June 9, 1927, Verona – August 17, 2000, Milan)

Died at age 79, slovak composer Oto Ferenczy (March 30, 1921 – May 3, 2000)

Died at age 67, composer Nodar Gabunija (1933 – 2000)

Died at age 71, belarusian composer Jevgenij Glebov (September 10, 1929, Roslavl – January 12, 2000, Minsk)

Died at age 92, bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov (September 28, 1908, Kyustendil – February 19, 2000, Espinho)

Died at age 61, gibraltarian composer William Gomez (1939 – 2000)

Died at age 70, austrian composer Friedrich Gulda (May 16, 1930, Vienna – January 27, 2000, Steinbach am Attersee)

Died at age 72, composer Bengt Hambraeus (1928 – 2000)

Died at age 80, composer Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist (1920 – 2000)

Died at age 84, composer Jean Papineau-Couture (1916 – 2000)

Died at age 78, composer Pierre Petit (1922 – 2000)

Died at age 73, composer Simeon Pironkov (1927 – 2000)

Died at age 94, slovak conductor, composer Ľudovít Rajter (July 30, 1906, Pezinok – July 6, 2000, Bratislava)

Died at age 73, american composer Stuart Sankey (December 31, 1927 – May 1, 2000)

1999

Died at age 69, english composer Lionel Bart (August 1, 1930, Stepney – April 3, 1999, Hammersmith)

Died at age 72, composer Hans Eklund (1927 – 1999)

Died at age 64, czech composer Luboš Fišer (September 30, 1935, Prague – June 22, 1999, Prague)

Died at age 86, georgian composer Revaz Gabičvadze (May 29, 1913, Tbilisi – June 9, 1999, Tbilisi)

Died at age 60, composer Valerij Gavrilin (1939 – 1999)

Died at age 78, american composer Ernest Gold (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999)

Died at age 70, composer Alexander Lagoya (1929 – 1999)

Died at age 98, spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (November 22, 1901, Sagunto – July 6, 1999, Madrid)

Died at age 89, czech composer Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910 – September 4, 1999)

Died at age 74, composer Harry Somers (1925 – 1999)

1998

Born slovak composer Pavol Béreš (1998)

Died at age 54, american composer William Albright (October 20, 1944 – September 17, 1998)

Died at age 79, czech composer Miroslav Barvík (September 14, 1919, Lužice – March 2, 1998, Brno)

Died at age 85, composer Johann Cilenšek (1913 – 1998)

Died at age 73, czech composer Oldřich Flosman (April 5, 1925, Plzeň – October 12, 1998, Prague)

Died at age 73, slovak composer Miloslav Kořínek (January 29, 1925, Brno – July 8, 1998, Bratislava)

Died at age 96, yugoslav composer of Slovenian origin Mihovil Logar (6 October 1902, Rijeka – 13 January 1998, Belgrade)

Died at age 65, slovak composer Jozef Malovec (March 24, 1933, Hurbanovo – October 7, 1998, Bratislava)

Died at age 68, composer Edgar Ohanesian (1930 – 1998)

Died at age 64, american composer Raymond Premru (June 6, 1934 – May 8, 1998)

Died at age 68, composer Miroslav Raichl (1930 – 1998)

Died at age 64, german composer Alfred Schnittke (November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998)

Died at age 90, composer Jan Seidel (December 25, 1908, Nymburk – June 23, 1998, Prague)

Died at age 83, russian composer Georgy Sviridov (December 16, 1915 – January 6, 1998)

Died at age 93, english composer Michael Tippett (January 2, 1905, London Borough of Hillingdon – January 8, 1998, London)

Died at age 66, composer Antoine Tisné (1932 – 1998)

1997

Born british composer Anna Semple (1997)

Born slovak harpsichord, organ, composer, music journalist Adam Štefunko (1997, Bratislava)

Died at age 72, composer André Boucourechliev (1925 – 1997)

Died at age 85, american composer Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997)

Died at age 83, croatian composer Natko Devčić (June 30, 1914, Glina – September 4, 1997, Zagreb)

Died at age 86, composer Karol Elbert (1911 – 1997)

Died at age 85, french composer Jean Françaix (May 23, 1912 – September 25, 1997)

Died at age 88, hungarian composer László Halmos (November 10, 1909 – January 26, 1997)

Died at age 68, composer Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929 – 1997)

Died at age 74, romanian violin, conductor Ion Voicu (October 8, 1923, Bucharest – February 24, 1997, Bucharest)

1996

Born slovak composer Miloš Biháry (April 03, 1996)

Born slovak composer Martin Lang (1996)

Born slovak composer Matej Ricotti (1996)

Died at age 71, composer Venjamin Basner (1925 – 1996)

Died at age 71, composer Boris Čajkovskij (1925 – 1996)

Died at age 64, composer Niccolò Castiglioni (1932 – 1996)

Died at age 67, russian composer Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 – November 24, 1996)

Died at age 78, composer Gottfried von Einem (1918 – 1996)

Died at age 83, american composer Morton Gould (December 10, 1913, Richmond Hill – February 21, 1996, Orlando)

Died at age 75, composer Joonas Kokkonen (1921 – 1996)

Died at age 81, japanese composer Masao Matsumoto (1915 – 1996)

Died at age 69, composer Sulchan Nasidze (1927 – 1996)

Died at age 65, composer Toma Prošev (1931 – 1996)

Died at age 83, composer Celedonio Romero (1913 – 1996)

Died at age 56, slovak composer Svetozár Stračina (December 3, 1940 – February 26, 1996)

Died at age 66, japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996)

Died at age 68, composer Alexander Tanev (1928 – 1996)

Died at age 77, polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996)

1995

Born slovak composer Ľuboš Gabčo (1995)

Died at age 66, composer Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 – 1995)

Died at age 82, composer Alexej Davidovič Mačavariani (1913 – 1995)

Died at age 84, slovak composer Andrej Očenáš (January 8, 1911 – April 8, 1995)

Died at age 79, russian composer Nikolaj Pejko (March 12, 1916, Moscow – July 1, 1995, Moscow)

Died at age 88, american composer Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995)

Died at age 58, slovak composer Tadeáš Salva (October 22, 1937 – January 3, 1995)

Died at age 76, composer Tibor Sárai (1919 – 1995)

Died at age 71, czech composer Miloš Sedmidubský (February 21, 1924, Rokycany – April 13, 1995, Proseč pod Ještědem)

Died at age 85, swiss composer Heinrich Sutermeister (August 12, 1910, Feuerthalen – March 16, 1995, Vaux-sur-Morges)

Died at age 78, south korean-german composer Isang Yun (September 17, 1917, South Gyeongsang – November 3, 1995, Berlin)

1994

Born slovak composer, music journalist Haimoni Balgavá (May 15, 1994, Trnava)

Died at age 75, composer Sven-Erik Bäck (1919 – 1994)

Died at age 20, slovak composer Marek Brezovský (April 15, 1974 – June 22, 1994)

Died at age 69, composer Manus Chadzidakis (1925 – 1994)

Died at age 81, slovak composer Ladislav Holoubek (August 13, 1913 – September 4, 1994)

Died at age 57, bulgarian composer Stefan Ikonomov (1937 – 1994)

Died at age 67, brazilian composer António Carlos Jobim (January 25, 1927, Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994, New York City)

Died at age 88, portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça (December 17, 1906, Tomar – November 27, 1994, Parede)

Died at age 81, polish composer Witold Lutosławski (January 25, 1913 – February 7, 1994)

Died at age 70, american composer Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)

Died at age 80, spanish composer Mato Hermida (1914 – 1994)

Died at age 75, slovak composer Alfréd Zemanovský (September 2, 1919, Linz – March 4, 1994, Banská Bystrica)

1993

Born slovak composer Kristína Gotthardtová (1993)

Born austrian composer Philipp Manuel Gutmann (July 28, 1993, Zwettl)

Died at age 64, german composer Wilhelm Berger (December 4, 1929, Rupea – March 8, 1993, Bukurešť)

Died at age 80, american composer Sammy Cahn (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993)

Died at age 73, bulgarian composer Bencion Eliezer (September 8, 1920, Sofii – September 19, 1993, Sofii)

Died at age 70, belgian composer Karel Goeyvaerts (June 8, 1923, Antwerp – February 3, 1993, Antwerp)

Died at age 86, brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri (February 1, 1907, Tietê – January 13, 1993, São Paulo)

Died at age 76, composer András Mihály (1917 – 1993)

Died at age 85, slovak composer Eugen Suchoň (September 25, 1908 – August 5, 1993)

Died at age 83, latvian composer Marģeris Zariņš (May 24, 1910, Jaunpiebalga – February 27, 1993, Riga)

Died at age 67, slovak composer Ján Zimmer (May 16, 1926 – January 21, 1993)

Died at age 66, composer Gaziza Žubanova (1927 – 1993)

1992

Born ukrainian composer Anfisa Bobylova (1992)

Born slovak composer Stanislav Pristáš (1992)

Died at age 80, american composer John Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992)

Died at age 43, slovak composer Peter Cón (July 3, 1949 – October 24, 1992)

Died at age 75, french composer Jean Hubeau (June 22, 1917 – August 19, 1992)

Died at age 80, composer Robert Köbler (1912 – 1992)

Died at age 70, czech composer Josef Matěj (February 19, 1922, Brušperk – March 28, 1992, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí)

Died at age 84, french composer Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)

Died at age 88, american composer Nathan Milstein (January 13, 1904 [December 31, 1903] – December 21, 1992)

Died at age 69, composer Günther Mittergradnegger (1923 – 1992)

Died at age 71, argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992)

Died at age 85, hungarian composer György Ránki (November 30, 1907, Budapest – May 22, 1992, Budapest)

Died at age 95, norwegian composer Harald Saeverud (April 17, 1897, Nordnes – March 27, 1992, Bergen)

1991

Born polish composer Maurycy Raczyński (1991)

Died at age 86, french composer Eugène Bozza (April 4, 1905, Nice – September 28, 1991, Valenciennes)

Died at age 69, slovak composer Miroslav Brož (June 2, 1922, Banja Luka – October 21, 1991, Bratislava)

Died at age 62, american composer John Carter (November 24, 1929 – March 3, 1991)

Died at age 66, georgian composer Sulchan Cincadze (August 23, 1925, Gori – September 15, 1991, Tbilisi)

Died at age 65, american composer Miles Davis (May 26, 1926, Alton – September 28, 1991, Santa Monica)

Died at age 86, hungarian composer György Deák-Bárdos (June 5, 1905, Budapest – August 14, 1991, Budapest)

Died at age 77, slovak composer Dezider Kardoš (December 23, 1914 – March 18, 1991)

Died at age 82, composer Gaston Litaize (1909 – 1991)

Died at age 45, british composer Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991)

Died at age 77, polish-british composer Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914, Warsaw – October 27, 1991, Twickenham)

Died at age 85, croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906, Bad Honnef – October 16, 1991, Zagreb)

Died at age 84, turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (September 7, 1907, İzmir – January 6, 1991, Istanbul)

1990

Born slovak composer Igor Garvanský (1990 – 2005)

Born slovak composer Šimon Lučenič (1990)

Born french composer Thomas Ospital (1990)

Died at age 72, american composer Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918, Lawrence – October 14, 1990, New York City)

Died at age 90, american composer Aaron Copland (14 November 1900 – 2 December 1990)

Died at age 62, composer Miloslav Ištvan (1928 – 1990)

Died at age 66, composer Luigi Nono (1924 – 1990)

Died at age 82, ukrainian composer Mykola Rakov (1908 – 1990)

Died at age 90, romanian composer Zeno Vancea (October 8, 1900, Bocșa – January 15, 1990, Bucharest)

1989

Died at age 86, composer Lennox Berkeley (1903 – 1989)

Died at age 78, slovak composer Ján Cikker (July 29, 1911 – December 21, 1989)

Died at age 84, spanish composer Ernesto Halffter (January 16, 1905, Madrid – July 5, 1989, Madrid)

Died at age 77, czech composer, choir master František Šauer (1912 – 1989)

Died at age 77, composer Endre Székely (1912 – 1989)

Died at age 65, georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 1989)

1988

Born slovak composer Daniel Rumler (1988)

Died at age 81, slovak composer Gejza Dusík (April 01, 1907 – May 06, 1988)

Died at age 82, brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali (January 27, 1906, Porto Alegre – February 3, 1988, Rio de Janeiro)

Died at age 87, american composer Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988)

Died at age 87, composer Rudolf Matz (1901 – 1988)

Died at age 91, spanish composer of Basque origin Pablo Sorozábal (September 18, 1897, San Sebastián – December 28, 1988, Madrid)

Died at age 86, czech composer Jaromír Vejvoda (March 28, 1902, Praha-Zbraslav – November 13, 1988, Praha-Zbraslav)

1987

Born spanish composer Pablo Barragán (1987)

Died at age 61, american composer Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926, New York City – September 3, 1987, Buffalo)

Died at age 69, slovak composer, conductor Tibor Frešo (November 20, 1918 – July 7, 1987)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Jozef Grešák (December 30, 1907 – April 17, 1987)

Died at age 86, composer Emil Hlobil (1901 – 1987)

Died at age 80, composer Karl Höller (1907 – 1987)

Died at age 83, russian composer Dmitry Kabalevsky (December 30 [December 17], 1904 – February 14, 1987)

Died at age 68, american composer Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – 4.2.1987)

Died at age 94, spanish composer Federico Mompou (April 16, 1893 – June 30, 1987)

Died at age 91, french composer Jean Rivier (July 21, 1896 – November 6, 1987)

Died at age 59, slovak composer Ján Siváček (May 27, 1928, Myjava – December 16, 1987, Trnava)

Died at age 76, composer Phyllis Tate (1911 – 1987)

Died at age 77, turkish composer Ekrem Zeki Ün (November 23, 1910, Istanbul – March 24, 1987, Dublin)

1986

Born slovak composer Peter Duchnický (November 5, 1986)

Born slovak composer Peter Dan Ferenčík (December 1, 1986)

Died at age 81, american composer Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986)

Died at age 87, hungarian composer Lajos Bárdos (October 1, 1899, Budapest – November 18, 1986, Budapest)

Died at age 86, italian composer Ettore Bonelli (20 October 1900, Venice – 24 June 1986, Venice)

Died at age 84, french composer Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902 – June 16, 1986)

Died at age 73, slovak musicologist, music historian, composer Jozef Kresánek (December 20, 1913, Čičmany – March 14, 1986, Bratislava)

Died at age 76, czech composer Adolf Langer (June 11, 1910, Rejchartice – February 15, 1986, Ostrava)

Died at age 78, swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson (May 15, 1908 – December 27, 1986)

Died at age 69, venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917, Ciudad Bolívar – April 18, 1986, Caracas)

Died at age 79, slovak composer, piano Rudolf Macudziński (April 29, 1907, Opatija – February 02, 1986, Bratislava)

Died at age 83, belgian composer Flor Peeters (July 4, 1903, Antwerp – July 4, 1986, Antwerp)

Died at age 89, polish composer Alexandre Tansman (June 12, 1897, Łódź – November 15, 1986, 16th arrondissement of Paris)

Died at age 61, ukrainian composer Vladimir Vermenich (August 3, 1925 – December 11, 1986)

Died at age 81, swedish composer Dag Wirén (October 15, 1905 – April 19, 1986)

1985

Born slovak composer Adrián Demoč (10. 1. 1985)

Born bulgarian composer Kiril Stoyanov (1985)

Died at age 79, composer Paul Creston (1906 – 1985)

Died at age 80, composer Léon Orthel (1905 – 1985)

Died at age 93, composer Hilding Rosenberg (1892 – 1985)

Died at age 69, swedish composer Stig Rybrant (August 8, 1916 – August 9, 1985)

Died at age 65, czech composer Zbyněk Vostřák (June 10, 1920, Prague – August 4, 1985, Strakonice)

1984

Born slovak composer Lucia Chuťková (March 23, 1984)

Born german composer Robin Hoffmann (February 18, 1984)

Born finnish composer Jarkko Riihimäki (July 23, 1984)

Born german composer Moritz Winkelmann (1984)

Died at age 80, american composer Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

Died at age 69, composer Evencio Castellanos (1915 – 1984)

Died at age 63, composer Fritz Geissler (1921 – 1984)

Died at age 89, english composer Gordon Jacob (July 5, 1895 – June 8, 1984)

Died at age 57, composer Siegfried Köhler (1927 – 1984)

Died at age 87, composer György Kósa (1897 – 1984)

Died at age 78, slovak composer Alexander Moyzes (September 4, 1906 – November 20, 1984)

Died at age 73, american composer Emil Newman (January 20, 1911 – August 30, 1984)

Died at age 72, composer Nijazi (1912 – 1984)

Died at age 63, czech composer Jan Novák (April 8, 1921 – November 17, 1984)

Died at age 88, composer Alexander Novikov (1896 – 1984)

Died at age 85, american composer Randall Thompson (April 21, 1899 – July 9, 1984)

1983

Born russian-czech violin, composer Alexey Aslamas (December 24, 1983, Penza)

Born slovak composer Margit Garajszki (1983)

Died at age 84, french composer Georges Auric (February 15, 1899, Lodève, Hérault – July 23, 1983, Paris)

Died at age 38, polish composer Andrzej Bieżan (November 11, 1945, Warsaw – December 15, 1983, Poznań)

Died at age 67, argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983)

Died at age 77, latvian composer Jānis Ivanovs (October 9, 1906, Preiļi – March 27, 1983, Riga)

Died at age 80, composer Pál Kadosa (1903 – 1983)

Died at age 61, czech composer Zdeněk Liška (March 16, 1922 – July 13, 1983)

Died at age 70, american composer Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983)

Died at age 76, czech composer Václav Trojan (April 24, 1907 – July 5, 1983)

Died at age 65, slovak composer Bartolomej Urbanec (November 12, 1918 – July 02, 1983)

Died at age 81, british composer William Walton (March 29, 1902 – March 8, 1983)

1982

Born slovak composer, musicologist, music journalist Robert Kolář (1982)

Born slovak violin, composer Milan Paľa (August 1, 1982, Prešov)

Born slovak composer Roman Patkoló (February 6, 1982)

Born italian composer Mariangela Vacatello (January 22, 1982)

Died at age 80, armenian composer Sergej Balasaňan (August 26, 1902 – June 3, 1982)

Died at age 87, composer Jakov Gotovac (1895 – 1982)

Died at age 64, composer Kara Karajev (1918 – 1982)

Died at age 65, composer Rudolf Maros (1917 – 1982)

Died at age 60, composer Kirill Molčanov (1922 – 1982)

Died at age 91, spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba (March 3, 1891 – September 12, 1982)

Died at age 87, german composer Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982)

Died at age 67, composer Humphrey Searle (1915 – 1982)

1981

Born slovak composer Peter Kosorín (June 5, 1981)

Died at age 53, polish composer Tadeusz Baird (26 July 1928, Grodzisk Mazowiecki – 2 September 1981, Warsaw)

Died at age 71, american composer Samuel Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981)

Died at age 87, american composer Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981)

Died at age 57, american composer Thomas Beversdorf (August 8, 1924 – February 15, 1981)

Died at age 80, american composer Hugo Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981)

Died at age 89, dutch-belgian composer Oscar van Hemel (August 3, 1892, Antwerp – July 9, 1981, Hilversum)

Died at age 85, american composer J. C. Johnson (September 14, 1896 – February 27, 1981)

Died at age 80, composer Ernst Pepping (1901 – 1981)

Died at age 79, czech composer František Prášil (October 3, 1902 – May 14, 1981)

Died at age 59, polish composer Kazimierz Serocki (March 3, 1922, Toruń – January 9, 1981, Warsaw)

1980

Born czech composer Petr Bakla (January 24, 1980)

Born slovak piano, saxophone, bandleader Ladislav Fančovič (September 29, 1980, Trnava)

Born slovak composer Viliam Gräffinger (1980)

Born south korean composer Texu Kim (December 22, 1980)

Died at age 57, brazilian composer Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 – September 21, 1980)

Died at age 71, slovak composer Pavol Braxatoris (February 4, 1909 – January 19, 1980)

Died at age 88, american composer Katherine Kennicott Davis (June 25, 1892 – April 20, 1980)

Died at age 68, dutch composer Rudolf Escher (January 8, 1912, Amsterdam – March 17, 1980, De Koog)

Died at age 81, composer Jan Fadrhons (1899 – 1980)

Died at age 40, english composer John Lennon (October 9, 1940, Liverpool – December 8, 1980, New York City)

Died at age 52, composer Uno Naissoo (1928 – 1980)

Died at age 78, composer Bror Samuelson (1902 – 1980)

Died at age 69, slovak composer Teodor Šebo-Martinský (23 October 1911, Martin – 5 August 1980, Bratislava)

Died at age 59, composer Jan Tausinger (1921 – 1980)

Died at age 73, slovak folklorist, composer, conductor Pavol Tonkovič (January 13, 1907, Podkonice – May 22, 1980, Bratislava)

1979

Born slovak composer Lukáš Borzík (August 3, 1979)

Born slovak composer, conductor, piano Ivan Buffa (April 2, 1979, Košice)

Born slovak composer Peter Špilák (October 20, 1979)

Died at age 92, french composer Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979)

Died at age 93, composer Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979)

Died at age 85, composer Paul Dessau (1894 – 1979)

Died at age 81, composer Roy Harris (1898 – 1979)

Died at age 71, czech composer Miloslav Kabeláč (August 1, 1908 – September 17, 1979)

Died at age 77, american composer Richard Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979)

Died at age 68, italian composer Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979)

Died at age 72, composer Vasilij Soloviev-Sedoj (1907 – 1979)

Died at age 54, slovak composer, conductor Jozef Štelcer (April 14, 1925, Tábor – January 6, 1979, Bratislava)

Died at age 71, polish composer Zbigniew Turski (21 October 1908, Warsaw – 7 January 1979, Otwock)

Died at age 77, slovak composer Michal Vilec (August 6, 1902 – March 19, 1979)

Died at age 54, czech composer Lubomír Železný (March 16, 1925, Ostrava – September 29, 1979, Prague)

1978

Born slovak composer Zuzana Ferjenčíková (June 8, 1978)

Born greek composer Yorgos Nousis (19th September, 1978)

Born czech composer Vilém Veverka (1978)

Born czech composer Petr Wajsar (November 14, 1978)

Died at age 68, yugoslav composer of Slovenian origin Bruno Brun (14 August 1910, Hrastnik – 27 February 1978, Belgrade)

Died at age 75, soviet-armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (May 24, 1903, Tbilisi – May 1, 1978, Moscow)

Died at age 79, mexican composer Carlos Chávez (June 13, 1899, Popotla – August 2, 1978, Mexico City)

Died at age 69, czech composer Václav Dobiáš (September 22, 1909, Radčice – May 22, 1978, Praha)

Died at age 52, czech composer Ivan Jirko (October 7, 1926, Prague – August 20, 1978, Dobříš)

Died at age 65, composer Miroslav Kofroň (1913 – 1978)

Died at age 65, latvian composer Jānis Līcītis (May 18, 1913, Matīši – November 5, 1978, Riga)

Died at age 86, slovak composer Ján Móry (July 10, 1892 – May 05, 1978)

Died at age 66, russian composer Vadim Salmanov (November 4, 1912, Saint Petersburg – February 27, 1978, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 79, composer Pančo Vladigerov (1899 – 1978)

1977

Born slovak composer Ľuboš Bernáth (November 8, 1977, Nové Zámky)

Born serbian composer Ivan Brkljačić (1977, Belehrad)

Born american composer of Chinese origin Man Fang (November 11, 1977, China)

Born british composer Iain Farrington (1977)

Born japanese composer Dai Fujikura (April 27, 1977, Osaka)

Born czech composer Martin Hybler (1977)

Born slovak composer Jaroslav Konečný (June 30, 1977, Trnava)

Born slovak composer Martin Krajčo (July 15, 1977)

Born slovak violin, mandolin Stanislav Palúch (July 7, 1977, Čadca)

Born slovak composer Bernadetta Šuňavská (July 19, 1977)

Died at age 82, composer Johann Nepomuk David (1895 – 1977)

Died at age 70, composer Ödön Partos (1907 – 1977)

Died at age 88, ukrainian composer Levko Revutskyi (February 20 [February 8], 1889 – March 30, 1977)

Died at age 53, czech composer Ivan Rezáč (November 5, 1924, Řevnice – December 26, 1977, Prague)

Died at age 95, english composer Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882, London – September 13, 1977, Nether Wallop)

Died at age 48, composer Ferit Tüzün (1929 – 1977)

1976

Born czech french horn, conductor Radek Baborák (March 11, 1976, Pardubice)

Born german composer Alexander Därr (1976)

Born slovak composer Rastislav Dubovský (1976)

Born slovak composer Peter Hochel (September 26, 1976 – March 28, 2023)

Born slovak composer Jana Kmiťová (September 4, 1976)

Born slovak composer, conductor Marián Lejava (September 14, 1976, Bratislava)

Born english composer Matthew Martin (June 5, 1976)

Born slovak composer Vladimír Martinka (December 12, 1976)

Born american composer Christopher Tin (May 21, 1976)

Died at age 63, english composer Benjamin Britten (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976)

Died at age 85, american composer Samuel Dushkin (December 13, 1891, Suwałki – June 24, 1976, New York City)

Died at age 68, composer Nina Makarovová (1908 – 1976)

Died at age 80, austrian composer Alois Melichar (April 18, 1896 – April 9, 1976)

