Chronology

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)

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

2022

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

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)

2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died at age 83, american composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938 – June 26, 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 85, mexican composer Armando Manzanero (July 7, 1935 – December 28, 2020)

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 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)

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 Frankenpohl (April 23, 1924 – June 8, 2019)

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

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

Died at age 87, french composer Michel Legrand (February 24, 1932 – January 26, 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 86, french composer Francis Lai (April 26, 1932 – November 7, 2018)

2017

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

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

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

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

2016

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

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

2015

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

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)

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

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

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)

2011

Died at age 78, british composer John Barry (November 3, 1933 – January 30, 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 95, american composer Earl Wild (November 26, 1915, Pittsburgh – January 23, 2010, Palm Springs)

2009

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

Died at age 81, slovak composer Milan Rúfus (December 10, 1928 – January 11, 2009)

2008

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

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

2007

Died at age 78, czech composer Petr Eben (January 22, 1929 – October 24, 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 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 69, czech composer Karel Svoboda (December 19, 1938 – January 28, 2007)

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

2006

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

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

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 69, slovak composer Ivan Parík (August 17, 1936 – March 2, 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 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 69, american composer Dale Wood (February 13, 1934 – April 13, 2003)

2002

Died at age 90, spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge (March 11, 1912 – May 7, 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 95, german composer Franz Biebl (September 1, 1906 – October 2, 2001)

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

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

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

2000

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

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

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

Died at age 89, czech composer Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910 – September 4, 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 64, american composer Raymond Premru (June 6, 1934 – May 8, 1998)

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

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

1997

Born british composer Anna Semple (1997)

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

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 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 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 67, russian composer Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 – November 24, 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 77, polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996)

1995

Born slovak composer Ľuboš Gabčo (1995)

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

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)

1994

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

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

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)

1993

Born slovak composer Kristína Gotthardtová (1993)

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

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

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

Died at age 67, slovak composer Ján Zimmer (May 16, 1926 – January 21, 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 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 71, argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992)

1991

Born polish composer Maurycy Raczyński (1991)

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

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

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

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 82, ukrainian composer Mykola Rakov (1908 – 1990)

1989

Died at age 78, slovak composer Ján Cikker (July 29, 1911 – December 21, 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 87, american composer Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988)

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 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)

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

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

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

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

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 89, english composer Gordon Jacob (July 5, 1895 – June 8, 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 63, czech composer Jan Novák (April 8, 1921 – November 17, 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 67, argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 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 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)

1981

Born slovak composer Peter Kosorín (June 5, 1981)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

1977

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

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

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

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 