Died at age 63, composer Miloš Sokola (1913 – 1976)

1975

Born slovak composer Petra Bachratá (March 16, 1975, Krupina)

Born slovak composer Ľubica Čekovská (March 16, 1975, Humenné)

Born hungarian composer Levente Gyöngyösi (June 8, 1975)

Born slovak composer Marián Kittner (April 29, 1975)

Born italian composer Mauro Lanza (March 10, 1975)

Died at age 67, american composer Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975)

Died at age 81, croatian composer Krešimir Baranović (August 25, 1894, Šibenik – September 17, 1975, Belgrade)

Died at age 84, english composer Arthur Bliss (August 2, 1891 – March 27, 1975)

Died at age 71, italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904, Pazin – February 19, 1975, Florence)

Died at age 75, german composer Ernst Fischer (April 10, 1900, Magdeburg – July 10, 1975, Locarno)

Died at age 79, slovak composer Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky (September 29, 1896 – January 31, 1975)

Died at age 69, russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (September 25 [O.S. September 12], 1906, Saint Petersburg – August 9, 1975, Moscow)

1974

Born slovak composer Marek Brezovský (April 15, 1974 – June 22, 1994)

Born spanish composer Pascual Gimeno (August 13, 1974)

Born slovak composer Peter Groll (May 1, 1974, Bratislava)

Born slovak composer Monika Melcová (June 21, 1974)

Born slovak composer Marek Spusta (March 22, 1974, Bratislava)

Died at age 87, swedish composer Kurt Atterberg (December 12, 1887 – Februar 15, 1974)

Died at age 75, american composer Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)

Died at age 55, azerbaijani composer Soltan Hajibeyov (May 5, 1919 – September 19, 1974)

Died at age 69, french composer André Jolivet (August 8, 1905, 18th arrondissement of Paris – December 20, 1974, 7th arrondissement of Paris)

Died at age 76, composer Lev Konstantinovič Knipper (1898 – 1974)

Died at age 84, swiss composer Frank Martin (September 15, 1890, Geneva – November 21, 1974, Naarden)

Died at age 82, french composer Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974)

1973

Born hungarian composer László Fassang (December 12, 1973)

Born slovak composer Marek Vrábel (April 13, 1973)

Died at age 85, romanian composer Mihail Bârcă (November 5, 1888, Mileștii Mici – October 1, 1973, Craiova)

Died at age 80, czech composer Alois Hába (June 21, 1893, Vizovice – November 18, 1973, Prague)

Died at age 73, polish composer Paul Kletzki (March 21, 1900 – March 5, 1973)

Died at age 73, russian composer Alexander Mosolov (August 11 [July 29], 1900 – July 11, 1973)

Died at age 78, american composer Andy Razaf (16.12.1895 – 3.2.1973)

Died at age 76, composer Jozef Rosinský (1897 – 1973)

Died at age 73, slovenian composer Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (December 17, 1900, Graz – February 27, 1973, Ljubljana)

Died at age 66, composer Antoni Szałowski (1907 – 1973)

Died at age 48, russian composer Vladimir Vavilov (May 5, 1925 – March 11, 1973)

1972

Born finnish composer Sebastian Fagerlund (December 6, 1972, Pargas)

Born romanian composer Marian Mexicanu (1972)

Born slovak composer, flute, video producer Marek Piaček (January 17, 1972, Bratislava)

Died at age 44, czech composer Lubor Bárta (August 8, 1928, Lubná – November 5, 1972, Prague)

Died at age 68, lithuanian composer Balys Dvarionas (June 19 [June 6], 1904 – August 23, 1972)

Died at age 66, turkish composer Ulvi Cemal Erkin (March 14, 1906, Istanbul – September 15, 1972, Ankara)

Died at age 80, american composer Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972)

Died at age 78, american composer Billy Meyers (July 29, 1894 – January 28, 1972)

Died at age 71, american composer Jimmy Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972)

1971

Born british composer Thomas Adès (March 1, 1971, London)

Born german composer Stefan Behrisch (1971)

Born composer Martin Čorej (1971)

Born slovak composer Anton Steinecker (December 12, 1971)

Born slovak composer Stanislav Šurin (January 17, 1971)

Died at age 44, composer Josef Berg (1927 – 1971)

Died at age 85, french composer Marcel Dupré (May 3, 1886 – May 30, 1971)

Died at age 80, american composer Karl King (February 21, 1891, Paintersville – March 31, 1971, Fort Dodge)

Died at age 66, british composer Alan Rawsthorne (May 2, 1905, Haslingden – July 24, 1971, Cambridge)

Died at age 54, american composer Charlie Shavers (August 3, 1917 – July 8, 1971)

Died at age 83, american composer Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971)

Died at age 89, russian composer Igor Stravinsky (June 17 [June 5], 1882 – April 6, 1971)

Died at age 70, french composer Henri Tomasi (August 17, 1901 – January 13, 1971)

1970

Born italian composer Omar Caputi (1970)

Born slovak composer Juraj Jartim (October 26, 1970)

Born turkish composer Fazıl Say (January 14, 1970)

Born ukrainian composer Alexey Shor (1970)

Born french composer Yann Tiersen (June 23, 1970, Brest)

Born slovak composer Juraj Vajó (December 20, 1970, Košice)

Born american composer Eric Whitacre (January 2, 1970)

Died at age 77, composer G. H. Green (1893 – 1970)

Died at age 57, composer Igor Morozov (1913 – 1970)

Died at age 69, american composer Alfred Newman (March 17, 1901, New Haven – February 17, 1970, Hollywood)

Died at age 74, american composer Elmer Schoebel (September 8, 1896 – December 14, 1970)

Died at age 91, composer Cyril Scott (1879 – 1970)

Died at age 72, czech composer František Škvor (December 11, 1898 – May 21, 1970)

Died at age 73, hungarian composer George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970)

Died at age 87, composer Guy Weitz (1883 – 1970)

1969

Born spanish composer, organ Gorka Cuesta (1969, San Sebastian)

Born composer Russell Peterson (1969)

Born czech composer Adam Skoumal (December 15, 1969)

Died at age 60, polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (February 5, 1909, Łódź – January 17, 1969, Warsaw)

Died at age 87, czech composer Jaroslav Křička (August 27, 1882 – January 23, 1969)

Died at age 56, composer Constantin Silvestri (1913 – 1969)

1968

Born spanish composer Roque Baños López (May 1, 1968)

Born slovak composer Mirko Krajči (February 26, 1968)

Born slovak trombone, composer Michal Motýľ (1968)

Born austrian composer Klaus Simon (April 19, 1968)

Born swedish composer Niklas Sivelöv (April 11, 1968, Skellefteå)

Born british composer Paul Wood (March 11, 1968)

Died at age 52, composer Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916 – 1968)

Died at age 36, slovak composer Wiliam Bukový (January 18, 1932, Lučenec – July 31, 1968, Prague)

Died at age 73, italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968)

Died at age 47, french composer Jeanne Demessieux (February 14, 1921 – November 11, 1968)

Died at age 73, ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky (January 3, 1895 – April 15, 1968)

Died at age 60, slovak conductor, composer Július Móži (March 27, 1908, Berlin – January 28, 1968, Bratislava)

Died at age 88, canadian composer Healey Willan (October 12, 1880, Balham – February 16, 1968, Toronto)

1967

Born german composer Klaus Badelt (June 12, 1967, Frankfurt)

Born french composer Gilles Colliard (1967, Geneva)

Born german composer Christopher Dalitz (1967)

Born american composer Michael Giacchino (October 10, 1967)

Born slovak composer Tibor Kováč (June 14, 1967, Levice)

Born romanian composer Florin Niculescu (February 8, 1967)

Born composer Kristián Seidmann (1967)

Born slovak composer Ján Zach (April 6, 1967, Bratislava)

Died at age 85, hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967)

Died at age 60, belgian composer Pierre Moulaert (September 24, 1907, Saint-Gilles – November 13, 1967, Uccle / Ukkel)

Died at age 61, german composer Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967)

Died at age 61, american composer Frederick Zimmermann (May 18, 1906 – August 3, 1967)

1966

Born french composer Jean Jacques Charles (February 18, 1966, 15th arrondissement of Paris)

Born swedish composer Krister Hansén (May 1, 1966)

Born slovak composer Oľga Kroupová (October 2, 1966, Bratislava)

Born romanian composer Giani Lincan (1966)

Died at age 46, hungarian composer Pál Járdányi (January 30, 1920 – July 29, 1966)

Died at age 59, composer Marjan Kozina (1907 – 1966)

Died at age 76, composer Gösta Nystroem (1890 – 1966)

1965

Born french composer Thierry Escaich (May 8, 1965)

Born brazilian-american composer Miguel Kertsman (March 26, 1965, Recife)

Born slovak accordion Boris Lenko (August 27, 1965, Ružomberok)

Born french composer Thierry Pécou (August 20, 1965, Boulogne-Billancourt)

Born slovak composer Samo Smetana (1965)

Born australian conductor, composer Richard Tognetti (August 4, 1965, Canberra)

Died at age 80, ukrainian composer Nisim Lvovich Saslavsky (September 4, 1885, Poltava – August 1, 1965, New York)

Died at age 82, french composer Edgard Varèse (December 22, 1883, Paris – November 6, 1965, New York City)

1964

Born slovak composer Miloš Betko (May 27, 1964)

Born slovak composer Silvester Lavrík (January 24, 1964)

Born belgian composer Bart Vanhecke (1964)

Born irish composer Ian Wilson (December 26, 1964)

Died at age 61, brazilian composer Ary Barroso (November 7, 1903 – February 9, 1964)

Died at age 85, austrian composer Alma Mahler (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964)

Died at age 85, composer Otto Olsson (1879 – 1964)

Died at age 80, composer Antoni Pérez Moya (1884 – 1964)

Died at age 73, american composer Cole Porter (June 9, 1891, Peru – October 15, 1964, Santa Monica)

Died at age 48, czech composer Jan Rychlík (April 27, 1916 – January 20, 1964)

Died at age 72, american composer Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambir – November 11, 1964, New York City)

1963

Born israeli composer Boaz Avni (1963)

Born austrian composer Johannes Ebenbauer (January 1, 1963, Strallegg)

Born slovak composer Pavol Kvassay (January 3, 1963)

Born composer Thomas Larcher (1963)

Born slovak composer Daniel Matej (March 9, 1963)

Died at age 65, spanish composer Salvador Bacarisse (September 12, 1898, Madrid – August 5, 1963, Paris)

Died at age 54, romanian composer Paul Constantinescu (June 30, 1909, Ploiești – December 20, 1963, Bucharest)

Died at age 68, german composer Paul Hindemith (November 16, 1895 – December 28, 1963)

Died at age 51, slovak composer Šimon Jurovský (February 8, 1912, Uľanka – November 8, 1963, Prague)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Frico Kafenda (November 2, 1883 – September 3, 1963)

Died at age 67, cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona (August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963)

Died at age 64, french composer Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963)

Died at age 61, composer Vissarion Jakovlevič Šebalin (1902 – 1963)

Died at age 67, composer Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896 – 1963)

Died at age 70, polish composer Stanisław Wiechowicz (November 27, 1893, Kroczyce – May 12, 1963, Kraków)

1962

Born german composer Barbara Bannasch (1962)

Born composer Peter Martinček (1962)

Born slovak composer Peter Martinček van Grob (November 13, 1962 – February 14, 2021)

Born polish composer Tomasz Adam Nowak (1962)

Born ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva (September 11, 1962)

Born slovak guitar, composer Andrej Šeban (June 26, 1962, Bratislava)

Born serbian composer Nebojša Jovan Živković (July 5, 1962)

Died at age 85, french composer Alfred Cortot (September 26, 1877, Nyon – June 15, 1962, Lausanne)

Died at age 64, austrian composer Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898, Leipzig – September 6, 1962, East Berlin)

Died at age 72, french composer Jacques Ibert (August 15, 1890 – February 5, 1962)

Died at age 87, american composer Fritz Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962)

Died at age 79, slovak organ, composer, teacher Ernest Schumera (January 12, 1883, Spišské Podhradie (Spišská Kapitula) – August 17, 1962, Trnava)

Died at age 67, catalan composer Eduard Toldrà (April 7, 1895 – May 31, 1962)

1961

Born ukrainian composer Igor Haidenko (January 11, 1961)

Born canadian composer Marc-André Hamelin (September 5, 1961)

Born slovak composer Matúš Jakabčic (September 14, 1961, Bratislava)

Born american composer Lowell Liebermann (Frbruary 22, 1961)

Born slovak composer Peter Machajdík (June 1, 1961)

Born british composer Wayne Marshall (January 13, 1961, Oldham)

Born composer Martin Němec (1961)

Born spanish composer Jesús Rueda (May 30, 1961)

Born french composer Emmanuel Séjourné (July 16, 1961)

Born french composer Gilles Silvestrini (June 4, 1961)

Born slovak composer Peter Zagar (December 21, 1961, Bratislava)

Died at age 77, british composer York Bowen (February 22, 1884 – November 23, 1961)

Died at age 61, czech composer Zdeněk Folprecht (January 26, 1900, Turnov – October 29, 1961, Prague)

Died at age 79, australian composer Percy Grainger (July 8, 1882 – February 20, 1961)

Died at age 75, basque-spanish composer Jesús Guridi (September 25, 1886, Vitoria-Gasteiz – April 7, 1961, Madrid)

Died at age 69, german composer Ernst Roters (July 6, 1892 – August 25, 1961)

Died at age 76, french composer Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885 – August 17, 1961)

1960

Born italian composer Flavio Colusso (August 13, 1960, Rome)

Born argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov (December 5, 1960, La Plata)

Born slovak composer Mojmír Hanák (November 15, 1960, Bratislava)

Born american composer Aaron Jay Kernis (January 15, 1960, Philadelphia)

Born austrian composer Wolfgang Reifeneder (1960)

Born belgian composer Piet Swerts (November 14, 1960, Tongeren)

Born composer Kerry Turner (1960)

Born slovak violin Miloš Valent (November 25, 1960, Trenčianske Teplice)

Died at age 88, composer Hugo Alfvén (1872 – 1960)

Died at age 83, hungarian composer Ernő von Dohnányi (July 27, 1877 – February 9, 1960)

Died at age 74, danish composer Launy Grøndahl (June 30, 1886, Ordrup – January 21, 1960, Frederiksberg)

Died at age 55, composer Mátyás Seiber (1905 – 1960)

Died at age 75, hungarian composer Leó Weiner (April 16, 1885 – September 13, 1960)

1959

Born austrian composer Florian Bramböck (May 31, 1959, Innsbruck)

Born italian composer Lorenzo Ghielmi (September 1, 1959)

Born chinese composer Yuan Liu (1959)

Born british composer James MacMillan (1959)

Born composer Luis Manuel Molina (1959)

Born austrian composer Florian Pagitsch (1959)

Born czech composer Martin Smolka (August 11, 1959)

Born estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür (October 16, 1959)

Died at age 66, romanian composer Alfred Alessandrescu (August 2, 1893, Bucharest – February 18, 1959, Bucharest)

Died at age 59, american composer George Antheil (July 8, 1900, Trenton – February 12, 1959, New York City)

Died at age 79, american composer Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959)

Died at age 80, croatian composer Josip Hatze (March 21, 1879 – January 30, 1959)

Died at age 69, czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959)

Died at age 72, brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959)

1958

Born composer Milan Dubovský (1958)

Born slovak composer Egon Krák (March 25, 1958)

Born finnish composer Magnus Lindberg (June 27, 1958, Helsinki)

Born composer Vladimir Pančev (1958)

Died at age 73, slovak composer Alexander Albrecht (August 12, 1885, Arad – August 30, 1958, Bratislava)

Died at age 72, french composer Paul Bazelaire (March 4, 1886 – December 11, 1958)

Died at age 46, mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958)

Died at age 88, french composer Florent Schmitt (September 28, 1870 – August 17, 1958)

Died at age 77, slovak composer Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský (May 24, 1881 – May 28, 1958)

Died at age 86, british composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958)

1957

Born american composer Miguel del Águila (September 15, 1957)

Born slovak composer, conductor, piano Peter Breiner (July 3, 1957, Humenné)

Born czech composer Jiří Gemrot (April 15, 1957)

Born chinese composer Xia Guan (June 30, 1957, Kaifeng)

Born slovak composer Jozef Kolkovič (1957)

Born composer Claus Kühnl (1957)

Born austrian composer Bernhard Lang (February 24, 1957)

Born composer Pavol Malovec (1957)

Born russian composer Mikhail Pletnev (April 14, 1957)

Born czech choir master, conductor Jan Rozehnal (1957)

Born chinese composer Dun Tan (August 18, 1957, Changsha)

Born norwegian composer Rolf Wallin (September 7, 1957, Oslo)

Born german composer Hans Zimmer (September 12, 1957, Frankfurt)

Died at age 60, austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957)

Died at age 71, swiss composer Othmar Schoeck (September 1, 1886, Brunnen – March 8, 1957, Zurich)

Died at age 92, finnish composer Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957)

1956

Born slovak composer Norbert Bodnár (April 11, 1956, Košice)

Born slovak composer Ewald Danel (September 21, 1956)

Born slovak composer Vladimír Godár (March 16, 1956, Bratislava)

Born french tuba Christian Jous (1965 – 2005)

Born austrian composer Wolfgang Puschnig (May 21, 1956, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee)

Born slovak composer Iris Szeghy (March 5, 1956)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Tůma (October 16, 1956)

Born american composer John Wasson (1956)

Born mexican composer Samuel Zyman (1956)

Died at age 75, american composer Henry Fillmore (December 3, 1881 – December 7, 1956)

Died at age 81, russian composer Reinhold Glière (January 11, 1875 [December 30, 1874] – June 23, 1956)

Died at age 92, composer Alexander Tichonovič Grečaninov (1864 – 1956)

Died at age 75, american composer Arthur Hartmann (July 23, 1881 – March 30, 1956)

Died at age 81, french composer Henriette Renié (September 18, 1875 – March 1, 1956)

Died at age 57, american composer Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956)

1955

Born composer David Babcock (1955)

Born slovak composer Martin Burlas (October 23, 1955)

Born russian composer Leonid Desyatnikov (November 16, 1955)

Born french composer Roland Dyens (October 19, 1955 – October 2, 2016)

Born czech composer Juraj Filas (March 5, 1955 – December 31, 2021)

Born swiss composer Théo Flury (1955)

Born french composer Naji Hakim (October 31, 1955)

Born composer Toshio Hosokawa (1955)

Born austrian composer Rudolf Jungwirth (January 2, 1955)

Born composer Olli Kortekangas (1955)

Born composer András Soós (1955)

Born composer Tibor Szemző (1955)

Died at age 74, romanian composer George Enescu (August 19, 1881, George Enescu – May 4, 1955, Paris)

Died at age 63, french composer Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955)

Died at age 59, croatian composer Josip Slavenski (May 11, 1896, Čakovec – November 30, 1955, Belgrade)

Died at age 71, composer David Wikander (1884 – 1955)

1954

Born british composer Paul Bateman (27. 5. 1954)

Born czech composer Věra Bílá (May 22, 1954 – March 12, 2019)

Born czech composer Sylvie Bodorová (December 31, 1954)

Born french composer Bruno Coulais (January 13, 1954)

Born composer Magdalena Długosz (1954)

Born composer Juraj Ďuriš (1954)

Born american composer Eric Ewazen (March 1, 1954, Cleveland)

Born german composer Axel Fries (February 17, 1954)

Born austrian composer Michael Hazod (1954)

Born czech composer Michael Kocáb (July 28, 1954, Prague)

Born composer Brian E. Lynn (1954)

Born slovak singing, composer Vašo Patejdl (October 10, 1954, Karlovy Vary – August 19, 2023, Prague)

Born australian composer Carl Vine (October 8, 1954)

Died at age 49, composer František Babušek (1905 – 1954)

Died at age 80, american composer Charles Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954)

Died at age 81, french composer Jean Roger-Ducasse (April 18, 1873, Bordeaux – July 19, 1954, Le Taillan-Médoc)

1953

Born scottish composer Patrick Doyle (April 6, 1953)

Born british composer Nigel Hess (July 22, 1953)

Born american composer James Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015)

Born austrian composer Maximilian Kreuz (December 27, 1953, Vienna)

Born slovak composer Víťazoslav Kubička (October 11, 1953)

Born composer László Melis (1953 – 2018)

Born british composer Nic Raine (1953)

Born slovak composer Pavol Selecký (1953)

Born composer Jaume Torrent (1953)

Born slovak double bass, composer, dramaturge Anton Viskup (April 25, 1953, Bratislava – September 2026)

Born english composer Stephen Warbeck (May 3, 1953)

Born japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu (March 18, 1953)

Born american composer John Zorn (September 2, 1953, New York City)

Died at age 80, composer Joseph Jongen (1873 – 1953)

Died at age 71, hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán (October 24, 1882 – October 30, 1953)

Died at age 66, american composer Florence Price (April 9, 1887, Little Rock – June 3, 1953, Chicago)

Died at age 62, russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (April 27 [April 15], 1891 – March 5, 1953)

1952

Born danish composer Hans Abrahamsen (December 23, 1952, Copenhagen)

Born brazilian guitar, composer Sergio Assad (December 26, 1952, Mococa)

Born american composer Christopher Brubeck (March 19, 1952, Los Angeles)

Born czech composer Peter Graham (July 1, 1952)

Born composer Oliver Knussen (1952 – 2018)

Born norwegian composer Jon Laukvik (December 16, 1952)

Born composer Pär Lindgren (1952)

Born french composer Philippe Manoury (June 19, 1952, Tulle)

Born hungarian composer István Márta (June 14, 1952, Budapest)

Born american composer Ed Neumeister (September 1, 1952, Topeka)

Born finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (October 14, 1952, Helsinki – June 2, 2023, 8th arrondissement of Paris)

Born french composer Christian Zanési (May 22, 1952, Lourdes)

1951

Born composer Rolf Enström (1951)

Born slovak composer, piano of Russian origin Evgeny Irshai (January 15, 1951)

Born latvian composer Aivars Kalējs (April 22, 1951)

Born french guitar, composer Francis Kleynjans (April 15, 1951)

Born polish composer Eugeniusz Knapik (July 9, 1951, Ruda Śląska)

Born ukrainian composer Bohdan Kotiuk (1951)

Born american composer David Sampson (January 26, 1951)

Born czech composer Ondřej Soukup (May 2, 1951)

Born american composer, arranger, tuba John Stevens (1951)

Born latvian composer Imants Zemzaris (April 14, 1951, Riga)

Died at age 92, czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster (December 30, 1859 – May 29, 1951)

Died at age 77, austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951)

Died at age 72, french composer Marcel Tournier (January 5, 1879 – May 8, 1951)

Died at age 68, czech composer Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (November 10, 1883, Ivanovice na Hané – November 5, 1951, Prague)

1950

Born composer Andrés Alén (1950)

Born composer Mikael Edlund (1950)

Born composer Peter Gabriel (1950)

Born french composer Richard Galliano (December 12, 1950)

Born composer Otomar Kvěch (1950 – 2018)

Born mexican composer Arturo Márquez (December 20, 1950)

Born lithuanian composer Algirdas Martinaitis (May 17, 1950, Paserbentys)

Born swedish composer Per-Erik Moraeus (June 10, 1950)

Born french composer Laurent Petitgirard (June 10, 1950)

Born american composer Alan Silvestri (March 26, 1950)

Died at age 84, italian composer Francesco Cilea (July 23, 1866 – November 20, 1950)

Died at age 67, composer Jaroslav Kocián (1883 – 1950)

Died at age 69, russian composer Nikolaj Mjaskovskij (April 8, 1881, Modlin Fortress – August 8, 1950, Moscow)

Died at age 50, german composer Kurt Weill (March 2, 1900, Dessau – April 3, 1950, New York City)

1949

Born spanish composer Javier Busto (November 13, 1949)

Born slovak composer Peter Cón (July 3, 1949 – October 24, 1992)

Born slovak composer Pavol Krška (May 11, 1949, Ružomberok – August 10, 2025, Rudina)

Born composer Philippe Lefebvre (1949)

Born slovak composer Pavol Procházka (June 4, 1949, Topoľčany)

Born swiss composer Kurt Sturzenegger (October 22, 1949)

Born czech composer Jan Vičar (May 5, 1949)

Born irish african composer of South origin Kevin Volans (July 6, 1949, Pietermaritzburg)

Died at age 83, american composer Henry Thacker Burleigh (December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949)

Died at age 79, czech composer Vítězslav Novák (July 5, 1870 – July 18, 1949)

Died at age 45, greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (March 8, 1904, Chalkída – September 19, 1949, Athens)

Died at age 85, german composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864, Munich – September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Died at age 67, spanish composer Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949)

1948

Born composer Pavol Hammel (1948)

Born american composer Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003)

Born english composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber (March 22, 1948, Kensington)

Born american composer John Moss (1948 – April 22, 2010)

Born composer Dmitrij Smirnov (1948 – 2020)

Born composer Jukka Tiensuu (1948)

Died at age 87, american composer William Arms Fisher (27. 4. 1861 – 18. 12. 1948)

Died at age 78, austrian composer Franz Lehár (April 30, 1870 – October 24, 1948)

Died at age 51, uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodriguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948)

Died at age 66, mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (December 8, 1882 – April 24, 1948)

Died at age 72, italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948)

1947

Born american composer John Adams (February 15, 1947, Worcester)

Born composer Efraín Amador (1947)

Born spanish composer Paco de Lucía (December 21, 1947, Algeciras – February 25, 2014, Playa del Carmen)

Born slovak composer Igor Dibák (July 5, 1947 – February 8, 2021)

Born french composer Jean-Louis Florentz (December 19, 1947 – July 4, 2004)

Born composer Steven Gellman (1947)

Born brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti (December 5, 1947, Carmo)

Born composer Nikolaj Korndorf (1947 – 2001)

Born composer Mati Kuulberg (1947 – 2001)

Born british composer Brian May (July 19, 1947)

Born hungarian composer György Orbán (July 12, 1947)

Born composer Pēteris Plakidis (1947 – 2017)

Born austrian composer Peter Planyavsky (May 9, 1947, Vienna)

Born composer Václav Riedlbauch (1947 – 2017)

Born italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino (April 4, 1947)

Born english composer Howard Skempton (October 31, 1947, Chester)

Born composer Milan Slavický (1947 – 2009)

Born slovak composer Marián Varga (January 29, 1947, Skalica – August 9, 2017, Chorvátsky Grob-Čierna Voda)

Born hungarian composer Péter Wolf (June 21, 1947, Budapest)

Died at age 64, italian composer Alfredo Casella (July 25, 1883, Turin – March 5, 1947, Rome)

Died at age 73, french composer Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 – January 28, 1947)

Died at age 64, romanian composer Francisc Hubic (October 21, 1883, Abram – 1947)

Died at age 45, american composer Jimmie Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947)

Died at age 64, brazilian composer João Pernambuco (November 2, 1883, Jatobá – October 16, 1947, Rio de Janeiro)

Died at age 63, composer Ture Rangström (1884 – 1947)

1946

Born composer Sergio Fernandez Barroso (1946)

Born slovak composer Vladimír Bokes (January 11, 1946, Bratislava – July 2, 2024, Bratislava)

Born french composer Patrice Caratini (July 11, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Born composer Ladislav Kubík (1946 – 2017)

Born composer Vladimir Martynov (1946)

Born british composer Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991)

Born czech singer-songwriter Jan Nedvěd (September 24, 1946, Prague)

Born italian composer Nicola Piovani (May 26, 1946)

Born slovak composer Vladimír Rusó (December 5, 1946, Praha – May 17, 2026)

Born canadian composer Howard Shore (October 18, 1946)

Born latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (April 16, 1946)

Born composer Tommy Zwedberg (1946)

Died at age 63, composer Alexandr Vasilievič Alexandrov (1883 – 1946)

Died at age 70, uruguayan composer Alfonso Broqua (September 11, 1876, Montevideo – November 25, 1946, Paris)

Died at age 70, spanish composer Manuel de Falla (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946)

Died at age 48, american composer Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898, New York City – April 5, 1946, Denver)

1945

Born composer Georges Aperghis (1945)

Born polish composer Andrzej Bieżan (November 11, 1945, Warsaw – December 15, 1983, Poznań)

Born english composer Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (January 13, 1945, Hemel Hempstead)

Born composer Maxim Dunajevskij (1945)

Born japanese composer Norio Fukushi (February 15, 1945, Tokyo)

Born russian composer Michail Jurowski (December 25, 1945 – March 19, 2022)

Born american composer Ralph Martino (February 16, 1945, Sewaren, N.J.)

Born slovak composer František Poul (October 27, 1945)

Born composer Štěpán Rak (1945)

Born english composer John Rutter (September 24, 1945)

Born czech composer Jiří Svoboda (September 13, 1945, Prague – March 11, 2004, Prague)

Born czech composer Josef Vejvoda (July 13, 1945)

Born composer Aiot Zograbian (1945)

Died at age 64, british composer Kenneth J. Alford (February 21, 1881 – May 15, 1945)

Died at age 60, hungarian composer Dezsö Antalffy-Zsiross (July 24, 1885, Zrenjanin – April 29, 1945, Denville railway station)

Died at age 64, hungarian composer Béla Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945)

Died at age 60, american composer Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885, Manhattan – November 11, 1945, New York City)

Died at age 26, czech composer Gideon Klein (December 6, 1919 – January, 1945)

Died at age 82, italian composer Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945)

Died at age 48, spanish composer Fernando Obradors (November 28, 1897 – October 11, 1945)

Died at age 62, austrian composer Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945)

1944

Born israeli composer Sergei Abir (1944)

Born american composer William Albright (October 20, 1944 – September 17, 1998)

Born composer Thüring Bräm (1944)

Born slovak composer Hanuš Domanský (March 1, 1944, Nový Hrozenkov – October 19, 2021, Senec)

Born hungarian composer Péter Eötvös (January 2, 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc – March 24, 2024, Budapest)

Born czech composer Petr Hapka (May 13, 1944 – November 25, 2014)

Born welsh composer Karl Jenkins (February 17, 1944)

Born composer Pekka Kostiainen (1944)

Born english composer Michael Nyman (March 23, 1944, London)

Born slovak composer Jozef Podprocký (June 10, 1944 – March 31, 2021)

Born cornish composer Goff Richards (1944 – 2011)

Born french composer Claude Michel Schoenberg (July 6, 1944, Vannes)

Born british composer John Tavener (January 28, 1944, London – November 12, 2013, Dorset)

Born composer Ruta Vintule (1944)

Born american composer Michael Webster (1944)

Died at age 59, composer Agustín Barrios (1885 – 1944)

Died at age 77, american composer Amy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944)

Died at age 60, french composer Joseph Bonnet (March 17, 1884 – August 2, 1944)

Died at age 67, russian composer Pavel Česnokov (October 24, 1877, Zvenigorodsky Uyezd – March 14, 1944, Moscow)

Died at age 87, french composer Cécile Chaminade (August 8, 1857 – April 13, 1944)

Died at age 45, czech composer Pavel Haas (June 21, 1899 – November 17, 1944)

Died at age 72, slovak composer Mikuláš Moyzes (December 06, 1872 – April 02, 1944)

Died at age 76, italian composer Leone Sinigaglia (August 14, 1868 – May 16, 1944)

Died at age 46, composer Viktor Ullmann (1898 – 1944)

Died at age 41, jewish composer Ilse Weber (January 11, 1903 – October 6, 1944)

1943

Born composer Genadij Banščikov (1943)

Born composer Gary Burton (1943)

Born composer William Duckworth (1943 – 2012)

Born czech composer Petr Fiala (March 25, 1943)

Born american composer Morten Lauridsen (February 7, 1943)

Born composer Miklós Maros (1943)

Born polish composer Krzysztof Meyer (August 11, 1943)

Born spanish composer Valentino Miserachs (1943)

Born greek composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis) (March 29, 1943 – May 17, 2022)

Born german composer Siegfried Thiele (March 28, 1943)

Born german composer Lothar Voigtländer (September 3, 1943, Leisnig – July 4, 2026, Berlin)

Born composer Kirill Volkov (1943)

Born composer Udo Zimmermann (1943 – 2021)

Died at age 58, british composer Benjamin Dale (July 17, 1885 – July 30, 1943)

Died at age 70, russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (April 1 [March 20], 1873 – March 28, 1943)

Died at age 62, composer Miloš Ruppeldt (1881 – 1943)

Died at age 46, american composer Bob Schafer (July 24, 1897 – September 28, 1943)

Died at age 39, american composer Thomas „Fats“ Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943)

1942

Born czech composer Mojmír Bártek (April 26, 1942)

Born slovak composer Juraj Farkaš (1942 – 2011)

Born composer Valerij Kalistratov (1942)

Born english composer Paul Walter McCartney (June 18, 1942, Walton)

Born composer Daniel Roth (1942)

Born composer Sven-David Sandström (1942 – 2019)

Born composer Friedrich Schenker (1942 – 2013)

Born ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych (September 19, 1942, Svaliava)

Died at age 34, german composer Hugo Distler (June 24, 1908, Nuremberg – November 1, 1942, Berlin)

Died at age 36, czech composer Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 1942)

Died at age 75, composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 – 1942)

Died at age 48, czech composer Erwin Schulhoff (June 8, 1894 – August 18, 1942)

Died at age 71, austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky (October 14, 1871 – May 15, 1942)

1941

Born slovak composer Igor Bázlik (December 5, 1941, Banská Bystrica – November 18, 2023)

Born uruguayan composer Enrique Crespo (October 17, 1941 – December 20, 2020)

Born composer Friedrich Goldmann (1941 – 2009)

Born slovak composer Juraj Hatrík (May 1, 1941 – May 21, 2021)

Born uruguayan composer Raúl Jaurena (August 26, 1941, Montevideo – January 5, 2021)

Born composer Imants Kalniņš (1941)

Born composer Dieter Kaufmann (1941)

Born composer José Loyola (1941)

Born vietnamese composer Thụy Loan Nguyễn (1941)

Born bulgarian composer Michail Pekov (August 6, 1941 – August 1, 2022)

Born composer Igor Rechin (1941)

Born composer Eberhard Streul (1941)

Born composer Gillian Weir (1941)

Died at age 62, english composer Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879, Brighton – January 10, 1941, Eastbourne)

Died at age 66, composer Dobri Christov (1875 – 1941)

Died at age 71, english composer Cecil Forsyth (November 30, 1870 – December 7, 1941)

Died at age 62, composer Philippe Gaubert (1879 – 1941)

Died at age 81, polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 18, 1860 – June 29, 1941)

1940

Born slovak composer Juraj Beneš (March 2, 1940, Trnava – September 11, 2004, Bratislava)

Born slovak composer Alexander Brezina (1940 – 2004)

Born slovak composer Vojtech Didi (December 4, 1940)

Born french composer René Koering (May 27, 1940, Andlau)

Born english composer John Lennon (October 9, 1940, Liverpool – December 8, 1980, New York City)

Born composer Jan W. Morthenson (1940)

Born austrian composer Werner Pirchner (February 13, 1940, Hall in Tirol – August 10, 2001, Innsbruck)

Born slovak composer Jozef Sixta (May 12, 1940 – February 20, 2007)

Born slovak composer Svetozár Stračina (December 3, 1940 – February 26, 1996)

Born slovak composer Ivan Valenta (November 28, 1940)

Died at age 29, french composer Jehan Alain (February 3, 1911, Saint-Germain-en-Laye – June 20, 1940, Saumur)

Died at age 25, composer Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915 – 1940)

Died at age 69, composer Nikolaj Kedrov (1871 – 1940)

Died at age 69, russian composer Nikolaj Nikolajevič Kedrov, sr. (October 28, 1871 – February 2, 1940)

Died at age 41, mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940)

1939

Born dutch composer Louis Andriessen (June 6, 1939, Utrecht – July 1, 2021, Weesp)

Born cuban composer Leo Brouwer (March 1, 1939)

Born composer Valerij Gavrilin (1939 – 1999)

Born gibraltarian composer William Gomez (1939 – 2000)

Born swiss conductor, oboe, composer Heinz Holliger (May 21, 1939, Langenthal)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Krček (April 22, 1939)

Born armenian composer Tigran Mansurian (January 27, 1939, Beirut)

Born composer Georgi Minčev (1939)

Born composer Leo Nilsson (1939)

Born french composer Louis Robilliard (December 10, 1939)

Born composer Boris Tiščenko (1939 – 2010)

Born composer Peter Wettstein (1939)

Born composer Evžen Zámečník (1939 – 2018)

Died at age 78, italian composer Stanislao Gastaldon (April 7, 1861 – March 7, 1939)

Died at age 40, american composer Charlie Irvis (May 6, 1899 – 1939)

Died at age 59, spanish composer Manuel Penella (July 31, 1880 – January 24, 1939)

Died at age 65, austrian composer Franz Schmidt (December 22, 1874 – February 11, 1939)

Died at age 69, french composer Charles Tournemire (January 22, 1870, Bordeaux – November 4, 1939, Arcachon)

1938

Born american composer William Bolcom (May 26, 1938, Seattle)

Born american composer John Corigliano (February 16, 1938)

Born slovak composer Michal Galovec (November 19, 1938, Svätuša (okres Trebišov) – November 20, 2021, región horná Nitra)

Born composer Werner Jacob (1938 – 2006)

Born american playwright Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938, St. Petersburg – March 24, 2020, Sarasota)

Born american composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021)

Born french-chinese composer of Swiss origin Tona Scherchen (March 12, 1938, Neuchâtel)

Born ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk (July 13, 1938 – June 1, 2020)

Born czech composer Karel Svoboda (December 19, 1938 – January 28, 2007)

Died at age 68, american composer Leopold Godowsky (February 13, 1870 – November 21, 1938)

Died at age 42, ukrainian composer Viktor Kosenko (23 November 1896 – 3 October 1938)

Died at age 60, catalan composer Miguel Llobet (October 18, 1878, Barcelona – February 22, 1938, Barcelona)

1937

Born american composer Philip Glass (January 31, 1937, Baltimore)

Born bulgarian composer Stefan Ikonomov (1937 – 1994)

Born norwegian composer Alfred Janson (March 10, 1937, Oslo – May 19, 2019)

Born slovak composer Peter Kolman (May 29, 1937, Bratislava – November 5, 2022, Deutsch-Wagram)

Born composer Pavle Mihelčič (1937)

Born composer Robert Moran (1937)

Born slovak composer Tadeáš Salva (October 22, 1937 – January 3, 1995)

Born ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov (September 30, 1937)

Born american composer John Weaver (April 27, 1937)

Died at age 62, slovak composer Viliam Figuš-Bystrý (February 28, 1875 – May 11, 1937)

Died at age 39, american composer George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937)

Died at age 47, english composer Ivor Gurney (August 28, 1890 – December 26, 1937)

Died at age 79, hungarian composer Jenő Hubay (September 15, 1858 – March 12, 1937)

Died at age 63, russian composer Georgij Izvekov (February 24, 1874, Kaluga – November 27, 1937)

Died at age 82, czech composer Josef Klička (December 15, 1855 – March 28, 1937)

Died at age 74, french composer Gabriel Pierné (August 16, 1863 – July 17, 1937)

Died at age 62, french composer Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937)

Died at age 68, french composer Albert Roussel (April 5, 1869, Tourcoing – August 23, 1937, Royan)

Died at age 55, polish composer Karol Szymanowski (October 3, 1882 – March 29, 1937)

Died at age 67, french composer Louis Vierne (October 8, 1870 – June 2, 1937)

Died at age 93, french composer Charles-Marie Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937)

1936

Born composer Pauls Dambis (1936)

Born composer Jurij Falik (1936 – 2009)

Born israeli composer Giora Feidman (March 26, 1936, Buenos Aires)

Born composer Sten Hanson (1936 – 2013)

Born latvian composer Romualds Kalsons (September 7, 1936, Riga – November 15, 2024)

Born composer Krasimir Kjurkčijski (1936 – 2011)

Born slovak composer Ladislav Kupkovič (March 17, 1936, Bratislava – June 15, 2016, Haste (D))

Born slovak composer Dušan Martinček (June 19, 1936, Prešov – August 30, 2006, Bratislava)

Born composer Colin Mawby (1936 – 2019)

Born composer Viačeslav Ovčinikov (1936 – 2019)

Born slovak composer Ivan Parík (August 17, 1936 – March 2, 2005)

Born composer Arnošt Parsch (1936 – 2013)

Born american composer Steve Reich (October 3, 1936, New York City)

Born composer Bengt-Göran Sköld (1936)

Born composer Tamás Ungváry (1936)

Born american composer Eugene “Gene” Watts (February 22, 1936)

Died at age 93, slovak composer Ján Levoslav Bella (September 4, 1843, Liptovský Sv. Mikuláš – May 25, 1936, Bratislava)

Died at age 38, spanish poet, playwright, composer Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros – August 18, 1936, Víznar)

Died at age 71, russian composer Alexander Glazunov (July 29, 1865, Saint Petersburg – March 21, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Died at age 57, italian composer Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 – April 18, 1936)

1935

Born israeli composer Ora Bat Chaim (September 4, 1935)

Born czech composer Luboš Fišer (September 30, 1935, Prague – June 22, 1999, Prague)

Born georgian composer Giya Kancheli (August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019)

Born composer Georg Katzer (1935 – 2019)

Born mexican composer Armando Manzanero (July 7, 1935 – December 28, 2020)

Born composer Nicholas Maw (1935 – 2009)

Born estonian composer Arvo Pärt (September 11, 1935)

Born swedish composer Folke Rabe (October 28, 1935, Bromma parish – September 25, 2017, Stockholms Sankt Matteus)

Born american composer Terry Riley (June 24, 1935)

Born composer Peter Schat (1935 – 2003)

Born german composer Hansjürgen Schmidt (August 26, 1935, Jena – August 16, 2022)

Born czech composer Jiří Teml (June 24, 1935)

Born slovak composer Bohumil Urban (January 30, 1935 – December 07, 2019)

Died at age 50, austrian composer Alban Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935)

Died at age 55, brazilian composer José Gomes “Zequinha” de Abreu (September 19, 1880 – January 22, 1935)

Died at age 70, french composer Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935)

Died at age 45, argentine composer Carlos Gardel (December 11, 1890 – June 24, 1935)

Died at age 71, norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen (March 15, 1864 – December 4, 1935)

Died at age 76, russian composer Michail Ippolitov-Ivanov (November 7, 1859, Gatchina – January 28, 1935, Moscow)

Died at age 70, armenian composer Soghomon Komitas (October 8, 1865, Kütahya – October 22, 1935, Paris)

Died at age 56, czech composer Otakar Ostrčil (February 25, 1879, Prague – August 20, 1935, Prague)

Died at age 61, czech composer Josef Suk (January 4, 1874 – May 29, 1935)

Died at age 70, russian composer Alexander Winkler (March 3, 1865, Kharkiv – August 6, 1935, Besançon)

1934

Born english composer Harrison Birtwistle (July 15, 1934, Accrington – April 18, 2022, Mere)

Born composer Frans Brüggen (1934 – 2014)

Born composer Peter Dickinson (1934 – 2023)

Born composer Irving Srul Glick (1934 – 2002)

Born bulgarian composer Vasil Kazandžiev (September 10, 1934, Ruse – July 28, 2026, Sofia)

Born czech composer Jan Klusák (April 18, 1934)

Born german composer Siegfried Matthus (April 13, 1934, Zadorozhye – August 27, 2021, Stolzenhagen)

Born english composer Peter Maxwell Davies (September 8, 1934, Salford – March 14, 2016, Sanday)

Born american composer Raymond Premru (June 6, 1934 – May 8, 1998)

Born german composer Alfred Schnittke (November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998)

Born romanian composer Cornel Ţăranu (June 20, 1934, Cluj-Napoca – June 18, 2023, Cluj-Napoca)

Born american composer Dale Wood (February 13, 1934 – April 13, 2003)

Died at age 72, english composer Frederick Delius (January 29, 1862 – June 10, 1934)

Died at age 77, english composer Edward Elgar (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934)

Died at age 60, english composer Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874 – May 25, 1934)

Died at age 69, british composer Edwin Lemare (September 9, 1865 – September 24, 1934)

Died at age 52, russian composer Grigorij Ľubimov (1882 – 1934)

1933

Born slovak composer, conductor Pavol Bagin (May 11, 1933, Košice – January 4, 2013, Bratislava)

Born composer Leonardo Balada (1933)

Born british composer John Barry (November 3, 1933 – January 30, 2011)

Born bulgarian composer Dimitar Christov (October 2, 1933 – February 26, 2017, Sofia)

Born composer Nodar Gabunija (1933 – 2000)

Born american composer Gordon Getty (December 20, 1933, Los Angeles)

Born polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (December 6, 1933 – November 12, 2010)

Born composer Alexander Kolker (1933 – 2023)

Born composer István Láng (1933 – 2019)

Born slovak composer Jozef Malovec (March 24, 1933, Hurbanovo – October 7, 1998, Bratislava)

Born composer Arif Melikov (1933 – 2019)

Born composer Arne Mellnäs (1933 – 2002)

Born composer Akira Miyoshi (1933 – 2013)

Born polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (November 23, 1933 – March 29, 2020)

Born canadian composer Raymond Murray Schafer (July 18, 1933, Sarnia – August 14, 2021)

Born american saxophone, composer Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933, Newark – March 2, 2023, Los Angeles)

Died at age 85, french composer Henri Duparc (January 21, 1848, former 1st arrondissement of Paris – February 12, 1933, Mont-de-Marsan)

Died at age 56, german composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert (November 21, 1877 – April 9, 1933)

1932

Born spanish composer Luis Bedmar (October 23, 1932)

Born german composer Klaus-Peter Bruchmann (October 16, 1932 – August 21, 2017)

Born slovak composer Wiliam Bukový (January 18, 1932, Lučenec – July 31, 1968, Prague)

Born composer Niccolò Castiglioni (1932 – 1996)

Born composer François Glorieux (1932)

Born czech composer Jaromír Hnilička (February 11, 1932, Bratislava – December 7, 2016, Brno)

Born polish composer Wojciech Kilar (July 17, 1932 – December 29, 2013)

Born czech composer Marek Kopelent (April 28, 1932, Prague – March 12, 2023, Prague)

Born composer Bronius Kutavičius (1932 – 2021)

Born french composer Francis Lai (April 26, 1932 – November 7, 2018)

Born french composer Michel Legrand (February 24, 1932 – January 26, 2019)

Born spanish composer Manuel Moreno-Buendía (March 25, 1932)

Born composer Per Nørgard (1932)

Born american composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (June 14, 1932 – March 9, 2004)

Born romanian composer Doru Popovici (February 17, 1932, Reșița – March 5, 2019, Bucharest)

Born estonian composer Jaan Rääts (October 15, 1932 – December 25, 2020)

Born composer Petr Řezníček (1932 – 2020)

Born russian composer Rodion Ščedrin (December 16, 1932, Moscow – August 29, 2025, Munich)

Born american composer Lalo Schifrin (June 12, 1932)

Born composer Christfried Schmidt (1932 – 2024)

Born russian composer Sergej Slonimskij (August 12, 1932, Saint Petersburg – February 9, 2020, Saint Petersburg)

Born composer Antoine Tisné (1932 – 1998)

Born american composer John Williams (February 8, 1932, New York City)

Born slovak composer Ilja Zeljenka (December 21, 1932, Bratislava – July 13, 2007, Bratislava)

Died at age 50, romanian composer Gheorghe Cucu (February 11, 1882 – August 24, 1932)

Died at age 68, german composer Eugen d’Albert (April 10, 1864, Glasgow – March 3, 1932, Riga)

Died at age 84, belgian-french composer Pierre De Geyter (October 8, 1848, Ghent – September 26, 1932, Saint-Denis)

Died at age 86, german composer Franz Ries (April 7, 1846 – January 20, 1932)

Died at age 78, american composer John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932)

Died at age 52, spanish composer Reveriano Soutullo (July 11, 1880 – November 29, 1932)

1931

Born slovak sound engineer, composer Ján Backstuber (April 2, 1931, Bratislava – February 1, 2021, Rohovce, okr. Dunajská Streda)

Born american composer David Nathaniel Baker (December 21, 1931, Indianapolis – March 26, 2016, Bloomington)

Born slovak composer Miro Bázlik (April 12, 1931, Partizánska Ľupča – August 29, 2024, Bratislava)

Born maltese composer Charles Camilleri (September 7, 1931, Ħamrun – January 3, 2009, Malta)

Born russian composer of Tatar origin Sofia Gubaidulina (October 24, 1931, Chistopol – March 13, 2025, Appen)

Born composer Joan Guinjoan (1931 – 2019)

Born composer Hikaru Hayashi (1931 – 2012)

Born argentine-german composer Mauricio Kagel (December 24, 1931, Buenos Aires – September 18, 2008, Cologne)

Born composer Jorge Morel (1931 – 2021)

Born slovak composer of Czech origin Juraj Pospíšil (January 14, 1931, Olomouc – September 20, 2007, Bratislava)

Born composer Toma Prošev (1931 – 1996)

Born bulgarian composer Penčo Stojanov (February 9, 1931, Sofia – November 24, 2020)

Born composer Yuzoh Toyama (1931 – 2023)

Died at age 77, american composer George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931)

Died at age 66, danish composer Carl Nielsen (June 9, 1865 – October 3, 1931)

Died at age 41, spanish composer Juan Vert (April 22, 1890 – February 16, 1931)

Died at age 73, belgian composer Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931)

1930

Born english composer Lionel Bart (August 1, 1930, Stepney – April 3, 1999, Hammersmith)

Born slovak composer Roman Berger (August 9, 1930, Cieszyn – December 22, 2020, Bratislava)

Born french composer Jean Guillou (April 18, 1930 – January 26, 2019)

Born austrian composer Friedrich Gulda (May 16, 1930, Vienna – January 27, 2000, Steinbach am Attersee)

Born composer Roberto Hazon (1930 – 2022)

Born composer Hans Kox (1930 – 2019)

Born german composer Hermann Gabriel Kummer (1930 – 2008)

Born american composer Lorin Maazel (March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014)

Born japanese composer Yutaka Makino (July 5, 1930, Tokyo – January 29, 2005)

Born composer Usko Meriläinen (1930 – 2004)

Born composer Minoru Miki (1930 – 2011)

Born composer Edgar Ohanesian (1930 – 1998)

Born spanish composer Luis de Pablo (January 28, 1930, Bilbao – October 10, 2021, Madrid)

Born composer Dobri Palijev (1930 – 2013)

Born composer Richard Peaslee (1930 – 2016)

Born american composer William Perry (1930)

Born composer Andrej Petrov (1930 – 2006)

Born composer Miroslav Raichl (1930 – 1998)

Born slovak composer Pavol Šimai (June 29, 1930 – February 9, 2020)

Born american composer Stephen Sondheim (March 22, 1930, Manhattan – November 26, 2021, Roxbury)

Born composer Toshiya Sukegawa (1930)

Born japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996)

Born estonian composer Veljo Tormis (August 7, 1930, Kuusalu Rural Municipality – January 21, 2017, Tallinn)

Born polish composer Romuald Twardowski (June 17, 1930 – January 13, 2024)

Died at age 56, czech composer Oskar Nedbal (March 26, 1874 – December 24, 1930)

Died at age 64, composer Jurij Sachnovskij (1866 – 1930)

Died at age 36, british composer Peter Warlock (October 30, 1894 – December 17, 1930)

1929

Born cameroonian composer Francis Bebey (July 15, 1929, Douala – May 28, 2001, Paris)

Born german composer Wilhelm Berger (December 4, 1929, Rupea – March 8, 1993, Bukurešť)

Born polish composer Augustyn Bloch (13 August 1929, Grudziądz – 6 April 2006, Warsaw)

Born composer Josef Boháč (1929 – 2006)

Born composer Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 – 1995)

Born american composer John Carter (November 24, 1929 – March 3, 1991)

Born american composer George Crumb (October 24, 1929, Charleston – February 6, 2022, Media)

Born russian composer Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 – November 24, 1996)

Born composer Frederick Devreese (1929 – 2020)

Born czech composer Petr Eben (January 22, 1929 – October 24, 2007)

Born composer Mohammed Rifaate Garana (January 29, 1929 – April 2, 2017)

Born belarusian composer Jevgenij Glebov (September 10, 1929, Roslavl – January 12, 2000, Minsk)

Born spanish saxophone, composer Pedro Iturralde (July 13, 1929, Falces – November 1, 2020, Madrid)

Born composer Ctirad Kohoutek (1929 – 2011)

Born czech composer Václav Kučera (April 29, 1929, Praha – April 22, 2017, Praha)

Born composer Alexander Lagoya (1929 – 1999)

Born composer Teizo Matsumura (1929 – 2007)

Born composer Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929 – 1997)

Born composer Henri Pousseur (1929 – 2009)

Born serbian composer Dušan Radić (April 10, 1929 – April 3, 2010)

Born composer Bogusław Schäffer (1929 – 2019)

Born australian composer Peter Sculthorpe (April 29, 1929, Launceston – August 8, 2014, Woollahra)

Born bulgarian composer Dimitr Tapkov (July 12, 1929 – May 7, 2011)

Born composer Ferit Tüzün (1929 – 1977)

1928

Born british composer Dennis Armitage (May 28, 1928 – November 5, 2005)

Born polish composer Tadeusz Baird (26 July 1928, Grodzisk Mazowiecki – 2 September 1981, Warsaw)

Born czech composer Lubor Bárta (August 8, 1928, Lubná – November 5, 1972, Prague)

Born composer Du Ming-xin (1928)

Born composer Bengt Hambraeus (1928 – 2000)

Born composer Frigyes Hidas (1928 – 2007)

Born composer Miloslav Ištvan (1928 – 1990)

Born composer Kamilló Lendvay (1928 – 2016)

Born czech composer Zdeněk Lukáš (August 21, 1928 – July 13, 2007)

Born slovak composer Zdeněk Macháček (August 15, 1928 – January 6, 2017)

Born italian composer Ennio Morricone (November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020)

Born composer Uno Naissoo (1928 – 1980)

Born composer Gerd Natschinski (1928 – 2015)

Born british composer Monty Norman (April 4, 1928)

Born composer Tiberiu Olah (1928 – 2002)

Born slovak composer Ján Siváček (May 27, 1928, Myjava – December 16, 1987, Trnava)

Born czech composer Luboš Sluka (September 13, 1928)

Born german composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (August 22, 1928, Mödrath – December 5, 2007, Kürten)

Born composer Alexander Tanev (1928 – 1996)

Born composer Volker Wangenheim (1928 – 2014)

Died at age 72, czech composer Jozef Chládek (March 12, 1856 – March 25, 1928)

Died at age 74, czech composer Leoš Janáček (July 3, 1854 – August 12, 1928)

1927

Born composer Josef Berg (1927 – 1971)

Born french composer Jacques Bondon (December 6, 1927, Boulbon – April 2, 2008, Coulommiers)

Born german composer Martin Böttcher (June 17, 1927, Berlin – April 19, 2019, Westerrönfeld)

Born slovak composer Ladislav Burlas (April 3, 1927, Trnava – February 11, 2024, Bratislava)

Born composer Karl Dietrich (1927 – 2014)

Born italian composer Franco Donatoni (June 9, 1927, Verona – August 17, 2000, Milan)

Born composer Hans Eklund (1927 – 1999)

Born slovak composer Ivan Hrušovský (February 23, 1927 – October 5, 2001)

Born brazilian composer António Carlos Jobim (January 25, 1927, Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994, New York City)

Born soviet composer Lev Kogan (1927 – 2007)

Born composer Siegfried Köhler (1927 – 1984)

Born composer Oddvar Kvam (1927 – 2019)

Born brazilian composer Osvaldo Lacerda (March 23, 1927, São Paulo – July 18, 2011, São Paulo)

Born composer Jiří Matys (1927 – 2016)

Born composer Sulchan Nasidze (1927 – 1996)

Born slovak composer Milan Novák (August 12, 1927 – May 18, 2021)

Born serbian composer Aleksandar Obradović (August 22, 1927, Bled – April 1, 2001, Belehrad)

Born composer Simeon Pironkov (1927 – 2000)

Born american composer Stuart Sankey (December 31, 1927 – May 1, 2000)

Born german composer Rolf Wilhelm (June 23, 1927 – January 17, 2013)

Born composer Gaziza Žubanova (1927 – 1993)

Died at age 80, austrian composer Robert Fuchs (February 15, 1847 – February 19, 1927)

Died at age 65, slovak composer Miloš Lihovecký (1862 – 1927)

1926

Born austrian composer Friedrich Cerha (February 17, 1926, Vienna – February 14, 2023, Vienna)

Born american composer Miles Davis (May 26, 1926, Alton – September 28, 1991, Santa Monica)

Born american composer Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926, New York City – September 3, 1987, Buffalo)

Born austrian composer Paul Walter Fürst (April 25, 1926 – February 28, 2013)

Born german composer Hans Werner Henze (July 1, 1926 – October 27, 2012)

Born british composer of Austrian origin Joseph Horovitz (May 26, 1926, Vienna – February 9, 2022, London)

Born czech composer Ivan Jirko (October 7, 1926, Prague – August 20, 1978, Dobříš)

Born hungarian composer György Kurtág (February 19, 1926)

Born swedish composer Lars Johan Werle (June 23, 1926, Gävle – August 3, 2001)

Born german composer Ruth Zechlin (June 22, 1926, Großhartmannsdorf – August 4, 2007, Munich)

Born slovak composer Ján Zimmer (May 16, 1926 – January 21, 1993)

Died at age 73, german composer Hans Koessler (January 1, 1853, Kemnath – May 23, 1926, Ansbach)

Died at age 60, british composer Charles Wood (June 15, 1866 – July 12, 1926)

1925

Born composer Venjamin Basner (1925 – 1996)

Born italian composer Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003)

Born composer André Boucourechliev (1925 – 1997)

Born french composer Pierre Boulez (March 5, 1925 – January 5, 2016)

Born composer Boris Čajkovskij (1925 – 1996)

Born composer Manus Chadzidakis (1925 – 1994)

Born georgian composer Sulchan Cincadze (August 23, 1925, Gori – September 15, 1991, Tbilisi)

Born composer Thomas Christian David (1925 – 2006)

Born composer Andrej Ešpaj (1925 – 2015)

Born czech composer Oldřich Flosman (April 5, 1925, Plzeň – October 12, 1998, Prague)

Born british composer Ron Goodwin (February 17, 1925 – January 8, 2003)

Born dutch composer Robert Heppener (August 9, 1925, Amsterdam – August 25, 2009)

Born american composer Richard Hoffmann (April 20, 1925, Vienna – June 24, 2021)

Born composer Berthold Hummel (1925 – 2002)

Born slovak composer Miloslav Kořínek (January 29, 1925, Brno – July 8, 1998, Bratislava)

Born composer Harry Somers (1925 – 1999)

Born slovak composer, conductor Jozef Štelcer (April 14, 1925, Tábor – January 6, 1979, Bratislava)

Born slovak composer Ján Valach (September 22, 1925 – November 20, 2019)

Born russian composer Vladimir Vavilov (May 5, 1925 – March 11, 1973)

Born ukrainian composer Vladimir Vermenich (August 3, 1925 – December 11, 1986)

Born british composer David Watkins (1925)

Born czech composer Lubomír Železný (March 16, 1925, Ostrava – September 29, 1979, Prague)

Died at age 64, italian composer Marco Enrico Bossi (April 25, 1861, Salò – February 20, 1925, Atlantic Ocean)

Died at age 47, french composer André Caplet (November 23, 1878 – April 22, 1925)

Died at age 46, italian composer Stefano Donaudy (February 21, 1879 – May 30, 1925)

Died at age 81, french composer Eugène Gigout (March 23, 1844 – December 9, 1925)

Died at age 71, german-polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (August 23, 1854, Wrocław – March 4, 1925, Paris)

Died at age 59, french composer Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925)

1924

Born british composer Ian Balfour (December 21, 1924 – April 14, 2013)

Born american composer Thomas Beversdorf (August 8, 1924 – February 15, 1981)

Born american composer Arthur Frackenpohl (April 23, 1924, Irvington – June 8, 2019, Pittsford)

Born french composer Maurice Jarre (September 13, 1924 – March 28, 2009)

Born composer Milko Kelemen (1924 – 2018)

Born american composer Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)

Born composer Luigi Nono (1924 – 1990)

Born czech composer Ivan Rezáč (November 5, 1924, Řevnice – December 26, 1977, Prague)

Born composer Vladimír Rubin (1924 – 2021)

Born czech composer Miloš Sedmidubský (February 21, 1924, Rokycany – April 13, 1995, Proseč pod Ještědem)

Born georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 1989)

Died at age 78, composer Alexander Archangeľskij (1846 – 1924)

Died at age 58, italian composer Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924)

Died at age 79, french composer Gabriel Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924)

Died at age 65, russian composer Sergei Lyapunov (November 30 [November 18], 1859 – November 8, 1924)

Died at age 66, italian composer Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924)

1923

Born french composer Maurice Allard (May 25, 1923 – May 5, 2004)

Born brazilian composer Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 – September 21, 1980)

Born belgian composer Karel Goeyvaerts (June 8, 1923, Antwerp – February 3, 1993, Antwerp)

Born composer Viktor Kalabis (1923 – 2006)

Born hungarian composer György Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006)

Born composer Kenneth G. Mills (1923 – 2004)

Born composer Günther Mittergradnegger (1923 – 1992)

Born composer Kacutoši Nagasawa (1923 – 2008)

Born polish composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski (October 3, 1923 – December 21, 2017)

Born composer Jiří Válek (1923 – 2005)

Born romanian violin, conductor Ion Voicu (October 8, 1923, Bucharest – February 24, 1997, Bucharest)

Died at age 54, french composer Vassily Brandt (1869 – 1923)

Died at age 69, spanish composer Gerónimo Giménez (October 10, 1854 – February 19, 1923)

Died at age 85, french composer Henri Messerer (1838 – 1923)

Died at age 38, croatian composer Dora Pejačević (Sepember 10, 1885 – March 5, 1923)

1922

Born american composer Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004)

Born composer Antonio Bibalo (1922 – 2008)

Born slovak composer Miroslav Brož (June 2, 1922, Banja Luka – October 21, 1991, Bratislava)

Born american composer Neal Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008)

Born czech composer Ilja Hurník (November 25, 1922, Poruba – September 7, 2013, Prague)

Born romanian composer Tudor Jarda (February 11, 1922, Cluj-Napoca – August 13, 2007)

Born polish composer Andrzej Koszewski (July 26, 1922, Poznań – February 17, 2015, Poznań)

Born composer Uroš Krek (1922 – 2008)

Born czech composer Zdeněk Liška (March 16, 1922 – July 13, 1983)

Born czech composer Otmar Mácha (October 2, 1922 – December 14, 2006)

Born czech composer Josef Matěj (February 19, 1922, Brušperk – March 28, 1992, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí)

Born composer Kirill Molčanov (1922 – 1982)

Born composer Pierre Petit (1922 – 2000)

Born polish composer Kazimierz Serocki (March 3, 1922, Toruń – January 9, 1981, Warsaw)

Born french composer Iannis Xenakis (May 29, 1922 – February 4, 2001)

Died at age 79, austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer (May 2, 1843 – November 14, 1922)

1921

Born composer Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006)

Born armenian composer Adam Chudojan (February 21, 1921, Yerevan – April 1, 2000, Yerevan)

Born french composer Jeanne Demessieux (February 14, 1921 – November 11, 1968)

Born slovak composer Oto Ferenczy (March 30, 1921 – May 3, 2000)

Born composer Fritz Geissler (1921 – 1984)

Born american composer Ernest Gold (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999)

Born composer Joonas Kokkonen (1921 – 1996)

Born swedish composer Ingvar Lidholm (February 24, 1921, Jönköping – October 17, 2017, Salem)

Born composer Eduard Mirzojan (1921 – 2012)

Born czech composer Jan Novák (April 8, 1921 – November 17, 1984)

Born argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992)

Born composer András Szöllősy (1921 – 2007)

Born composer Jan Tausinger (1921 – 1980)

Born composer Billy Taylor (1921 – 2010)

Died at age 67, german composer Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854, Siegburg – September 27, 1921, Neustrelitz)

Died at age 86, french composer Camille Saint-Saëns (October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921)

Died at age 74, french composer Anselme Vinée (1847 – 1921)

1920

Born armenian composer Alexander Arutjunjan (September 23, 1920, Yerevan – March 28, 2012, Yerevan)

Born american piano, composer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920, Concord – December 5, 2012, Norwalk)

Born composer Karen Chačaturjan (1920 – 2011)

Born bulgarian composer Bencion Eliezer (September 8, 1920, Sofii – September 19, 1993, Sofii)

Born hungarian composer Pál Járdányi (January 30, 1920 – July 29, 1966)

Born composer Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist (1920 – 2000)

Born dutch composer Willem Vogel (May 2, 1920, Amsterdam – October 7, 2010, Amsterdam)

Born czech composer Zbyněk Vostřák (June 10, 1920, Prague – August 4, 1985, Strakonice)

Died at age 80, french composer François Borne (August 30, 1840 – February 5, 1920)

Died at age 82, german composer Max Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 2, 1920)

1919

Born composer Sven-Erik Bäck (1919 – 1994)

Born czech composer Miroslav Barvík (September 14, 1919, Lužice – March 2, 1998, Brno)

Born azerbaijani composer Soltan Hajibeyov (May 5, 1919 – September 19, 1974)

Born czech composer Gideon Klein (December 6, 1919 – January, 1945)

Born american composer Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – 4.2.1987)

Born composer Štěpán Lucký (1919 – 2006)

Born composer Siegfried Naumann (1919 – 2001)

Born czech composer Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 – 21 December 2007)

Born composer Tibor Sárai (1919 – 1995)

Born russian composer Galina Ustvoľskaja (June 17, 1919, Saint Petersburg – December 22, 2006, Saint Petersburg)

Born polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996)

Born slovak composer Alfréd Zemanovský (September 2, 1919, Linz – March 4, 1994, Banská Bystrica)

Died at age 60, czech composer Jan Geissel (1859 – 1919)

Died at age 62, italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (April 23, 1857 – August 9, 1919)

1918

Born american composer Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918, Lawrence – October 14, 1990, New York City)

Born composer Gottfried von Einem (1918 – 1996)

Born slovak composer, conductor Tibor Frešo (November 20, 1918 – July 7, 1987)

Born composer Harold Gramatges (1918 – 2008)

Born composer Kara Karajev (1918 – 1982)

Born slovak composer Bartolomej Urbanec (November 12, 1918 – July 02, 1983)

Died at age 76, italian composer Arrigo Boito (February 24, 1842 – June 10, 1918)

Died at age 56, french composer Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918)

Died at age 83, russian composer César Kjuj (January 18, 1835, Vilnius – March 13, 1918, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 35, composer Toivo Kuula (1883 – 1918)

Died at age 86, composer Charles Lecocq (1832 – 1918)

1917

Born slovak composer Tibor Andrašovan (April 3, 1917, Slovenská Ľupča – June 14, 2001, Bratislava)

Born french composer Francis-Paul Demillac (1917 – 2014)

Born bulgarian composer Petar Hristoskov (March 08, 1917 – June 19, 2006)

Born french composer Jean Hubeau (June 22, 1917 – August 19, 1992)

Born venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917, Ciudad Bolívar – April 18, 1986, Caracas)

Born composer Rudolf Maros (1917 – 1982)

Born composer András Mihály (1917 – 1993)

Born composer Oskar Morawetz (1917 – 2007)

Born american composer Charlie Shavers (August 3, 1917 – July 8, 1971)

Born south korean-german composer Isang Yun (September 17, 1917, South Gyeongsang – November 3, 1995, Berlin)

Died at age 52, italian composer Eduardo di Capua (March 12, 1865 – October 3, 1917)

Died at age 49, american composer Scott Joplin (March 31, 1868, Texarkana – April 1, 1917, New York City)

Died at age 91, austrian composer Ludwig Aloisius Minkus (March 23, 1826, Vienna – December 7, 1917, Vienna)

Died at age 82, english composer Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (October 7, 1835 – 1917)

1916

Born composer Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916 – 1968)

Born french composer Henri Dutilleux (January 22, 1916, Angers – May 22, 2013, Paris)

Born argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983)

Born slovak composer Zdenko Mikula (November 27, 1916 – October 31, 2012)

Born composer Jean Papineau-Couture (1916 – 2000)

Born russian composer Nikolaj Pejko (March 12, 1916, Moscow – July 1, 1995, Moscow)

Born swedish composer Stig Rybrant (August 8, 1916 – August 9, 1985)

Born czech composer Jan Rychlík (April 27, 1916 – January 20, 1964)

Died at age 68, italian composer Oscar Chilesotti (July 12, 1848, Bassano del Grappa – June 23, 1916, Bassano del Grappa)

Died at age 44, czech composer Július Fučík (June 8, 1872 – September 25, 1916)

Died at age 49, spanish composer Enrique Granados (July 27, 1867 – March 24, 1916)

Died at age 43, german composer Max Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916)

Died at age 70, italian composer Francesco Paolo Tosti (April 9, 1846 – December 2, 1916)

1915

Born argentine composer José Bragato (October 12, 1915, Udine – July 18, 2017)

Born composer Evencio Castellanos (1915 – 1984)

Born czech composer Jan Hanuš (May 2, 1915, Prague – July 30, 2004, Prague)

Born composer Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915 – 1940)

Born japanese composer Masao Matsumoto (1915 – 1996)

Born composer Humphrey Searle (1915 – 1982)

Born russian composer Georgy Sviridov (December 16, 1915 – January 6, 1998)

Born american composer Earl Wild (November 26, 1915, Pittsburgh – January 23, 2010, Palm Springs)

Died at age 43, russian composer Alexander Scriabin (January 6, 1872 [December 25, 1871] – April 27 [April 14], 1915)

Died at age 59, russian composer Sergej Ivanovič Tanejev (November 13, 1856, Vladimir – June 6, 1915, Dyudkovo)

Died at age 78, french composer Émile Waldteufel (December 9, 1837 – February 12, 1915)

1914

Born croatian composer Natko Devčić (June 30, 1914, Glina – September 4, 1997, Zagreb)

Born slovak composer Dezider Kardoš (December 23, 1914 – March 18, 1991)

Born spanish composer Mato Hermida (1914 – 1994)

Born polish-british composer Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914, Warsaw – October 27, 1991, Twickenham)

Died at age 64, austrian composer Richard Heuberger (June 18, 1850, Graz – October 28, 1914, Vienna)

Died at age 59, russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (May 12 [April 30], 1855 – August 28 [August 15] , 1914)

Died at age 49, french composer Albéric Magnard (June 9, 1865, Paris – September 3, 1914, Baron)

Died at age 56, czech composer Jan Hanuš Trneček (May 16, 1858 – March 28, 1914)

1913

Born english composer Benjamin Britten (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976)

Born american composer Sammy Cahn (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993)

Born composer Tichon Chrennikov (1913 – 2007)

Born composer Johann Cilenšek (1913 – 1998)

Born georgian composer Revaz Gabičvadze (May 29, 1913, Tbilisi – June 9, 1999, Tbilisi)

Born american composer Morton Gould (December 10, 1913, Richmond Hill – February 21, 1996, Orlando)

Born slovak composer Ladislav Holoubek (August 13, 1913 – September 4, 1994)

Born composer Miroslav Kofroň (1913 – 1978)

Born slovak musicologist, music historian, composer Jozef Kresánek (December 20, 1913, Čičmany – March 14, 1986, Bratislava)

Born latvian composer Jānis Līcītis (May 18, 1913, Matīši – November 5, 1978, Riga)

Born polish composer Witold Lutosławski (January 25, 1913 – February 7, 1994)

Born composer Alexej Davidovič Mačavariani (1913 – 1995)

Born american composer Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983)

Born composer Igor Morozov (1913 – 1970)

Born composer Celedonio Romero (1913 – 1996)

Born composer Constantin Silvestri (1913 – 1969)

Born composer Miloš Sokola (1913 – 1976)

Born composer John Weinzweig (1913 – 2006)

1912

Born american composer John Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992)

Born american composer Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997)

Born dutch composer Rudolf Escher (January 8, 1912, Amsterdam – March 17, 1980, De Koog)

Born french composer Jean Françaix (May 23, 1912 – September 25, 1997)

Born slovak composer Šimon Jurovský (February 8, 1912, Uľanka – November 8, 1963, Prague)

Born composer Robert Köbler (1912 – 1992)

Born slovak composer Július Kowalski (February 24, 1912, Ostrava – June 2, 2003, Bratislava)

Born mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958)

Born spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge (March 11, 1912 – May 7, 2002)

Born composer Nijazi (1912 – 1984)

Born russian composer Vadim Salmanov (November 4, 1912, Saint Petersburg – February 27, 1978, Saint Petersburg)

Born czech composer, choir master František Šauer (1912 – 1989)

Born composer Endre Székely (1912 – 1989)

Died at age 70, ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko (March 10 (jul.) [March 22 (greg.)], 1842 – October 24 [November 6], 1912)

Died at age 70, french composer Jules Massenet (May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912)

1911

Born french composer Jehan Alain (February 3, 1911, Saint-Germain-en-Laye – June 20, 1940, Saumur)

Born composer Erik Bergman (1911 – 2006)

Born slovak composer Ján Cikker (July 29, 1911 – December 21, 1989)

Born composer Karol Elbert (1911 – 1997)

Born composer Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 – 2007)

Born american composer Emil Newman (January 20, 1911 – August 30, 1984)

Born slovak composer Andrej Očenáš (January 8, 1911 – April 8, 1995)

Born italian composer Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979)

Born slovak composer Teodor Šebo-Martinský (23 October 1911, Martin – 5 August 1980, Bratislava)

Born composer Phyllis Tate (1911 – 1987)

Died at age 36, composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911)

Died at age 74, french composer Alexandre Guilmant (March 12, 1837 – March 29, 1911)

Died at age 51, austrian composer Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860, Kaliště – May 18, 1911, Vienna)

Died at age 55, austrian composer Felix Mottl (August 24, 1856 – July 2, 1911)

Died at age 71, norwegian composer Johan Svendsen (September 30, 1840 – June 14, 1911)

1910

Born american composer Samuel Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981)

Born yugoslav composer of Slovenian origin Bruno Brun (14 August 1910, Hrastnik – 27 February 1978, Belgrade)

Born composer Renato Dionisi (1910 – 2000)

Born czech composer Adolf Langer (June 11, 1910, Rejchartice – February 15, 1986, Ostrava)

Born american composer Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Born czech composer Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910 – September 4, 1999)

Born swiss composer Heinrich Sutermeister (August 12, 1910, Feuerthalen – March 16, 1995, Vaux-sur-Morges)

Born turkish composer Ekrem Zeki Ün (November 23, 1910, Istanbul – March 24, 1987, Dublin)

Born latvian composer Marģeris Zariņš (May 24, 1910, Jaunpiebalga – February 27, 1993, Riga)

Died at age 73, russian composer Mily Balakirev (January 2, 1837 [December 21, 1836] – May 29 [May 16], 1910)

Died at age 35, latvian composer Emīls Dārziņš (November 3, 1875, Jaunpiebalga – August 31, 1910, Riga)

Died at age 62, russian composer Nikolaj Kompanevskij (1848 – 1910)

Died at age 86, german composer Carl Reinecke (June 23, 1824 – March 10, 1910)

1909

Born polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (February 5, 1909, Łódź – January 17, 1969, Warsaw)

Born slovak composer Pavol Braxatoris (February 4, 1909 – January 19, 1980)

Born romanian composer Paul Constantinescu (June 30, 1909, Ploiești – December 20, 1963, Bucharest)

Born czech composer Václav Dobiáš (September 22, 1909, Radčice – May 22, 1978, Praha)

Born hungarian composer László Halmos (November 10, 1909 – January 26, 1997)

Born composer Gaston Litaize (1909 – 1991)

Died at age 49, spanish composer Isaac Albéniz (May 29, 1860, Camprodon – May 18, 1909, Cambo-les-Bains)

Died at age 58, spanish composer Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (March 27, 1851 – March 25, 1909)

Died at age 65, slovak composer Štefan Fajnor (February 16, 1844 – April 26, 1909)

Died at age 33, polish composer Mieczysław Karłowicz (December 11, 1876 – February 8, 1909)

Died at age 53, italian composer Giuseppe Martucci (January 6, 1856 – June 1, 1909)

Died at age 69, slovak composer Karol Ruppeldt (November 22, 1840 – August 18, 1909)

Died at age 57, spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (November 21, 1852 – December 15, 1909)

1908

Born american composer Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975)

Born composer Elliott Carter (1908 – 2012)

Born german composer Hugo Distler (June 24, 1908, Nuremberg – November 1, 1942, Berlin)

Born bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov (September 28, 1908, Kyustendil – February 19, 2000, Espinho)

Born composer Gunnar Hahn (1908 – 2001)

Born czech composer Miloslav Kabeláč (August 1, 1908 – September 17, 1979)

Born swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson (May 15, 1908 – December 27, 1986)

Born french composer Daniel Lesur (November 19, 1908, Paris – July 2, 2002, Paris)

Born composer Nina Makarovová (1908 – 1976)

Born french composer Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)

Born slovak conductor, composer Július Móži (March 27, 1908, Berlin – January 28, 1968, Bratislava)

Born american composer of Cuban origin Joaquín Nin-Culmell (September 5, 1908, Berlin – January 14, 2004, Berkeley)

Born ukrainian composer Mykola Rakov (1908 – 1990)

Born composer Jan Seidel (December 25, 1908, Nymburk – June 23, 1998, Prague)

Born slovak composer Eugen Suchoň (September 25, 1908 – August 5, 1993)

Born polish composer Zbigniew Turski (21 October 1908, Warsaw – 7 January 1979, Otwock)

Died at age 62, spanish composer Federico Chueca (May 5, 1846, Madrid – June 20, 1908, Madrid)

Died at age 79, composer Albert Dietrich (1829 – 1908)

Died at age 48, composer Edward MacDowell (1860 – 1908)

Died at age 64, russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (March 8, 1844 – June 21, 1908)

Died at age 64, spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate (March 10, 1844 – September 20, 1908)

1907

Born slovak composer Gejza Dusík (April 01, 1907 – May 06, 1988)

Born slovak composer Jozef Grešák (December 30, 1907 – April 17, 1987)

Born brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri (February 1, 1907, Tietê – January 13, 1993, São Paulo)

Born composer Karl Höller (1907 – 1987)

Born composer Marjan Kozina (1907 – 1966)

Born slovak composer, piano Rudolf Macudziński (April 29, 1907, Opatija – February 02, 1986, Bratislava)

Born composer Joritsuné Matsudaira (1907 – 2001)

Born belgian composer Pierre Moulaert (September 24, 1907, Saint-Gilles – November 13, 1967, Uccle / Ukkel)

Born composer Ödön Partos (1907 – 1977)

Born hungarian composer György Ránki (November 30, 1907, Budapest – May 22, 1992, Budapest)

Born american composer Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995)

Born turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (September 7, 1907, İzmir – January 6, 1991, Istanbul)

Born composer Vasilij Soloviev-Sedoj (1907 – 1979)

Born composer Antoni Szałowski (1907 – 1973)

Born slovak folklorist, composer, conductor Pavol Tonkovič (January 13, 1907, Podkonice – May 22, 1980, Bratislava)

Born czech composer Václav Trojan (April 24, 1907 – July 5, 1983)

Died at age 64, norwegian composer Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843 – September 4, 1907)

Died at age 52, austrian composer Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. (April 9, 1855, Vienna – April 26, 1907, Vienna)

Died at age 46, austrian composer Ludwig Thuille (November 30, 1861, Bolzano – February 5, 1907, Munich)

1906

Born composer Murray Adaskin (1906 – 2002)

Born german composer Franz Biebl (September 1, 1906 – October 2, 2001)

Born composer Paul Creston (1906 – 1985)

Born turkish composer Ulvi Cemal Erkin (March 14, 1906, Istanbul – September 15, 1972, Ankara)

Born brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali (January 27, 1906, Porto Alegre – February 3, 1988, Rio de Janeiro)

Born latvian composer Jānis Ivanovs (October 9, 1906, Preiļi – March 27, 1983, Riga)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 1942)

Born portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça (December 17, 1906, Tomar – November 27, 1994, Parede)

Born slovak composer Alexander Moyzes (September 4, 1906 – November 20, 1984)

Born croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906, Bad Honnef – October 16, 1991, Zagreb)

Born slovak conductor, composer Ľudovít Rajter (July 30, 1906, Pezinok – July 6, 2000, Bratislava)

Born russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (September 25 [O.S. September 12], 1906, Saint Petersburg – August 9, 1975, Moscow)

Born german composer Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967)

Born american composer Frederick Zimmermann (May 18, 1906 – August 3, 1967)

Died at age 45, russian composer Anton Stepanovič Arenskij (July 12, 1861, Veliky Novgorod – February 25, 1906, Zelenogorsk)

1905

Born american composer Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986)

Born composer František Babušek (1905 – 1954)

Born french composer Eugène Bozza (April 4, 1905, Nice – September 28, 1991, Valenciennes)

Born hungarian composer György Deák-Bárdos (June 5, 1905, Budapest – August 14, 1991, Budapest)

Born spanish composer Ernesto Halffter (January 16, 1905, Madrid – July 5, 1989, Madrid)

Born french composer André Jolivet (August 8, 1905, 18th arrondissement of Paris – December 20, 1974, 7th arrondissement of Paris)

Born composer Léon Orthel (1905 – 1985)

Born british composer Alan Rawsthorne (May 2, 1905, Haslingden – July 24, 1971, Cambridge)

Born composer Mátyás Seiber (1905 – 1960)

Born english composer Michael Tippett (January 2, 1905, London Borough of Hillingdon – January 8, 1998, London)

Born swedish composer Dag Wirén (October 15, 1905 – April 19, 1986)

Died at age 58, composer Ignacio Cervantes (1847 – 1905)

Died at age 67, romanian composer Angheluș Dinicu (1838 – November 7, 1905)

1904

Born american composer Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)

Born italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904, Pazin – February 19, 1975, Florence)

Born lithuanian composer Balys Dvarionas (June 19 [June 6], 1904 – August 23, 1972)

Born russian composer Dmitry Kabalevsky (December 30 [December 17], 1904 – February 14, 1987)

Born american composer Nathan Milstein (January 13, 1904 [December 31, 1903] – December 21, 1992)

Born italian composer Goffredo Petrassi (July 16, 1904, Zagarolo – March 3, 2003, Rome)

Born greek composer Nikos Skalkottas (March 8, 1904, Chalkída – September 19, 1949, Athens)

Born american composer Thomas „Fats“ Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943)

Died at age 63, czech composer Antonín Dvořák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904)

Died at age 63, composer Josef Scheu (1841 – 1904)

Died at age 61, composer Vilhelm Svedbom (1843 – 1904)

1903

Born brazilian composer Ary Barroso (November 7, 1903 – February 9, 1964)

Born composer Lennox Berkeley (1903 – 1989)

Born soviet-armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (May 24, 1903, Tbilisi – May 1, 1978, Moscow)

Born composer Pál Kadosa (1903 – 1983)

Born belgian composer Flor Peeters (July 4, 1903, Antwerp – July 4, 1986, Antwerp)

Born jewish composer Ilse Weber (January 11, 1903 – October 6, 1944)

Died at age 80, german composer Theodor Kirchner (December 10, 1823 – September 18, 1903)

Died at age 55, composer Robert Planquette (1848 – 1903)

Died at age 24, japanese composer Rentarō Taki (August 24, 1879 – June 29, 1903)

Died at age 43, austrian composer Hugo Wolf (March 13, 1860, Slovenj Gradec (Windischgrätz) – February 22, 1903, Vienna)

1902

Born armenian composer Sergej Balasaňan (August 26, 1902 – June 3, 1982)

Born french composer Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902 – June 16, 1986)

Born yugoslav composer of Slovenian origin Mihovil Logar (6 October 1902, Rijeka – 13 January 1998, Belgrade)

Born american composer Jimmie Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947)

Born czech composer František Prášil (October 3, 1902 – May 14, 1981)

Born american composer Richard Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979)

Born composer Bror Samuelson (1902 – 1980)

Born composer Vissarion Jakovlevič Šebalin (1902 – 1963)

Born czech composer Jaromír Vejvoda (March 28, 1902, Praha-Zbraslav – November 13, 1988, Praha-Zbraslav)

Born slovak composer Michal Vilec (August 6, 1902 – March 19, 1979)

Born british composer William Walton (March 29, 1902 – March 8, 1983)

Died at age 57, romanian composer Iosif Ivanovici (1845 – September 28, 1902)

Died at age 55, composer August Klughardt (1847 – 1902)

1901

Born american composer Hugo Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981)

Born composer Emil Hlobil (1901 – 1987)

Born american composer Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988)

Born composer Rudolf Matz (1901 – 1988)

Born american composer Alfred Newman (March 17, 1901, New Haven – February 17, 1970, Hollywood)

Born composer Ernst Pepping (1901 – 1981)

Born spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (November 22, 1901, Sagunto – July 6, 1999, Madrid)

Born american composer Jimmy Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972)

Born french composer Henri Tomasi (August 17, 1901 – January 13, 1971)

Died at age 75, german composer Fridrich Chrysander (July 8, 1826 – September 3, 1901)

Died at age 62, german composer Joseph Rheinberger (March 17, 1839, Vaduz – November 25, 1901, Munich)

Died at age 88, italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901)

1900

Born american composer George Antheil (July 8, 1900, Trenton – February 12, 1959, New York City)

Born italian composer Ettore Bonelli (20 October 1900, Venice – 24 June 1986, Venice)

Born american composer Aaron Copland (14 November 1900 – 2 December 1990)

Born german composer Ernst Fischer (April 10, 1900, Magdeburg – July 10, 1975, Locarno)

Born czech composer Zdeněk Folprecht (January 26, 1900, Turnov – October 29, 1961, Prague)

Born polish composer Paul Kletzki (March 21, 1900 – March 5, 1973)

Born russian composer Alexander Mosolov (August 11 [July 29], 1900 – July 11, 1973)

Born slovenian composer Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (December 17, 1900, Graz – February 27, 1973, Ljubljana)

Born romanian composer Zeno Vancea (October 8, 1900, Bocșa – January 15, 1990, Bucharest)

Born german composer Kurt Weill (March 2, 1900, Dessau – April 3, 1950, New York City)

Died at age 50, czech composer Zdeněk Fibich (December 21, 1850 – October 15, 1900)

Died at age 84, composer Edvard Helsted (1816 – 1900)

1899

Born french composer Georges Auric (February 15, 1899, Lodève, Hérault – July 23, 1983, Paris)

Born hungarian composer Lajos Bárdos (October 1, 1899, Budapest – November 18, 1986, Budapest)

Born mexican composer Carlos Chávez (June 13, 1899, Popotla – August 2, 1978, Mexico City)

Born american composer Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)

Born composer Jan Fadrhons (1899 – 1980)

Born czech composer Pavel Haas (June 21, 1899 – November 17, 1944)

Born american composer Charlie Irvis (May 6, 1899 – 1939)

Born french composer Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963)

Born mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940)

Born american composer Randall Thompson (April 21, 1899 – July 9, 1984)

Born composer Pančo Vladigerov (1899 – 1978)

Born american composer Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956)

Died at age 44, french composer Ernest Chausson (January 20, 1855 – June 10, 1899)

Died at age 74, austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (October 25, 1825, Neubau – June 3, 1899, Vienna)

1898

Born spanish composer Salvador Bacarisse (September 12, 1898, Madrid – August 5, 1963, Paris)

Born austrian composer Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898, Leipzig – September 6, 1962, East Berlin)

Born spanish poet, playwright, composer Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros – August 18, 1936, Víznar)

Born american composer George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937)

Born composer Roy Harris (1898 – 1979)

Born composer Lev Konstantinovič Knipper (1898 – 1974)

Born czech composer František Škvor (December 11, 1898 – May 21, 1970)

Born composer Viktor Ullmann (1898 – 1944)

Born american composer Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898, New York City – April 5, 1946, Denver)

1897

Born austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957)

Born composer György Kósa (1897 – 1984)

Born uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodriguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948)

Born spanish composer Fernando Obradors (November 28, 1897 – October 11, 1945)

Born composer Jozef Rosinský (1897 – 1973)

Born norwegian composer Harald Saeverud (April 17, 1897, Nordnes – March 27, 1992, Bergen)

Born american composer Bob Schafer (July 24, 1897 – September 28, 1943)

Born spanish composer of Basque origin Pablo Sorozábal (September 18, 1897, San Sebastián – December 28, 1988, Madrid)

Born hungarian composer George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970)

Born polish composer Alexandre Tansman (June 12, 1897, Łódź – November 15, 1986, 16th arrondissement of Paris)

Died at age 35, french composer Léon Boëllmann (September 25, 1862 – October 11, 1897)

Died at age 64, german composer Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897)

1896

Born american composer J. C. Johnson (September 14, 1896 – February 27, 1981)

Born ukrainian composer Viktor Kosenko (23 November 1896 – 3 October 1938)

Born cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona (August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963)

Born austrian composer Alois Melichar (April 18, 1896 – April 9, 1976)

Born slovak composer Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky (September 29, 1896 – January 31, 1975)

Born composer Alexander Novikov (1896 – 1984)

Born french composer Jean Rivier (July 21, 1896 – November 6, 1987)

Born american composer Elmer Schoebel (September 8, 1896 – December 14, 1970)

Born croatian composer Josip Slavenski (May 11, 1896, Čakovec – November 30, 1955, Belgrade)

Born composer Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896 – 1963)

Died at age 72, austrian composer Anton Bruckner (September 4, 1824 – October 11, 1896)

Died at age 77, german composer Clara Schumann (September 13, 1819, Leipzig – May 20, 1896, Frankfurt)

Died at age 85, french composer Ambroise Thomas (August 5, 1811, Metz – February 12, 1896, rue du Conservatoire)

1895

Born italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968)

Born composer Johann Nepomuk David (1895 – 1977)

Born composer Jakov Gotovac (1895 – 1982)

Born german composer Paul Hindemith (November 16, 1895 – December 28, 1963)

Born english composer Gordon Jacob (July 5, 1895 – June 8, 1984)

Born ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky (January 3, 1895 – April 15, 1968)

Born german composer Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982)

Born american composer Andy Razaf (16.12.1895 – 3.2.1973)

Born catalan composer Eduard Toldrà (April 7, 1895 – May 31, 1962)

Died at age 76, austrian composer Franz von Suppé (April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895)

1894

Born croatian composer Krešimir Baranović (August 25, 1894, Šibenik – September 17, 1975, Belgrade)

Born american composer Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981)

Born composer Paul Dessau (1894 – 1979)

Born american composer Billy Meyers (July 29, 1894 – January 28, 1972)

Born czech composer Erwin Schulhoff (June 8, 1894 – August 18, 1942)

Born british composer Peter Warlock (October 30, 1894 – December 17, 1930)

Died at age 53, french composer Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894)

Died at age 65, composer Anton Rubinštein (1829 – 1894)

1893

Born romanian composer Alfred Alessandrescu (August 2, 1893, Bucharest – February 18, 1959, Bucharest)

Born composer G. H. Green (1893 – 1970)

Born czech composer Alois Hába (June 21, 1893, Vizovice – November 18, 1973, Prague)

Born spanish composer Federico Mompou (April 16, 1893 – June 30, 1987)

Born polish composer Stanisław Wiechowicz (November 27, 1893, Kroczyce – May 12, 1963, Kraków)

Died at age 53, russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840, Votkinsk – November 6, 1893, Petrohrad)

Died at age 39, italian composer Alfredo Catalani (June 19, 1854 – August 7, 1893)

Died at age 83, composer Ferenc Erkel (1810 – 1893)

Died at age 75, french composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893)

Died at age 71, american composer James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893)

1892

Born american composer Katherine Kennicott Davis (June 25, 1892 – April 20, 1980)

Born american composer Ferde Grofé (March 27, 1892 – April 3, 1972)

Born dutch-belgian composer Oscar van Hemel (August 3, 1892, Antwerp – July 9, 1981, Hilversum)

Born french composer Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955)

Born french composer Darius Milhaud (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974)

Born slovak composer Ján Móry (July 10, 1892 – May 05, 1978)

Born composer Hilding Rosenberg (1892 – 1985)

Born german composer Ernst Roters (July 6, 1892 – August 25, 1961)

Born american composer Eduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, Sambir – November 11, 1964, New York City)

Died at age 69, french composer Édouard Lalo (January 27, 1823 – April 22, 1892)

1891

Born english composer Arthur Bliss (August 2, 1891 – March 27, 1975)

Born american composer Samuel Dushkin (December 13, 1891, Suwałki – June 24, 1976, New York City)

Born american composer Karl King (February 21, 1891, Paintersville – March 31, 1971, Fort Dodge)

Born spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba (March 3, 1891 – September 12, 1982)

Born american composer Jack Pettis (1891)

Born american composer Cole Porter (June 9, 1891, Peru – October 15, 1964, Santa Monica)

Born russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (April 27 [April 15], 1891 – March 5, 1953)

Died at age 55, french composer Léo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891)

1890

Born argentine composer Carlos Gardel (December 11, 1890 – June 24, 1935)

Born english composer Ivor Gurney (August 28, 1890 – December 26, 1937)

Born french composer Jacques Ibert (August 15, 1890 – February 5, 1962)

Born swiss composer Frank Martin (September 15, 1890, Geneva – November 21, 1974, Naarden)

Born czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959)

Born composer Gösta Nystroem (1890 – 1966)

Born spanish composer Juan Vert (April 22, 1890 – February 16, 1931)

Died at age 68, french composer César Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890)

1889

Born ukrainian composer Levko Revutskyi (February 20 [February 8], 1889 – March 30, 1977)

Died at age 68, italian composer Giovanni Bottesini (December 22, 1821 – July 7, 1889)

1888

Born romanian composer Mihail Bârcă (November 5, 1888, Mileștii Mici – October 1, 1973, Craiova)

Born american composer Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971)

Died at age 75, french composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30, 1813, Paris – March 29, 1888, Paris)

1887

Born swedish composer Kurt Atterberg (December 12, 1887 – Februar 15, 1974)

Born french composer Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979)

Born american composer Florence Price (April 9, 1887, Little Rock – June 3, 1953, Chicago)

Born brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959)

Died at age 54, russian composer Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (November 12, 1833 – February 27, 1887)

1886

Born french composer Paul Bazelaire (March 4, 1886 – December 11, 1958)

Born composer Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979)

Born french composer Marcel Dupré (May 3, 1886 – May 30, 1971)

Born danish composer Launy Grøndahl (June 30, 1886, Ordrup – January 21, 1960, Frederiksberg)

Born basque-spanish composer Jesús Guridi (September 25, 1886, Vitoria-Gasteiz – April 7, 1961, Madrid)

Born swiss composer Othmar Schoeck (September 1, 1886, Brunnen – March 8, 1957, Zurich)

Died at age 86, composer Eduard Grell (1800 – 1886)

Died at age 75, hungarian composer Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886)

Died at age 52, italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 – January 17, 1886)

1885

Born slovak composer Alexander Albrecht (August 12, 1885, Arad – August 30, 1958, Bratislava)

Born hungarian composer Dezsö Antalffy-Zsiross (July 24, 1885, Zrenjanin – April 29, 1945, Denville railway station)

Born composer Agustín Barrios (1885 – 1944)

Born austrian composer Alban Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935)

Born british composer Benjamin Dale (July 17, 1885 – July 30, 1943)

Born american composer Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885, Manhattan – November 11, 1945, New York City)

Born croatian composer Dora Pejačević (Sepember 10, 1885 – March 5, 1923)

Born french composer Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885 – August 17, 1961)

Born ukrainian composer Nisim Lvovich Saslavsky (September 4, 1885, Poltava – August 1, 1965, New York)

Born hungarian composer Leó Weiner (April 16, 1885 – September 13, 1960)

Died at age 53, american composer Leopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885)

1884

Born french composer Joseph Bonnet (March 17, 1884 – August 2, 1944)

Born british composer York Bowen (February 22, 1884 – November 23, 1961)

Born composer Antoni Pérez Moya (1884 – 1964)

Born composer Ture Rangström (1884 – 1947)

Born composer David Wikander (1884 – 1955)

Died at age 60, czech composer Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 – May 12, 1884)

1883

Born composer Alexandr Vasilievič Alexandrov (1883 – 1946)

Born italian composer Alfredo Casella (July 25, 1883, Turin – March 5, 1947, Rome)

Born romanian composer Francisc Hubic (October 21, 1883, Abram – 1947)

Born slovak composer Frico Kafenda (November 2, 1883 – September 3, 1963)

Born composer Jaroslav Kocián (1883 – 1950)

Born composer Toivo Kuula (1883 – 1918)

Born brazilian composer João Pernambuco (November 2, 1883, Jatobá – October 16, 1947, Rio de Janeiro)

Born slovak organ, composer, teacher Ernest Schumera (January 12, 1883, Spišské Podhradie (Spišská Kapitula) – August 17, 1962, Trnava)

Born french composer Edgard Varèse (December 22, 1883, Paris – November 6, 1965, New York City)

Born austrian composer Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945)

Born composer Guy Weitz (1883 – 1970)

Born czech composer Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (November 10, 1883, Ivanovice na Hané – November 5, 1951, Prague)

Died at age 78, french guitar, composer Napoleon Coste (June 27, 1805, Amondans – January 14, 1883, Paris)

Died at age 68, german composer Robert Volkmann (April 6, 1815, Lommatzsch – October 29, 1883, Pest)

Died at age 70, german composer Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883)

1882

Born romanian composer Gheorghe Cucu (February 11, 1882 – August 24, 1932)

Born australian composer Percy Grainger (July 8, 1882 – February 20, 1961)

Born hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán (October 24, 1882 – October 30, 1953)

Born hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Křička (August 27, 1882 – January 23, 1969)

Born russian composer Grigorij Ľubimov (1882 – 1934)

Born mexican composer Manuel María Ponce (December 8, 1882 – April 24, 1948)

Born english composer Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882, London – September 13, 1977, Nether Wallop)

Born russian composer Igor Stravinsky (June 17 [June 5], 1882 – April 6, 1971)

Born polish composer Karol Szymanowski (October 3, 1882 – March 29, 1937)

Born spanish composer Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949)

Died at age 72, composer Anton Hyrtl (1810 – 1882)

Died at age 60, german composer Joachim Raff (May 27, 1822 – June 24, 1882)

1881

Born british composer Kenneth J. Alford (February 21, 1881 – May 15, 1945)

Born hungarian composer Béla Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945)

Born romanian composer George Enescu (August 19, 1881, George Enescu – May 4, 1955, Paris)

Born american composer Henry Fillmore (December 3, 1881 – December 7, 1956)

Born american composer Arthur Hartmann (July 23, 1881 – March 30, 1956)

Born russian composer Nikolaj Mjaskovskij (April 8, 1881, Modlin Fortress – August 8, 1950, Moscow)

Born composer Miloš Ruppeldt (1881 – 1943)

Born slovak composer Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský (May 24, 1881 – May 28, 1958)

Died at age 42, russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881)

Died at age 88, bulgarian monk, teacher, linguist, writer Nikola Rilski (1793 – January 4, 1881)

Died at age 61, belgian composer Henri Vieuxtemps (February 17, 1820 – June 6, 1881)

1880

Born american composer Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959)

Born brazilian composer José Gomes “Zequinha” de Abreu (September 19, 1880 – January 22, 1935)

Born spanish composer Manuel Penella (July 31, 1880 – January 24, 1939)

Born spanish composer Reveriano Soutullo (July 11, 1880 – November 29, 1932)

Born canadian composer Healey Willan (October 12, 1880, Balham – February 16, 1968, Toronto)

Died at age 78, french composer Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (c. 1802 – c. 1880)

Died at age 61, french composer Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880)

Died at age 45, polish composer Henryk Wieniawski (July 10, 1835 – March 31, 1880)

1879

Born english composer Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879, Brighton – January 10, 1941, Eastbourne)

Born italian composer Stefano Donaudy (February 21, 1879 – May 30, 1925)

Born composer Philippe Gaubert (1879 – 1941)

Born croatian composer Josip Hatze (March 21, 1879 – January 30, 1959)

Born austrian composer Alma Mahler (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964)

Born composer Otto Olsson (1879 – 1964)

Born czech composer Otakar Ostrčil (February 25, 1879, Prague – August 20, 1935, Prague)

Born italian composer Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 – April 18, 1936)

Born composer Cyril Scott (1879 – 1970)

Born japanese composer Rentarō Taki (August 24, 1879 – June 29, 1903)

Born french composer Marcel Tournier (January 5, 1879 – May 8, 1951)

1878

Born french composer André Caplet (November 23, 1878 – April 22, 1925)

Born catalan composer Miguel Llobet (October 18, 1878, Barcelona – February 22, 1938, Barcelona)

1877

Born russian composer Pavel Česnokov (October 24, 1877, Zvenigorodsky Uyezd – March 14, 1944, Moscow)

Born french composer Alfred Cortot (September 26, 1877, Nyon – June 15, 1962, Lausanne)

Born hungarian composer Ernő von Dohnányi (July 27, 1877 – February 9, 1960)

Born german composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert (November 21, 1877 – April 9, 1933)

Died at age 46, austrian composer Johann von Herbeck (December 25, 1831 – October 28, 1877)

1876

Born uruguayan composer Alfonso Broqua (September 11, 1876, Montevideo – November 25, 1946, Paris)

Born spanish composer Manuel de Falla (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946)

Born polish composer Mieczysław Karłowicz (December 11, 1876 – February 8, 1909)

Born italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948)

Died at age 44, composer August Soederman (1832 – 1876)

1875

Born composer Dobri Christov (1875 – 1941)

Born composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911)

Born latvian composer Emīls Dārziņš (November 3, 1875, Jaunpiebalga – August 31, 1910, Riga)

Born slovak composer Viliam Figuš-Bystrý (February 28, 1875 – May 11, 1937)

Born russian composer Reinhold Glière (January 11, 1875 [December 30, 1874] – June 23, 1956)

Born american composer Fritz Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962)

Born french composer Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937)

Born french composer Henriette Renié (September 18, 1875 – March 1, 1956)

Died at age 59, english composer William Sterndale Bennett (April 13, 1816, Sheffield – February 1, 1875, Greater London)

Died at age 37, french composer Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne – June 3, 1875, Bougival)

1874

Born french composer Reynaldo Hahn (August 9, 1874 – January 28, 1947)

Born english composer Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874 – May 25, 1934)

Born american composer Charles Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954)

Born russian composer Georgij Izvekov (February 24, 1874, Kaluga – November 27, 1937)

Born czech composer Oskar Nedbal (March 26, 1874 – December 24, 1930)

Born austrian composer Franz Schmidt (December 22, 1874 – February 11, 1939)

Born austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951)

Born czech composer Josef Suk (January 4, 1874 – May 29, 1935)

Died at age 40, czech composer Vilém Blodek (October 3, 1834 – May 1, 1874)

1873

Born composer Joseph Jongen (1873 – 1953)

Born russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (April 1 [March 20], 1873 – March 28, 1943)

Born german composer Max Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916)

Born french composer Jean Roger-Ducasse (April 18, 1873, Bordeaux – July 19, 1954, Le Taillan-Médoc)

1872

Born composer Hugo Alfvén (1872 – 1960)

Born czech composer Július Fučík (June 8, 1872 – September 25, 1916)

Born slovak composer Mikuláš Moyzes (December 06, 1872 – April 02, 1944)

Born russian composer Alexander Scriabin (January 6, 1872 [December 25, 1871] – April 27 [April 14], 1915)

Born british composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958)

Died at age 53, polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko (May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872)

1871

Born composer Nikolaj Kedrov (1871 – 1940)

Born russian composer Nikolaj Nikolajevič Kedrov, sr. (October 28, 1871 – February 2, 1940)

Born austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky (October 14, 1871 – May 15, 1942)

Died at age 89, french composer Daniel Auber (January 29, 1782 – May 13, 1871)

1870

Born english composer Cecil Forsyth (November 30, 1870 – December 7, 1941)

Born american composer Leopold Godowsky (February 13, 1870 – November 21, 1938)

Born austrian composer Franz Lehár (April 30, 1870 – October 24, 1948)

Born czech composer Vítězslav Novák (July 5, 1870 – July 18, 1949)

Born french composer Florent Schmitt (September 28, 1870 – August 17, 1958)

Born french composer Charles Tournemire (January 22, 1870, Bordeaux – November 4, 1939, Arcachon)

Born french composer Louis Vierne (October 8, 1870 – June 2, 1937)

Died at age 59, czech composer Karel Jaromír Erben (November 7, 1811 – November 21, 1870)

Died at age 55, danish composer Herman Severin Løvenskiold (July 30, 1815, Ulefoss – December 5, 1870, Frederiksberg)

Died at age 43, austrian composer Josef Strauss (August 20, 1827 – July 22, 1870)

1869

Born french composer Vassily Brandt (1869 – 1923)

Born french composer Albert Roussel (April 5, 1869, Tourcoing – August 23, 1937, Royan)

Died at age 66, french composer Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André – March 8, 1869, Paris)

Died at age 56, composer Alexander Dargomyžskij (1813 – 1869)

Died at age 66, composer Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803 – 1869)

1868

Born american composer Scott Joplin (March 31, 1868, Texarkana – April 1, 1917, New York City)

Born italian composer Leone Sinigaglia (August 14, 1868 – May 16, 1944)

Died at age 72, swedish composer Franz Adolf Berwald (July 23, 1796, Stockholm – April 3, 1868, Stockholm)

Died at age 76, italian composer Gioachino Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)

1867

Born american composer Amy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944)

Born spanish composer Enrique Granados (July 27, 1867 – March 24, 1916)

Born composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 – 1942)

Died at age 60, polish composer Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (February 15, 1807, Romaniv – October 9, 1867, Warsaw)

1866

Born american composer Henry Thacker Burleigh (December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949)

Born italian composer Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924)

Born italian composer Francesco Cilea (July 23, 1866 – November 20, 1950)

Born composer Jurij Sachnovskij (1866 – 1930)

Born french composer Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925)

Born british composer Charles Wood (June 15, 1866 – July 12, 1926)

Died at age 65, czech composer Jan Václav Kalivoda (February 21, 1801, Prague – December 3, 1866, Karlsruhe)

1865

Born italian composer Eduardo di Capua (March 12, 1865 – October 3, 1917)

Born french composer Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935)

Born russian composer Alexander Glazunov (July 29, 1865, Saint Petersburg – March 21, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Born armenian composer Soghomon Komitas (October 8, 1865, Kütahya – October 22, 1935, Paris)

Born british composer Edwin Lemare (September 9, 1865 – September 24, 1934)

Born french composer Albéric Magnard (June 9, 1865, Paris – September 3, 1914, Baron)

Born danish composer Carl Nielsen (June 9, 1865 – October 3, 1931)

Born finnish composer Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957)

Born russian composer Alexander Winkler (March 3, 1865, Kharkiv – August 6, 1935, Besançon)

Died at age 41, czech composer Josef Leopold Zvonař (Januar 22, 1824 – November 22, 1865)

1864

Born german composer Eugen d’Albert (April 10, 1864, Glasgow – March 3, 1932, Riga)

Born composer Alexander Tichonovič Grečaninov (1864 – 1956)

Born norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen (March 15, 1864 – December 4, 1935)

Born german composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864, Munich – September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

1863

Born italian composer Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945)

Born french composer Gabriel Pierné (August 16, 1863 – July 17, 1937)

Died at age 76, austrian composer Franz Gruber (November 25, 1787 – June 7, 1863)

1862

Born french composer Léon Boëllmann (September 25, 1862 – October 11, 1897)

Born french composer Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918)

Born english composer Frederick Delius (January 29, 1862 – June 10, 1934)

Born slovak composer Miloš Lihovecký (1862 – 1927)

Died at age 61, composer František Škroup (1801 – 1862)

1861

Born russian composer Anton Stepanovič Arenskij (July 12, 1861, Veliky Novgorod – February 25, 1906, Zelenogorsk)

Born italian composer Marco Enrico Bossi (April 25, 1861, Salò – February 20, 1925, Atlantic Ocean)

Born american composer William Arms Fisher (27. 4. 1861 – 18. 12. 1948)

Born italian composer Stanislao Gastaldon (April 7, 1861 – March 7, 1939)

Born austrian composer Ludwig Thuille (November 30, 1861, Bolzano – February 5, 1907, Munich)

Died at age 80, czech-american composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781, Krásný Buk – May 3, 1861, New York City)

1860

Born spanish composer Isaac Albéniz (May 29, 1860, Camprodon – May 18, 1909, Cambo-les-Bains)

Born composer Edward MacDowell (1860 – 1908)

Born austrian composer Gustav Mahler (July 7, 1860, Kaliště – May 18, 1911, Vienna)

Born polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 18, 1860 – June 29, 1941)

Born austrian composer Hugo Wolf (March 13, 1860, Slovenj Gradec (Windischgrätz) – February 22, 1903, Vienna)

Died at age 71, composer Friedrich Silcher (1789 – 1860)

1859

Born czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster (December 30, 1859 – May 29, 1951)

Born czech composer Jan Geissel (1859 – 1919)

Born russian composer Michail Ippolitov-Ivanov (November 7, 1859, Gatchina – January 28, 1935, Moscow)

Born russian composer Sergei Lyapunov (November 30 [November 18], 1859 – November 8, 1924)

Died at age 75, german composer Louis Spohr (April 5, 1784 – October 22, 1859)

1858

Born hungarian composer Jenő Hubay (September 15, 1858 – March 12, 1937)

Born italian composer Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924)

Born czech composer Jan Hanuš Trneček (May 16, 1858 – March 28, 1914)

Born belgian composer Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931)

Died at age 73, french composer Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (April 19, 1785 – December 27, 1858)

Died at age 77, composer Anton Diabelli (1781 – 1858)

Died at age 24, composer Julius Reubke (1834 – 1858)

1857

Born french composer Cécile Chaminade (August 8, 1857 – April 13, 1944)

Born english composer Edward Elgar (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934)

Born italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (April 23, 1857 – August 9, 1919)

Died at age 66, austrian composer Carl Czerny (February 21, 1791, Vienna – July 15, 1857, Vienna)

Died at age 53, russian composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1 [May 20], 1804 – February 15 [February 3], 1857)

1856

Born czech composer Jozef Chládek (March 12, 1856 – March 25, 1928)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Martucci (January 6, 1856 – June 1, 1909)

Born austrian composer Felix Mottl (August 24, 1856 – July 2, 1911)

Born russian composer Sergej Ivanovič Tanejev (November 13, 1856, Vladimir – June 6, 1915, Dyudkovo)

Died at age 53, french composer Adolphe Adam (July 24, 1803, Paris – May 3, 1856, Paris)

Died at age 50, austrian composer Caspar Joseph Mertz (August 17, 1806, Bratislava – October 14, 1856, Vienna)

Died at age 46, german composer Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856)

1855

Born french composer Ernest Chausson (January 20, 1855 – June 10, 1899)

Born austrian composer Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. (April 9, 1855, Vienna – April 26, 1907, Vienna)

Born czech composer Josef Klička (December 15, 1855 – March 28, 1937)

Born russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (May 12 [April 30], 1855 – August 28 [August 15] , 1914)

1854

Born italian composer Alfredo Catalani (June 19, 1854 – August 7, 1893)

Born american composer George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931)

Born spanish composer Gerónimo Giménez (October 10, 1854 – February 19, 1923)

Born german composer Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854, Siegburg – September 27, 1921, Neustrelitz)

Born czech composer Leoš Janáček (July 3, 1854 – August 12, 1928)

Born german-polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (August 23, 1854, Wrocław – March 4, 1925, Paris)

Born american composer John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932)

1853

Born german composer Hans Koessler (January 1, 1853, Kemnath – May 23, 1926, Ansbach)

1852

Born spanish composer Francisco Tárrega (November 21, 1852 – December 15, 1909)

1851

Born spanish composer Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (March 27, 1851 – March 25, 1909)

Died at age 64, russian composer Alexander Alyabyev (August 15 [OS August 4], 1787, Toboľsk – March 6 [OS February 22], 1851, Moskva)

1850

Born czech composer Zdeněk Fibich (December 21, 1850 – October 15, 1900)

Born austrian composer Richard Heuberger (June 18, 1850, Graz – October 28, 1914, Vienna)

Died at age 87, composer Vojtěch Jírovec (1763 – 1850)

1849

Died at age 39, polish composer Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849)

Died at age 39, german composer Otto Nicolai (June 9, 1810 – May 11, 1849)

Died at age 41, english composer Elias Parish Alvars (February 28, 1808, Teignmouth – January 25, 1849, Vienna)

Died at age 45, austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. (March 14, 1804 – September 25, 1849)

1848

Born italian composer Oscar Chilesotti (July 12, 1848, Bassano del Grappa – June 23, 1916, Bassano del Grappa)

Born belgian-french composer Pierre De Geyter (October 8, 1848, Ghent – September 26, 1932, Saint-Denis)

Born french composer Henri Duparc (January 21, 1848, former 1st arrondissement of Paris – February 12, 1933, Mont-de-Marsan)

Born russian composer Nikolaj Kompanevskij (1848 – 1910)

Born composer Robert Planquette (1848 – 1903)

Died at age 51, italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (November 29, 1797 – April 8, 1848)

1847

Born composer Ignacio Cervantes (1847 – 1905)

Born austrian composer Robert Fuchs (February 15, 1847 – February 19, 1927)

Born composer August Klughardt (1847 – 1902)

Born french composer Anselme Vinée (1847 – 1921)

Died at age 63, german composer Heinrich Baermann (14 February 1784, Potsdam – 11 June 1847, Munich)

Died at age 55, japanese composer Kengyo Kikuoka (1792 – December 19, 1847)

Died at age 38, german composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847)

Died at age 42, german composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (November 14, 1805, Hamburg – May 14, 1847, Berlin)

1846

Born composer Alexander Archangeľskij (1846 – 1924)

Born spanish composer Federico Chueca (May 5, 1846, Madrid – June 20, 1908, Madrid)

Born german composer Franz Ries (April 7, 1846 – January 20, 1932)

Born italian composer Francesco Paolo Tosti (April 9, 1846 – December 2, 1916)

1845

Born french composer Gabriel Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924)

Born romanian composer Iosif Ivanovici (1845 – September 28, 1902)

1844

Born slovak composer Štefan Fajnor (February 16, 1844 – April 26, 1909)

Born french composer Eugène Gigout (March 23, 1844 – December 9, 1925)

Born russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (March 8, 1844 – June 21, 1908)

Born spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate (March 10, 1844 – September 20, 1908)

Born french composer Charles-Marie Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937)

1843

Born slovak composer Ján Levoslav Bella (September 4, 1843, Liptovský Sv. Mikuláš – May 25, 1936, Bratislava)

Born norwegian composer Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843 – September 4, 1907)

Born composer Vilhelm Svedbom (1843 – 1904)

Born austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer (May 2, 1843 – November 14, 1922)

1842

Born italian composer Arrigo Boito (February 24, 1842 – June 10, 1918)

Born ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko (March 10 (jul.) [March 22 (greg.)], 1842 – October 24 [November 6], 1912)

Born french composer Jules Massenet (May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912)

Died at age 82, italian composer Luigi Cherubini (September 27, 1760 – March 15, 1842)

1841

Born french composer Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894)

Born czech composer Antonín Dvořák (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904)

Born composer Josef Scheu (1841 – 1904)

Died at age 71, italian composer Ferdinando Carulli (February 9, 1770, Naples – February 17, 1841, Paris)

1840

Born french composer François Borne (August 30, 1840 – February 5, 1920)

Born russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840, Votkinsk – November 6, 1893, Petrohrad)

Born slovak composer Karol Ruppeldt (November 22, 1840 – August 18, 1909)

Born norwegian composer Johan Svendsen (September 30, 1840 – June 14, 1911)

Died at age 60, italian composer Mauro Giuliani (June 27, 1780 – May 8, 1840)

Died at age 58, italian composer Niccolò Paganini (October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840)

1839

Born russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881)

Born german composer Joseph Rheinberger (March 17, 1839, Vaduz – November 25, 1901, Munich)

Died at age 61, composer Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839)

1838

Born french composer Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne – June 3, 1875, Bougival)

Born german composer Max Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 2, 1920)

Born romanian composer Angheluș Dinicu (1838 – November 7, 1905)

Born french composer Henri Messerer (1838 – 1923)

Died at age 63, composer Bernhard Crusell (1775 – 1838)

1837

Born russian composer Mily Balakirev (January 2, 1837 [December 21, 1836] – May 29 [May 16], 1910)

Born french composer Alexandre Guilmant (March 12, 1837 – March 29, 1911)

Born french composer Émile Waldteufel (December 9, 1837 – February 12, 1915)

Died at age 55, composer John Field (1782 – 1837)

Died at age 59, austrian composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837)

1836

Born french composer Léo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891)

Died at age 66, czech composer Antonín Rejcha (February 26, 1770 – May 28, 1836)

1835

Born russian composer César Kjuj (January 18, 1835, Vilnius – March 13, 1918, Saint Petersburg)

Born english composer Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (October 7, 1835 – 1917)

Born french composer Camille Saint-Saëns (October 9, 1835 – December 16, 1921)

Born polish composer Henryk Wieniawski (July 10, 1835 – March 31, 1880)

Died at age 34, italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (November 11, 1801 – September 23, 1835)

1834

Born czech composer Vilém Blodek (October 3, 1834 – May 1, 1874)

Born italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 – January 17, 1886)

Born composer Julius Reubke (1834 – 1858)

1833

Born russian composer Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (November 12, 1833 – February 27, 1887)

Born german composer Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897)

Died at age 42, french composer Ferdinand Hérold (January 28, 1791 – January 19, 1833)

Died at age 85, composer Maximilian Stadler (1748 – 1833)

Died at age 74, composer Mikuláš Zmeškal (1759 – 1833)

1832

Born american composer Leopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885)

Born composer Charles Lecocq (1832 – 1918)

Born composer August Soederman (1832 – 1876)

1831

Born austrian composer Johann von Herbeck (December 25, 1831 – October 28, 1877)

Died at age 74, russian composer of Polish origin Ossip Kozlovski (1757, Warsaw – March 11, 1831, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 72, czech composer František Kramář (November 27, 1759, Kamenice – January 8, 1831, Vienna)

Died at age 65, french composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (November 15, 1766 – January 6, 1831)

Died at age 42, composer Maria Szymanowska (1789 – 1831)

1829

Born composer Albert Dietrich (1829 – 1908)

Born composer Anton Rubinštein (1829 – 1894)

Died at age 75, composer Franz Xaver Tost (1754 – 1829)

1828

Died at age 31, austrian composer Franz Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828)

1827

Born austrian composer Josef Strauss (August 20, 1827 – July 22, 1870)

Died at age 57, german composer Ludwig van Beethoven ([baptised] December 17, 1770, Bonn – March 26, 1827, Wien)

1826

Born german composer Fridrich Chrysander (July 8, 1826 – September 3, 1901)

Born austrian composer Ludwig Aloisius Minkus (March 23, 1826, Vienna – December 7, 1917, Vienna)

Died at age 20, composer Juan Chrisostomo Arriaga (1806 – 1826)

Died at age 63, german composer Franz Danzi (June 15, 1763 – April 13, 1826)

Died at age 40, german composer Carl Maria von Weber (November 18 [19], 1786 – June 5, 1826)

1825

Born moravian composer Arnošt Förchtgott Tovačovský (December 28, 1825)

Born austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (October 25, 1825, Neubau – June 3, 1899, Vienna)

Died at age 74, russian composer of Ukrainian origin Dmitrij Bortňanskij (October 28, 1751, Hlukhiv – October 10, 1825, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 75, italian composer Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750, Legnago – May 7, 1825, Vienna)

Died at age 34, czech composer Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (May 11, 1791, Vamberk – November 19, 1825, Vienna)

1824

Born austrian composer Anton Bruckner (September 4, 1824 – October 11, 1896)

Born german composer Carl Reinecke (June 23, 1824 – March 10, 1910)

Born czech composer Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 – May 12, 1884)

Born czech composer Josef Leopold Zvonař (Januar 22, 1824 – November 22, 1865)

Died at age 65, austrian composer Maria Theresia von Paradies (May 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824)

Died at age 69, italian composer Giovanni Battista Viotti (May 12, 1755, Fontanetto Po – March 3, 1824, London)

1823

Born german composer Theodor Kirchner (December 10, 1823 – September 18, 1903)

Born french composer Édouard Lalo (January 27, 1823 – April 22, 1892)

1822

Born french composer César Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890)

Born american composer James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893)

Born german composer Joachim Raff (May 27, 1822 – June 24, 1882)

Died at age 46, german composer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 – June 25, 1822)

1821

Born italian composer Giovanni Bottesini (December 22, 1821 – July 7, 1889)

1820

Born belgian composer Henri Vieuxtemps (February 17, 1820 – June 6, 1881)

Died at age 47, composer Václav Matějka (1773 – 1820)

Died at age 59, composer Antonín Vranický (1761 – 1820)

1819

Born polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko (May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872)

Born french composer Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880)

Born german composer Clara Schumann (September 13, 1819, Leipzig – May 20, 1896, Frankfurt)

Born austrian composer Franz von Suppé (April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895)

Died at age 74, czech composer Juraj Družecký (April 7, 1745, Jemníky – June 21, 1819, Buda)

1818

Born french composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893)

Died at age 79, composer Gaudentius Dettelbach (1739 – 1818)

Died at age 71, czech composer Leopold Koželuh (June 26, 1747, Velvary – May 7, 1818, Vienna)

1817

Died at age 65, german composer Justin Heinrich Knecht (September 9, 1752 – December 1, 1817)

1816

Born english composer William Sterndale Bennett (April 13, 1816, Sheffield – February 1, 1875, Greater London)

Born composer Edvard Helsted (1816 – 1900)

Died at age 76, composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740 – 1816)

1815

Born danish composer Herman Severin Løvenskiold (July 30, 1815, Ulefoss – December 5, 1870, Frederiksberg)

Born german composer Robert Volkmann (April 6, 1815, Lommatzsch – October 29, 1883, Pest)

Died at age 50, czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba (October 26, 1765 – April 8, 1815)

1814

Died at age 62, composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 – 1814)

1813

Born french composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30, 1813, Paris – March 29, 1888, Paris)

Born composer Alexander Dargomyžskij (1813 – 1869)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901)

Born german composer Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883)

Died at age 49, italian composer Bernard Lorenzitti (c. 1764 – after 1813)

Died at age 74, czech composer Johann Baptist Wanhal (May 12, 1739, Nechanice – August 20, 1813, Vienna)

1812

Died at age 52, czech composer Jan Ladislav Dusík (February 12, 1760, Čáslav – March 20, 1812, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)

Died at age 62, austrian composer Johannes Matthias Sperger (March 23, 1750 – May 13, 1812)

1811

Born czech composer Karel Jaromír Erben (November 7, 1811 – November 21, 1870)

Born hungarian composer Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886)

Born french composer Ambroise Thomas (August 5, 1811, Metz – February 12, 1896, rue du Conservatoire)

1810

Born polish composer Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849)

Born composer Ferenc Erkel (1810 – 1893)

Born composer Anton Hyrtl (1810 – 1882)

Born german composer Otto Nicolai (June 9, 1810 – May 11, 1849)

Born german composer Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856)

1809

Born german composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847)

Died at age 73, austrian composer Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (February 3, 1736, Klosterneuburg – March 7, 1809, Vienna)

Died at age 77, austrian composer Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809)

1808

Born english composer Elias Parish Alvars (February 28, 1808, Teignmouth – January 25, 1849, Vienna)

1807

Born polish composer Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (February 15, 1807, Romaniv – October 9, 1867, Warsaw)

1806

Born composer Juan Chrisostomo Arriaga (1806 – 1826)

Born austrian composer Caspar Joseph Mertz (August 17, 1806, Bratislava – October 14, 1856, Vienna)

Died at age 69, austrian composer Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 – August 10, 1806)

1805

Born french guitar, composer Napoleon Coste (June 27, 1805, Amondans – January 14, 1883, Paris)

Born german composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (November 14, 1805, Hamburg – May 14, 1847, Berlin)

Died at age 62, italian composer Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805)

1804

Born russian composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1 [May 20], 1804 – February 15 [February 3], 1857)

Born austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. (March 14, 1804 – September 25, 1849)

Died at age 57, russian composer Ivan Chandoškin (1747, Saint Petersburg – March 30, 1804, Saint Petersburg)

1803

Born french composer Adolphe Adam (July 24, 1803, Paris – May 3, 1856, Paris)

Born french composer Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André – March 8, 1869, Paris)

Born composer Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803 – 1869)

Died at age 44, french composer François Devienne (January 31, 1759, Joinville – September 5, 1803, Charenton asylum)

Died at age 37, composer Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 – 1803)

1802

Born french composer Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (c. 1802 – c. 1880)

Died at age 73, italian composer Giuseppe Sarti (December 1, 1729, Faenza – July 28, 1802, Berlin)

1801

Born italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (November 11, 1801 – September 23, 1835)

Born czech composer Jan Václav Kalivoda (February 21, 1801, Prague – December 3, 1866, Karlsruhe)

Born composer František Škroup (1801 – 1862)

Died at age 52, italian composer Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749 – January 11, 1801)

Died at age 56, czech composer Carl Stamitz (May 7, 1745, Mannheim – November 9, 1801, Jena)

Died at age 56, composer Jan Vent (1745 – 1801)

1800

Born composer Eduard Grell (1800 – 1886)

1799

Died at age 60, austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739, Vienna – October 24, 1799, Nový Dvůr)

Died at age 60, composer Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 – 1799)

Died at age 78, composer Pieter Hellendaal (1721 – 1799)

1797

Born italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (November 29, 1797 – April 8, 1848)

Born austrian composer Franz Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828)

Died at age 84, french composer Antoine Dauvergne (October 4, 1713 – February 12, 1797)

Died at age 55, composer Vasilij Alexejevič Paškevič (1742 – 1797)

1796

Born swedish composer Franz Adolf Berwald (July 23, 1796, Stockholm – April 3, 1868, Stockholm)

Died at age 36, russian composer Fiodor Dubianski (1760 – August 4, 1796)

Died at age 80, italian composer Felice Giardini (April 12, 1716, Turin – June 8, 1796, Moscow)

Died at age 49, austrian composer Franz Paul Rigler (March 23, 1736, Vienna – October 17, 1796, Vienna)

1795

Died at age 63, german composer Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (June 21, 1732, Leipzig – January 26, 1795, Bückeburg)

Died at age 55, composer Carl Michael Bellman (1740 – 1795)

Died at age 73, czech composer Jiří Antonín Benda (June 30, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou – November 6, 1795, Bad Köstritz)

Died at age 86, french composer Michel Corrette (April 10, 1709 – January 21, 1795)

1793

Born bulgarian monk, teacher, linguist, writer Nikola Rilski (1793 – January 4, 1881)

1792

Born japanese composer Kengyo Kikuoka (1792 – December 19, 1847)

Born italian composer Gioachino Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)

Died at age 71, composer Paulín Bajan (1721 – 1792)

Died at age 46, czech composer František Antonín Rössler-Rosetti (October 26, 1746 – June 30, 1792)

1791

Born austrian composer Carl Czerny (February 21, 1791, Vienna – July 15, 1857, Vienna)

Born french composer Ferdinand Hérold (January 28, 1791 – January 19, 1833)

Born czech composer Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (May 11, 1791, Vamberk – November 19, 1825, Vienna)

Died at age 35, austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756, Salzburg – December 5, 1791, Vienna)

1790

Died at age 48, czech composer Johann Baptist Krumpholtz (May 8, 1742, Zlonice – February 19, 1790, Paris)

1789

Born composer Friedrich Silcher (1789 – 1860)

Born composer Maria Szymanowska (1789 – 1831)

Died at age 80, czech composer František Xaver Richter (December 1, 1709, Holešov – September 12, 1789, Strasbourg)

Died at age 55, slovak monk, composer, organ, music theorist Jozef Pantaleón Roškovský (March 10, 1734, Stará Ľubovňa – March 27, 1789, Pest)

Died at age 53, slovak composer Georgius Zrunek (1736 – 1789)

1788

Died at age 74, german composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788)

Died at age 77, italian composer Gaetano Latilla (January 12, 1711, Bari – January 15, 1788, Naples)

1787

Born russian composer Alexander Alyabyev (August 15 [OS August 4], 1787, Toboľsk – March 6 [OS February 22], 1851, Moskva)

Born austrian composer Franz Gruber (November 25, 1787 – June 7, 1863)

Died at age 64, german composer Carl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723, Köthen – June 20, 1787, London)

Died at age 75, slovak poet, writer Hugolín Gavlovič (November 11, 1712, Gmina Czarny Dunajec – June 4, 1787, Horovce)

Died at age 73, german composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787)

Died at age 68, austrian composer Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787)

1786

Born german composer Carl Maria von Weber (November 18 [19], 1786 – June 5, 1826)

Died at age 77, czech composer František Benda (November 2, 1709, Benátky nad Jizerou – March 7, 1786, Potsdam)

Died at age 74, english composer John Stanley (January 17, 1712 – May 19, 1786)

1785

Born french composer Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (April 19, 1785 – December 27, 1858)

Died at age 79, italian composer Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706, Burano – January 3, 1785, Venice)

Died at age 71, german composer Gottfried August Homilius (February 2, 1714 – June 2, 1785)

Died at age 68, italian composer Antonio Maria Mazzoni (January 4, 1717, Bologna – December 8, 1785, Bologna)

1784

Born german composer Heinrich Baermann (14 February 1784, Potsdam – 11 June 1847, Munich)

Born german composer Louis Spohr (April 5, 1784 – October 22, 1859)

Died at age 74, german composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784)

Died at age 78, italian composer Giovanni Battista Martini (April 24, 1706 – August 3, 1784)

1783

Died at age 84, german composer Johann Adolph Hasse ([baptised] March 25, 1699 – December 16, 1783)

Died at age 54, spanish composer Antonio Soler (December 3, 1729, Olot – December 20, 1783, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial)

1782

Born french composer Daniel Auber (January 29, 1782 – May 13, 1871)

Born composer John Field (1782 – 1837)

Born italian composer Niccolò Paganini (October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840)

Died at age 47, german composer Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735, Leipzig – January 1, 1782, London)

1781

Born composer Anton Diabelli (1781 – 1858)

Born czech-american composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781, Krásný Buk – May 3, 1861, New York City)

Died at age 49, composer Thomas Erskine (1732 – 1781)

Died at age 44, czech composer Josef Mysliveček (March 9, 1737 – February 4, 1781)

Died at age 40, slovak composer Anton Zimmermann (December 25, 1741 – October 16, 1781)

1780

Born italian composer Mauro Giuliani (June 27, 1780 – May 8, 1840)

Died at age 67, german composer Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713, Buttelstedt – January 1, 1780, Altenburg)

1778

Born austrian composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837)

Born composer Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839)

1777

Died at age 32, ukrainian composer Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (c. 1745 – April 2 [March 24, O.S.], 1777)

Died at age 77, italian composer Giuseppe Sellitto (March 22, 1700 – August 23, 1777)

Died at age 62, austrian composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 – March 1, 1777)

1776

Born german composer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 – June 25, 1822)

Died at age 65, czech composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1711, Rosice – October 11, 1776, Dresden)

Died at age 55, czech composer Anton Neumann (March 7, 1721 – November 20, 1776)

1775

Born composer Bernhard Crusell (1775 – 1838)

Died at age 75, italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. 1700, Milan – January 15, 1775, Milan)

1774

Died at age 60, italian composer Niccolò Jommelli (September 10, 1714, Aversa – August 25, 1774, Naples)

1773

Born composer Václav Matějka (1773 – 1820)

Died at age 76, german composer Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697 – July 12, 1773)

1772

Died at age 48, composer Karel Loos (1724 – 1772)

1771

Died at age 39, czech composer František Xaver Brixi (January 2, 1732, Prague – October 14, 1771, Prague)

1770

Born german composer Ludwig van Beethoven ([baptised] December 17, 1770, Bonn – March 26, 1827, Wien)

Born italian composer Ferdinando Carulli (February 9, 1770, Naples – February 17, 1841, Paris)

Born czech composer Antonín Rejcha (February 26, 1770 – May 28, 1836)

Died at age 78, italian composer Giuseppe Tartini (April 8, 1692, Piran – February 26, 1770, Padua)

1768

Died at age 82, italian composer Nicola Antonio Porpora (August 17, 1686 – March 3, 1768)

1767

Died at age 86, german composer Georg Philipp Telemann (March 24 [March 14], 1681 – June 25, 1767)

1766

Born french composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (November 15, 1766 – January 6, 1831)

Born composer Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 – 1803)

Died at age 73, austrian composer Gregor Joseph Werner (January 28, 1693 – March 3, 1766)

1765

Born czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba (October 26, 1765 – April 8, 1815)

1764

Born italian composer Bernard Lorenzitti (c. 1764 – after 1813)

Died at age 67, french composer Jean-Marie Leclair (May 10, 1697 – October 22, 1764)

Died at age 69, italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli (September 3, 1695, Bergamo – March 30, 1764, Amsterdam)

Died at age 81, french composer Jean Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 – September 12, 1764)

1763

Born german composer Franz Danzi (June 15, 1763 – April 13, 1826)

Born composer Vojtěch Jírovec (1763 – 1850)

Died composer Johann Georg Hintereder (Hindereter) (1763?, 1769?)

Died at age 66, italian composer Giovanni Benedetto Platti (July 9, 1697, Padua – January 11, 1763, Würzburg)

1762

Died at age 75, italian composer Francesco Geminiani ([baptised] December 5, 1687 – September 17, 1762)

Died at age 51, austrian composer Joseph Umstatt (February 5, 1711 – May 24, 1762)

1761

Born composer Antonín Vranický (1761 – 1820)

1760

Born italian composer Luigi Cherubini (September 27, 1760 – March 15, 1842)

Born russian composer Fiodor Dubianski (1760 – August 4, 1796)

Born czech composer Jan Ladislav Dusík (February 12, 1760, Čáslav – March 20, 1812, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)

Died at age 77, german composer Johann Christoph Graupner (January 13, 1683, Kirchberg – May 10, 1760, Darmstadt)

Died at age 67, japanese composer Kengyo Mitsuhashi (ca. 1693 – 1760)

1759

Born french composer François Devienne (January 31, 1759, Joinville – September 5, 1803, Charenton asylum)

Born czech composer František Kramář (November 27, 1759, Kamenice – January 8, 1831, Vienna)

Born austrian composer Maria Theresia von Paradies (May 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824)

Born composer Mikuláš Zmeškal (1759 – 1833)

Died at age 74, german composer Georg Friedrich Händel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

1758

Died at age 70, german composer Johann Friedrich Fasch (April 15, 1688, Buttelstedt – December 5, 1758, Zerbst)

Died at age 64, composer Johann Helmich Roman (1694 – 1758)

1757

Born russian composer of Polish origin Ossip Kozlovski (1757, Warsaw – March 11, 1831, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 72, italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757)

Died at age 40, czech composer Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (June 18, 1717 – March 27, 1757)

Died at age 61, italian composer Andrea Zani (November 11, 1696 – September 28, 1757)

1756

Born austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756, Salzburg – December 5, 1791, Vienna)

Died at age 73, italian composer Felice Maria Picinetti (1683 – 1756)

1755

Born italian composer Giovanni Battista Viotti (May 12, 1755, Fontanetto Po – March 3, 1824, London)

Died at age 85, italian composer Pietro Paolo Bencini (ca. 1970, Rome – July 6, 1755, Rome)

Died at age 66, composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689 – 1755)

Died at age 71, italian composer Francesco Durante (March 31, 1684 – September 30, 1755)

Died italian composer Giovanni Porta (June 21, 1755)

1754

Born composer Franz Xaver Tost (1754 – 1829)

1753

Died at age 64, french composer Jacques Aubert (December 30, 1689 – May 19, 1753)

1752

Born german composer Justin Heinrich Knecht (September 9, 1752 – December 1, 1817)

Born composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 – 1814)

Died at age 38, czech composer Johann Georg Benda (August 30, 1714 – 1752)

1751

Born russian composer of Ukrainian origin Dmitrij Bortňanskij (October 28, 1751, Hlukhiv – October 10, 1825, Saint Petersburg)

Died at age 80, italian composer Tomaso Albinoni (June 8, 1671 – January 17, 1751)

Died at age 36, german composer Franciscus Querfort (ca. 1715 – ca. 1751)

1750

Born italian composer Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750, Legnago – May 7, 1825, Vienna)

Born austrian composer Johannes Matthias Sperger (March 23, 1750 – May 13, 1812)

Died at age 65, german composer Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

Died at age 70, italian composer Giuseppe Porsile (May 5, 1680 – May 29, 1750)

Died at age 55, italian composer Giuseppe Sammartini (6.1.1695 – between November 7 and 23, 1750)

Died at age 63, german composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (October 12, 1687 – October 16, 1750)

1749

Born italian composer Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749 – January 11, 1801)

Died at age 73, french composer Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (December 19, 1676, Paris – October 26, 1749, Paris)

1748

Born composer Maximilian Stadler (1748 – 1833)

Died at age 60, italian composer Giovanni Perroni (1688, Oleggio – 1748, Vienna)

1747

Born russian composer Ivan Chandoškin (1747, Saint Petersburg – March 30, 1804, Saint Petersburg)

Born czech composer Leopold Koželuh (June 26, 1747, Velvary – May 7, 1818, Vienna)

Born austrian composer Franz Paul Rigler (March 23, 1736, Vienna – October 17, 1796, Vienna)

Died at age 77, italian composer Giovanni Battista Bononcini (July 18, 1670 – July 9, 1747)

Died at age 74, italian composer Alessandro Marcello (February 1, 1673 – June 19, 1747)

Died at age 81, french composer Jean-Féry Rebel (April 18, 1666 – January 2, 1747)

1746

Born czech composer František Antonín Rössler-Rosetti (October 26, 1746 – June 30, 1792)

Died at age 90, czech composer Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (September 6, 1656, Krásno – August 27, 1746, Rastatt)

1745

Born ukrainian composer Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (c. 1745 – April 2 [March 24, O.S.], 1777)

Born czech composer Juraj Družecký (April 7, 1745, Jemníky – June 21, 1819, Buda)

Born czech composer Carl Stamitz (May 7, 1745, Mannheim – November 9, 1801, Jena)

Born composer Jan Vent (1745 – 1801)

Died at age 45, italian composer Giovanni Verocai (1700, Venice – December 13, 1745, Brunswick)

Died at age 82, italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali (March 7, 1663 – May 9, 1745)

Died at age 66, czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (October 16, 1679 – December 23, 1745)

1744

Died at age 84, french composer André Campra (December 4, 1660, Aix-en-Provence – June 29, 1744, Versailles)

Died at age 50, italian composer Leonardo Leo (August 5, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni – October 31, 1744, Naples)

Died at age 48, czech composer František Antonín Míča (September 2, 1696 – February 15, 1744)

Died at age 65, italian composer Domenico Sarro (December 24, 1679, Trani – January 25, 1744, Naples)

1743

Born italian composer Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805)

1742

Born czech composer Johann Baptist Krumpholtz (May 8, 1742, Zlonice – February 19, 1790, Paris)

Born composer Vasilij Alexejevič Paškevič (1742 – 1797)

Died at age 67, italian composer Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco (July 12, 1675, Verona – July 12, 1742, Munich)

Died at age 72, english composer Henry Eccles (1670 – 1742)

1741

Born slovak composer Anton Zimmermann (December 25, 1741 – October 16, 1781)

Died at age 81, austrian composer Johann Joseph Fux (c. 1660 – Februar 13, 1741)

Died at age 63, italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741)

1740

Born composer Carl Michael Bellman (1740 – 1795)

Born composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740 – 1816)

Died at age 48, italian composer Geminiano Giacomelli (May 28, 1692 – January 25, 1740)

Died at age 73, composer Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740)

1739

Born composer Gaudentius Dettelbach (1739 – 1818)

Born austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739, Vienna – October 24, 1799, Nový Dvůr)

Born composer Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 – 1799)

Born czech composer Johann Baptist Wanhal (May 12, 1739, Nechanice – August 20, 1813, Vienna)

Died at age 53, italian composer Benedetto Marcello (August 9, 1686, Venice – July 24, 1739, Brescia)

1738

Died at age 56, composer Jean-François Dandrieu (1682 – 1738)

Died at age 68, irish composer Turlough O’Carolan (1670 – March 25, 1738)

1737

Born austrian composer Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 – August 10, 1806)

Born czech composer Josef Mysliveček (March 9, 1737 – February 4, 1781)

Died italian composer Nicola Matteis, Jr. ( October 23, 1737 )

1736

Born austrian composer Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (February 3, 1736, Klosterneuburg – March 7, 1809, Vienna)

Born slovak composer Georgius Zrunek (1736 – 1789)

Died at age 66, italian composer Antonio Caldara (1670 – December 28, 1736)

Died at age 26, italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710, Jesi – March 16, 1736, Pozzuoli)

1735

Born german composer Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735, Leipzig – January 1, 1782, London)

1734

Born slovak monk, composer, organ, music theorist Jozef Pantaleón Roškovský (March 10, 1734, Stará Ľubovňa – March 27, 1789, Pest)

Died at age 67, polish composer Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (between 1665–1667, Rozbark – April 30, 1734, Kraków)

1733

Died at age 72, composer Georg Böhm (1661 – 1733)

Died at age 65, french composer François Couperin (November 10, 1668 – September 11, 1733)

1732

Born german composer Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (June 21, 1732, Leipzig – January 26, 1795, Bückeburg)

Born czech composer František Xaver Brixi (January 2, 1732, Prague – October 14, 1771, Prague)

Born composer Thomas Erskine (1732 – 1781)

Born austrian composer Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809)

Died at age 63, french composer Louis Marchand (February 2, 1669 – February 17, 1732)

1730

Died at age 50, french composer Jean Baptiste Loeillet (November 18, 1680 – July 19, 1730)

Died at age 40, italian composer Leonardo Vinci (1690 – May 27, 1730)

1729

Born italian composer Giuseppe Sarti (December 1, 1729, Faenza – July 28, 1802, Berlin)

Born spanish composer Antonio Soler (December 3, 1729, Olot – December 20, 1783, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial)

Died at age 46, german composer Johann David Heinichen (April 17, 1683 – July 16, 1729)

1728

Died at age 72, french composer Marin Marais (May 31, 1656 – August 15, 1728)

1727

Died at age 59, italian composer Francesco Gasparini (March 19, 1668, Camaiore – February 22, 1727, Rome)

Died at age 64, italian composer Giuseppe Jacchini (July 16, 1663, Bologna – May 2, 1727, Bologna)

Died at age 67, slovak composer Johann Sigismund Kusser ([baptised] February 13, 1660 – [before] November 17, 1727)

1725

Died at age 65, italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660, Palermo – October 24, 1725, Napoli)

1724

Born composer Karel Loos (1724 – 1772)

1723

Born german composer Carl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723, Köthen – June 20, 1787, London)

Died at age 33, composer William Babell (1690 – 1723)

Died at age 57, composer Anna Szirmayová-Keczerová (1666 – 1723)

1722

Born czech composer Jiří Antonín Benda (June 30, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou – November 6, 1795, Bad Köstritz)

1721

Born composer Paulín Bajan (1721 – 1792)

Born composer Pieter Hellendaal (1721 – 1799)

Born czech composer Anton Neumann (March 7, 1721 – November 20, 1776)

1719

Born austrian composer Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787)

1717

Born italian composer Antonio Maria Mazzoni (January 4, 1717, Bologna – December 8, 1785, Bologna)

Born czech composer Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (June 18, 1717 – March 27, 1757)

1716

Born italian composer Felice Giardini (April 12, 1716, Turin – June 8, 1796, Moscow)

1715

Born german composer Franciscus Querfort (ca. 1715 – ca. 1751)

Born austrian composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 – March 1, 1777)

1714

Born german composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788)

Born czech composer Johann Georg Benda (August 30, 1714 – 1752)

Born german composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787)

Born german composer Gottfried August Homilius (February 2, 1714 – June 2, 1785)

Born italian composer Niccolò Jommelli (September 10, 1714, Aversa – August 25, 1774, Naples)

1713

Born french composer Antoine Dauvergne (October 4, 1713 – February 12, 1797)

Born german composer Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713, Buttelstedt – January 1, 1780, Altenburg)

Died at age 60, italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713)

1712

Born slovak poet, writer Hugolín Gavlovič (November 11, 1712, Gmina Czarny Dunajec – June 4, 1787, Horovce)

Born english composer John Stanley (January 17, 1712 – May 19, 1786)

Died at age 52, composer Johann Schenk (1660 – 1712)

1711

Born italian composer Gaetano Latilla (January 12, 1711, Bari – January 15, 1788, Naples)

Born czech composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1711, Rosice – October 11, 1776, Dresden)

Born austrian composer Joseph Umstatt (February 5, 1711 – May 24, 1762)

1710

Born german composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784)

Born italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710, Jesi – March 16, 1736, Pozzuoli)

Died at age 73, italian composer Bernardo Pasquini (December 7, 1637, Massa e Cozzile – November 22, 1710, Rome)

Died at age 70, composer Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710)

1709

Born czech composer František Benda (November 2, 1709, Benátky nad Jizerou – March 7, 1786, Potsdam)

Born french composer Michel Corrette (April 10, 1709 – January 21, 1795)

Born czech composer František Xaver Richter (December 1, 1709, Holešov – September 12, 1789, Strasbourg)

Died at age 51, italian composer Giuseppe Torelli (April 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709)

1707

Died at age 70, danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637, Helsingborg – May 9, 1707, Lübeck)

Died at age 47, french harpsichord, composer Gaspard le Roux (1660, Paris – June 17, 1707, Paris)

Died at age 71, german composer Georg Daniel Speer ([baptised] July 2, 1636 – October 5, 1707)

1706

Born italian composer Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706, Burano – January 3, 1785, Venice)

Born italian composer Giovanni Battista Martini (April 24, 1706 – August 3, 1784)

Died at age 57, french composer Jacques Boyvin (1649? – June 30, 1706)

Died at age 53, german composer Johann Pachelbel ([baptised] September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706)

1705

Died at age 65, austrian composer Leopold I. (June 9, 1640, Viedeň – May 5, 1705, Viedeň)

1704

Died at age 60, austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern ([baptised] August 12, 1644 – May 3, 1704)

Died at age 61, french composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – February 24, 1704)

Died at age 51, french composer Georg Muffat (June 1, 1653 – February 23, 1704)

1703

Died at age 31, french composer Nicolas de Grigny (September 8, 1672, Reims – November 30, 1703, Reims)

Died at age 74, composer Johann Jakob Loewe (1629 – 1703)

1700

Born italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. 1700, Milan – January 15, 1775, Milan)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Sellitto (March 22, 1700 – August 23, 1777)

Born italian composer Giovanni Verocai (1700, Venice – December 13, 1745, Brunswick)

1699

Born german composer Johann Adolph Hasse ([baptised] March 25, 1699 – December 16, 1783)

1697

Born french composer Jean-Marie Leclair (May 10, 1697 – October 22, 1764)

Born italian composer Giovanni Benedetto Platti (July 9, 1697, Padua – January 11, 1763, Würzburg)

Born german composer Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697 – July 12, 1773)

Died at age 32, german-danish organ, composer Nikolaus Bruhns (1665, Schwabstedt – March 29, 1697, Husum)

Died at age 32, composer Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 – 1697)

Died at age 32, english composer John Ravenscroft (1665, London – October 12, 1697, Roma)

1696

Born czech composer František Antonín Míča (September 2, 1696 – February 15, 1744)

Born italian composer Andrea Zani (November 11, 1696 – September 28, 1757)

Died at age 86, french composer Michel Lambert (1610 – June 29, 1696)

1695

Born italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli (September 3, 1695, Bergamo – March 30, 1764, Amsterdam)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Sammartini (6.1.1695 – between November 7 and 23, 1750)

Died at age 36, english composer Henry Purcell (September 1, 1659 – November 21, 1695)

1694

Born italian composer Leonardo Leo (August 5, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni – October 31, 1744, Naples)

Born composer Johann Helmich Roman (1694 – 1758)

Died at age 55, german composer Johann Christoph Pezel (1639 – October 13, 1694)

1693

Born japanese composer Kengyo Mitsuhashi (ca. 1693 – 1760)

Born austrian composer Gregor Joseph Werner (January 28, 1693 – March 3, 1766)

1692

Born italian composer Geminiano Giacomelli (May 28, 1692 – January 25, 1740)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Tartini (April 8, 1692, Piran – February 26, 1770, Padua)

1691

Died at age 62, french composer Jehan-Henri d’Anglebert (April 1, 1629 – April 23, 1691)

1690

Born composer William Babell (1690 – 1723)

Born italian composer Leonardo Vinci (1690 – May 27, 1730)

Died at age 64, composer Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 – 1690)

Died at age 53, composer Philipp Jakob Rittler (1637 – 1690)

1689

Born french composer Jacques Aubert (December 30, 1689 – May 19, 1753)

Born composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689 – 1755)

1688

Born german composer Johann Friedrich Fasch (April 15, 1688, Buttelstedt – December 5, 1758, Zerbst)

Born italian composer Giovanni Perroni (1688, Oleggio – 1748, Vienna)

1687

Born italian composer Francesco Geminiani ([baptised] December 5, 1687 – September 17, 1762)

Born german composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss (October 12, 1687 – October 16, 1750)

Died at age 91, composer Constantijn Huygens (1596 – 1687)

Died at age 55, french composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (November 28 [November 18], 1632 – March 22, 1687)

1686

Born italian composer Benedetto Marcello (August 9, 1686, Venice – July 24, 1739, Brescia)

Born italian composer Nicola Antonio Porpora (August 17, 1686 – March 3, 1768)

Died at age 63, composer John Playford (1623 – 1686)

1685

Born german composer Johann Sebastian Bach (March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750)

Born german composer Georg Friedrich Händel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759)

Born italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757)

1684

Born italian composer Francesco Durante (March 31, 1684 – September 30, 1755)

Died at age 68, italian composer Pietro Andrea Ziani (December 21, 1616, Venice – February 12, 1684, Naples)

1683

Born german composer Johann Christoph Graupner (January 13, 1683, Kirchberg – May 10, 1760, Darmstadt)

Born german composer Johann David Heinichen (April 17, 1683 – July 16, 1729)

Born italian composer Felice Maria Picinetti (1683 – 1756)

Born french composer Jean Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 – September 12, 1764)

1682

Born composer Jean-François Dandrieu (1682 – 1738)

Died at age 39, italian composer Alessandro Stradella (July 3, 1643 – February 25, 1682)

1681

Born german composer Georg Philipp Telemann (March 24 [March 14], 1681 – June 25, 1767)

Died at age 78, italian composer Benedetto Ferrari ([ca.] 1603 – October 22, 1681)

1680

Born french composer Jean Baptiste Loeillet (November 18, 1680 – July 19, 1730)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Porsile (May 5, 1680 – May 29, 1750)

Died at age 57, austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca 1623, Scheibbs – between 29 February and 20 March 1680, Praha)

Died at age 77, italian composer Marco Uccellini (1603 or 1610 – September 11, 1680)

1679

Born italian composer Domenico Sarro (December 24, 1679, Trani – January 25, 1744, Naples)

Born czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (October 16, 1679 – December 23, 1745)

1678

Born italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741)

Died at age 62, italian composer Maurizio Cazzati (March 1, 1616 – September 28, 1678)

1677

Died at age 58, italian composer Barbara Strozzi ([baptised] August 6, 1619 – November 11, 1677)

1676

Born french composer Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (December 19, 1676, Paris – October 26, 1749, Paris)

Died at age 74, composer Francesco Cavalli (1602 – 1676)

Died at age 74, italian composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (November 27, 1602 – c. 1676–1678)

1675

Born italian composer Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco (July 12, 1675, Verona – July 12, 1742, Munich)

Died at age 75, italian composer Girolamo Fantini ([baptised] Februar 11, 1600 – May 6, 1675)

1674

Died at age 69, italian composer Giacomo Carissimi (April 18, 1605, Marino – January 12, 1674, Rome)

Died at age 53, slovak composer Samuel Marckfelner (1621, Košice – 1674)

1673

Born italian composer Alessandro Marcello (February 1, 1673 – June 19, 1747)

1672

Born french composer Nicolas de Grigny (September 8, 1672, Reims – November 30, 1703, Reims)

Died at age 87, german composer Heinrich Schütz (October 18, 1585 – November 16, 1672)

1671

Born italian composer Tomaso Albinoni (June 8, 1671 – January 17, 1751)

1670

Born italian composer Pietro Paolo Bencini (ca. 1970, Rome – July 6, 1755, Rome)

Born italian composer Giovanni Battista Bononcini (July 18, 1670 – July 9, 1747)

Born italian composer Antonio Caldara (1670 – December 28, 1736)

Born english composer Henry Eccles (1670 – 1742)

Born irish composer Turlough O’Carolan (1670 – March 25, 1738)

1669

Born italian composer Antonio Bertali (March 1605 – April 1, 1669)

Born french composer Louis Marchand (February 2, 1669 – February 17, 1732)

Died italian composer Antonio Bertali (March 1605 – April 1, 1669)

1668

Born french composer François Couperin (November 10, 1668 – September 11, 1733)

Born italian composer Francesco Gasparini (March 19, 1668, Camaiore – February 22, 1727, Rome)

1667

Born polish composer Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (between 1665–1667, Rozbark – April 30, 1734, Kraków)

Born composer Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740)

Died at age 77, italian composer Giovanni Martino Cesare (c. 1590 – February 6, 1667)

Died at age 53, german composer Franz Tunder (1614 – November 5, 1667)

Died at age 62, slovak composer Zachariáš Zarevúcky (1605? – Februar 20, 1667)

1666

Born french composer Jean-Féry Rebel (April 18, 1666 – January 2, 1747)

Born composer Anna Szirmayová-Keczerová (1666 – 1723)

1665

Born german-danish organ, composer Nikolaus Bruhns (1665, Schwabstedt – March 29, 1697, Husum)

Born composer Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 – 1697)

Born english composer John Ravenscroft (1665, London – October 12, 1697, Roma)

Died at age 37, czech composer Samuel Capricornus (December 21, 1628 – November 10, 1665)

Died at age 70, italian composer Tarquinio Merula (November 24, 1595 – December 10, 1665)

1663

Born italian composer Giuseppe Jacchini (July 16, 1663, Bologna – May 2, 1727, Bologna)

Born italian composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali (March 7, 1663 – May 9, 1745)

Died at age 69, italian composer Biagio Marini (February 5, 1594 – March 20, 1663)

Died at age 68, composer Heinrich Scheidemann (1595 – 1663)

1662

Died at age 64, german composer Johann Crüger (April 9, 1598 – February 23, 1662)

1661

Born composer Georg Böhm (1661 – 1733)

1660

Born french composer André Campra (December 4, 1660, Aix-en-Provence – June 29, 1744, Versailles)

Born austrian composer Johann Joseph Fux (c. 1660 – Februar 13, 1741)

Born slovak composer Johann Sigismund Kusser ([baptised] February 13, 1660 – [before] November 17, 1727)

Born french harpsichord, composer Gaspard le Roux (1660, Paris – June 17, 1707, Paris)

Born italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660, Palermo – October 24, 1725, Napoli)

Born composer Johann Schenk (1660 – 1712)

1659

Born english composer Henry Purcell (September 1, 1659 – November 21, 1695)

1658

Born italian composer Giuseppe Torelli (April 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709)

1657

Died slovak composer Johann Schimrack d. Ä. (1657)

1656

Born czech composer Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (September 6, 1656, Krásno – August 27, 1746, Rastatt)

Born french composer Marin Marais (May 31, 1656 – August 15, 1728)

Died italian composer Andrea Falconieri (1656)

Died at age 84, welsh composer Thomas Tomkins (1572, St Davids – June 9, 1656, Worcestershire)

1654

Died at age 67, german composer Samuel Scheidt ([baptised] November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1654)

1653

Born italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713)

Born french composer Georg Muffat (June 1, 1653 – February 23, 1704)

Born german composer Johann Pachelbel ([baptised] September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706)

Died at age 56, italian composer Luigi Rossi (1597, Torremaggiore – February 20, 1653)

1652

Died at age 70, italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582, Rome – February 17, 1652, Rome)

1651

Died at age 71, italian composer Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580 – January 17, 1651)

1649

Born french composer Jacques Boyvin (1649? – June 30, 1706)

1645

Died at age 43, composer William Lawes (1602 – 1645)

1644

Born austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Bibern ([baptised] August 12, 1644 – May 3, 1704)

1643

Born french composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – February 24, 1704)

Born italian composer Alessandro Stradella (July 3, 1643 – February 25, 1682)

Died at age 60, italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi (September 1583 – March 1, 1643)

Died at age 76, italian composer Claudio Monteverdi ([baptised] May 15, 1567 – November 29, 1643)

1641

Died at age 31, italian composer Gasparo Casati (c. 1610 – c. 1641)

1640

Born austrian composer Leopold I. (June 9, 1640, Viedeň – May 5, 1705, Viedeň)

Born composer Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710)

Died at age 77, english composer Giles Farnaby (c. 1563, London – November 24, 1640, City of London)

1639

Born german composer Johann Christoph Pezel (1639 – October 13, 1694)

Died italian composer Carlo Farina (July 1639)

Died at age 60, composer Melchior Franck (1579 – 1639)

1638

Died at age 48, composer John Ward (1590 – 1638)

Died at age 64, english composer John Wilbye (March 7, 1574, Diss – 1638, Colchester)

1637

Born danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637, Helsingborg – May 9, 1707, Lübeck)

Born italian composer Bernardo Pasquini (December 7, 1637, Massa e Cozzile – November 22, 1710, Rome)

Born composer Philipp Jakob Rittler (1637 – 1690)

Died at age 45, composer Juraj Tranoscius (1592 – 1637)

Died at age 45, composer Juraj Tranovský (1592 – 1637)

1636

Born german composer Georg Daniel Speer ([baptised] July 2, 1636 – October 5, 1707)

1635

Died at age 53, composer Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 – 1635)

1634

Died at age 66, italian composer Adriano Banchieri (September 3, 1568, Bologna – 1634, Bologna)

1633

Died at age 50, composer Robert Johnson (1583 – 1633)

1632

Born french composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (November 28 [November 18], 1632 – March 22, 1687)

Died at age 60, german composer Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (May 25, 1572 – March 15, 1632)

1631

Died at age 29, italian composer Dario Castello ([baptised] October 19, 1602 – July 2, 1631)

1630

Died at age 60, composer Thomas Bateson (1570 – 1630)

Died at age 44, german composer Johann Hermann Schein (January 20, 1586, Grünhain – November 19, 1630, Leipzig)

1629

Born french composer Jehan-Henri d’Anglebert (April 1, 1629 – April 23, 1691)

Born composer Johann Jakob Loewe (1629 – 1703)

Died at age 47, italian composer Sigismondo d’India (c. 1582, Palermo – [before] April 19, 1629, Modena)

1628

Born czech composer Samuel Capricornus (December 21, 1628 – November 10, 1665)

Died at age 66, composer John Bull (1562 – 1628)

Died at age 53, english composer Alfonso Ferrabosco II (c. 1575, Greenwich – March 11, 1628, Greenwich)

Died at age 46, english composer Thomas Simpson (April 1, 1582, Kent – c. 1628, Copenhagen)

1627

Died at age 67, italian composer Lodovico Viadana (c. 1560, Viadana – May 2, 1627, Gualtieri)

1626

Born composer Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 – 1690)

Died at age 63, english composer John Dowland (January 2, 1563, London – 1626, London)

1625

Died at age 58, composer Jean-Baptiste Besard (1567 – 1625)

Died at age 55, composer Paul Puerl (1570 – 1625)

1623

Born composer John Playford (1623 – 1686)

Born austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca 1623, Scheibbs – between 29 February and 20 March 1680, Praha)

Died at age 80, english composer William Byrd (1543? [1538] – July 6 [?July 4], 1623)

Died at age 55, composer Philippe Rossiter (1568 – 1623)

Died at age 47, english composer Thomas Weelkes (1576?, Sussex – November 30, 1623, London)

1622

Died at age 52, composer Giovanni Battista Grillo (1570 – 1622)

1621

Born slovak composer Samuel Marckfelner (1621, Košice – 1674)

Died at age 50, german composer Michael Praetorius (September 28 [?], 1571 – February 15, 1621)

Died at age 60, dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1561, Deventer – October 16, 1621, Amsterdam)

1620

Died at age 60, polish composer Mikołaj Zieleński (ca. 1560 – ca. 1620)

1619

Born italian composer Barbara Strozzi ([baptised] August 6, 1619 – November 11, 1677)

1618

Died at age 67, italian composer Giulio Caccini (October 8, 1551 – [buried] December 10, 1618)

1616

Born italian composer Maurizio Cazzati (March 1, 1616 – September 28, 1678)

Born italian composer Pietro Andrea Ziani (December 21, 1616, Venice – February 12, 1684, Naples)

Died at age 52, english playwright, poet William Shakespeare (ca. April 23, 1564, Warwickshire – April 23, 1616, Warwickshire)

1615

Died at age 45, german composer Melchior Vulpius (1570, Wasungen – August 7, 1615, Weimar)

1614

Born german composer Franz Tunder (1614 – November 5, 1667)

Died at age 39, composer John Bennet (1575 – 1614)

1612

Died at age 55, italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – August 12, 1612)

Died at age 54, composer Cesario Gussago (1558 – 1612)

Died at age 48, german composer Hans Leo Hassler (October 26, 1564 – June 8, 1612)

1611

Died at age 63, spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548, Ávila – August 27, 1611, Madrid)

1610

Born italian composer Gasparo Casati (c. 1610 – c. 1641)

Born french composer Michel Lambert (1610 – June 29, 1696)

Died at age 50, composer Thomas Robinson (1560 – 1610)

1609

Died at age 52, composer Giovanni Croce (1557 – 1609)

Died at age 56, italian composer Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (ca. 1553, Caravaggio – January 4, 1609, Mantua)

1608

Died at age 58, italian composer Tiburtio Massaino (1550, Cremona – 1608, Piazenza)

1607

Died at age 62, composer Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545 – 1607)

1606

Died at age 76, composer Guillaume Costeley (1530 – 1606)

1605

Born italian composer Giacomo Carissimi (April 18, 1605, Marino – January 12, 1674, Rome)

Born slovak composer Zachariáš Zarevúcky (1605? – Februar 20, 1667)

1603

Born italian composer Benedetto Ferrari ([ca.] 1603 – October 22, 1681)

Born italian composer Marco Uccellini (1603 or 1610 – September 11, 1680)

1602

Born italian composer Dario Castello ([baptised] October 19, 1602 – July 2, 1631)

Born composer Francesco Cavalli (1602 – 1676)

Born italian composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (November 27, 1602 – c. 1676–1678)

Born composer William Lawes (1602 – 1645)

Died at age 52, italian composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550, Rome – March 11, 1602, Rome)

Died at age 57, english composer Anthony Holborne (1545 – November 29, 1602, London)

Died at age 45, british composer Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)

Died at age 62, composer Matthäus Waissel (1540 – 1602)

1601

Died at age 31, composer John Farmer (1570 – 1601)

1600

Born italian composer Girolamo Fantini ([baptised] Februar 11, 1600 – May 6, 1675)

Died at age 72, composer Claude Lejeune (1528 – 1600)

1599

Died at age 71, composer Francisco Guerrero (1528 – 1599)

Died at age 46, composer Luca Marenzio (1553 – 1599)

1598

Born german composer Johann Crüger (April 9, 1598 – February 23, 1662)

Died at age 78, composer Adrian Le Roy (1520 – 1598)

1597

Born italian composer Luigi Rossi (1597, Torremaggiore – February 20, 1653)

1596

Born composer Constantijn Huygens (1596 – 1687)

Died at age 46, composer Francis Cutting (1550 – 1596)

1595

Born italian composer Tarquinio Merula (November 24, 1595 – December 10, 1665)

Born composer Heinrich Scheidemann (1595 – 1663)

Died at age 75, flemish composer Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520, Mechelen – 29 April 1595, Straubing)

1594

Born italian composer Biagio Marini (February 5, 1594 – March 20, 1663)

Died at age 62, franco-flemish composer Orlando di Lasso (1532, Mons – June 14, 1594, Munich)

Died at age 69, italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – February 2, 1594)

1592

Born composer Juraj Tranoscius (1592 – 1637)

Born composer Juraj Tranovský (1592 – 1637)

Died at age 57, composer Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535 – 1592)

Died at age 67, franco-flemish composer Servaas van der Muelen (1525 – 1592)

1591

Died at age 66, composer William Blitheman (1525 – 1591)

Died at age 41, slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus (July 31, 1550 – July 18, 1591)

1590

Born italian composer Giovanni Martino Cesare (c. 1590 – February 6, 1667)

Born composer John Ward (1590 – 1638)

1589

Died at age 49, polish composer Marcin Leopolita (ca 1540, Lemberg – ca. 1589, Lemberg)

1587

Born german composer Samuel Scheidt ([baptised] November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1654)

1586

Born german composer Johann Hermann Schein (January 20, 1586, Grünhain – November 19, 1630, Leipzig)

1585

Born german composer Heinrich Schütz (October 18, 1585 – November 16, 1672)

Died at age 80, english composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – November 23, 1585)

1583

Born italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi (September 1583 – March 1, 1643)

Born composer Robert Johnson (1583 – 1633)

1582

Born italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582, Rome – February 17, 1652, Rome)

Born italian composer Sigismondo d’India (c. 1582, Palermo – [before] April 19, 1629, Modena)

Born composer Thomas Ravenscroft (1582 – 1635)

Born english composer Thomas Simpson (April 1, 1582, Kent – c. 1628, Copenhagen)

Died italian composer Giorgio Mainerio (May 3? (4?), 1582)

1581

Died at age 41, composer Antoine de Bertrand (1540 – 1581)

1580

Born italian composer Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580 – January 17, 1651)

Died at age 70, spanish composer Alonso de Mudarra (1510, Palencia Province – April 11, 1580, Seville)

Died at age 63, italian composer Antonio Scandello (January 17, 1517, Bergamo – January 18, 1580, Dresden)

1579

Born composer Melchior Franck (1579 – 1639)

1576

Born english composer Thomas Weelkes (1576?, Sussex – November 30, 1623, London)

1575

Born composer John Bennet (1575 – 1614)

Born english composer Alfonso Ferrabosco II (c. 1575, Greenwich – March 11, 1628, Greenwich)

1574

Born english composer John Wilbye (March 7, 1574, Diss – 1638, Colchester)

1573

Died at age 63, composer Pierre Phalèse (1510 – 1573)

Died at age 80, slovak composer Ján Silván (1493, Trnava – February 14, 1573, Domažlice)

Died at age 68, english composer Christopher Tye (1505, Cambridge – 1573)

1572

Born german composer Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (May 25, 1572 – March 15, 1632)

Born welsh composer Thomas Tomkins (1572, St Davids – June 9, 1656, Worcestershire)

Died at age 57, french composer Pierre Certon (1515, Gien – February 23, 1572, Paris)

Died at age 52, composer Claude Goudimel (1520 – 1572)

1571

Born german composer Michael Praetorius (September 28 [?], 1571 – February 15, 1621)

1570

Born composer Thomas Bateson (1570 – 1630)

Born composer John Farmer (1570 – 1601)

Born composer Giovanni Battista Grillo (1570 – 1622)

Born composer Paul Puerl (1570 – 1625)

Born german composer Melchior Vulpius (1570, Wasungen – August 7, 1615, Weimar)

Died at age 60, composer Diego Ortiz (1510 – 1570)

1568

Born italian composer Adriano Banchieri (September 3, 1568, Bologna – 1634, Bologna)

Born composer Philippe Rossiter (1568 – 1623)

Died at age 61, franco-flemish composer Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507 – 1568)

1567

Born composer Jean-Baptiste Besard (1567 – 1625)

Born italian composer Claudio Monteverdi ([baptised] May 15, 1567 – November 29, 1643)

1566

Died at age 66, italian composer Jean-Paul Paladin (1500, Milan – 1566, Lyon)

1565

Died at age 50, composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 – 1565)

1564

Born german composer Hans Leo Hassler (October 26, 1564 – June 8, 1612)

Born english playwright, poet William Shakespeare (ca. April 23, 1564, Warwickshire – April 23, 1616, Warwickshire)

1563

Born english composer John Dowland (January 2, 1563, London – 1626, London)

Born english composer Giles Farnaby (c. 1563, London – November 24, 1640, City of London)

Died at age 55, composer Hans Newsidler (1508 – 1563)

1562

Born composer John Bull (1562 – 1628)

Died at age 82, flemish composer Adrian Willaert (c. 1480, Roeselare – December 7, 1562, Venice)

1561

Born dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1561, Deventer – October 16, 1621, Amsterdam)

Died at age 61, composer Luis Milán (1500 – 1561)

1560

Born composer Thomas Robinson (1560 – 1610)

Born italian composer Lodovico Viadana (c. 1560, Viadana – May 2, 1627, Gualtieri)

Born polish composer Mikołaj Zieleński (ca. 1560 – ca. 1620)

Died at age 36, polish composer Wacław z Szamotuł (1524 – 1560)

1558

Born composer Cesario Gussago (1558 – 1612)

Died at age 73, french composer Clément Janequin (1485 – 1558)

1557

Born composer Giovanni Croce (1557 – 1609)

Born italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – August 12, 1612)

Born british composer Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)

1553

Born italian composer Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (ca. 1553, Caravaggio – January 4, 1609, Mantua)

Born composer Luca Marenzio (1553 – 1599)

Died at age 72, catalan composer Mateo Flecha (1481, Prades – 1553, Poblet Monastery)

1552

Died at age 58, composer Pierre Attaingnant (1494 – 1552)

Died at age 52, composer Luis de Narváez (1500 – 1552)

1551

Born italian composer Giulio Caccini (October 8, 1551 – [buried] December 10, 1618)

Died at age 51, composer Albert de Rippe (1500 – 1551)

Died at age 66, swiss composer Johannes Wannenmacher (1485? – 1551?)

1550

Born italian composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550, Rome – March 11, 1602, Rome)

Born composer Francis Cutting (1550 – 1596)

Born slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus (July 31, 1550 – July 18, 1591)

Born italian composer Tiburtio Massaino (1550, Cremona – 1608, Piazenza)

Died at age 55, composer Matthias Greiter (1495 – 1550)

1548

Born spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548, Ávila – August 27, 1611, Madrid)

1547

Died at age 57, french composer Pierre Passereau (ca. 1490 – after 1547)

1545

Born english composer Anthony Holborne (1545 – November 29, 1602, London)

Born composer Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545 – 1607)

1543

Born english composer William Byrd (1543? [1538] – July 6 [?July 4], 1623)

1540

Born composer Antoine de Bertrand (1540 – 1581)

Born polish composer Marcin Leopolita (ca 1540, Lemberg – ca. 1589, Lemberg)

Born composer Matthäus Waissel (1540 – 1602)

1535

Born composer Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535 – 1592)

Died at age 70, composer Pedro de Escobar (1465 – 1535)

1532

Born franco-flemish composer Orlando di Lasso (1532, Mons – June 14, 1594, Munich)

1530

Born composer Guillaume Costeley (1530 – 1606)

1528

Born composer Francisco Guerrero (1528 – 1599)

Born composer Claude Lejeune (1528 – 1600)

Died at age 58, composer Francisco de Peñalosa (1470 – 1528)

1525

Born composer William Blitheman (1525 – 1591)

Born franco-flemish composer Servaas van der Muelen (1525 – 1592)

Born italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – February 2, 1594)

1524

Born polish composer Wacław z Szamotuł (1524 – 1560)

1523

Died at age 58, composer William Cornyshe (1465 – 1523)

1521

Died at age 66, franco-flemish composer Josquin Desprez (1455 – 1521)

1520

Born flemish composer Ludovicus Episcopius (c. 1520, Mechelen – 29 April 1595, Straubing)

Born composer Claude Goudimel (1520 – 1572)

Born composer Adrian Le Roy (1520 – 1598)

1518

Died at age 73, composer Loyset Compère (1445 – 1518)

1517

Born italian composer Antonio Scandello (January 17, 1517, Bergamo – January 18, 1580, Dresden)

Died at age 67, composer Heinrich Isaac (1450 – 1517)

1515

Born french composer Pierre Certon (1515, Gien – February 23, 1572, Paris)

Born composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 – 1565)

1510

Born spanish composer Alonso de Mudarra (1510, Palencia Province – April 11, 1580, Seville)

Born composer Diego Ortiz (1510 – 1570)

Born composer Pierre Phalèse (1510 – 1573)

1508

Born composer Hans Newsidler (1508 – 1563)

1507

Born franco-flemish composer Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507 – 1568)

1505

Born english composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – November 23, 1585)

Born english composer Christopher Tye (1505, Cambridge – 1573)

Died at age 48, franco-flemish composer Jacob Obrecht (1457, Ghent – August 1, 1505, Ferrara)

1502

Died at age 26, composer Ninot le Petit (1476 – 1502)

1500

Born composer Albert de Rippe (1500 – 1551)

Born composer Luis Milán (1500 – 1561)

Born composer Luis de Narváez (1500 – 1552)

Born italian composer Jean-Paul Paladin (1500, Milan – 1566, Lyon)

1497

Died at age 52, composer Hayne van Ghizeghem (1445 – 1497)

Died at age 87, franco-flemish composer Johannes Ockeghem (1410, Saint-Ghislain – February 6, 1497, Tours)

1495

Born composer Matthias Greiter (1495 – 1550)

1494

Born composer Pierre Attaingnant (1494 – 1552)

1493

Born slovak composer Ján Silván (1493, Trnava – February 14, 1573, Domažlice)

1492

Died composer Antoine Busnois (1492)

1490

Born french composer Pierre Passereau (ca. 1490 – after 1547)

1485

Born french composer Clément Janequin (1485 – 1558)

Born swiss composer Johannes Wannenmacher (1485? – 1551?)

1481

Born catalan composer Mateo Flecha (1481, Prades – 1553, Poblet Monastery)

1480

Born flemish composer Adrian Willaert (c. 1480, Roeselare – December 7, 1562, Venice)

Died at age 80, composer Piotr z Grudziądza (1400 – 1480)

1476

Born composer Ninot le Petit (1476 – 1502)

1474

Died at age 77, franco-flemish composer Guillaume Dufay (August 13, 1397, Beersel – November 27, 1474, Cambrai)

1470

Born composer Francisco de Peñalosa (1470 – 1528)

1465

Born composer William Cornyshe (1465 – 1523)

Born composer Pedro de Escobar (1465 – 1535)

1457

Born franco-flemish composer Jacob Obrecht (1457, Ghent – August 1, 1505, Ferrara)

1455

Born franco-flemish composer Josquin Desprez (1455 – 1521)

1450

Born composer Heinrich Isaac (1450 – 1517)

1445

Born composer Loyset Compère (1445 – 1518)

Born composer Hayne van Ghizeghem (1445 – 1497)

1410

Born franco-flemish composer Johannes Ockeghem (1410, Saint-Ghislain – February 6, 1497, Tours)

1400

Born composer Piotr z Grudziądza (1400 – 1480)

1397

Born franco-flemish composer Guillaume Dufay (August 13, 1397, Beersel – November 27, 1474, Cambrai)

1377

Died at age 77, composer Guillaume de Machaut (1300 – 1377)

1360

Died at age 80, byzantine composer, singing, monk Ioannes Koukouzeles (ca. 1280 – ca. 1360)

1300

Born composer Guillaume de Machaut (1300 – 1377)

1280

Born byzantine composer, singing, monk Ioannes Koukouzeles (ca. 1280 – ca. 1360)

1179

Died at age 81, german composer Hildegard of Bingen (September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179)

1098

Born german composer Hildegard of Bingen (September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179)

1003

Died at age 52, armenian composer Grigor Narekatsi (951 – 1003)

951

Born armenian composer Grigor Narekatsi (951 – 1003)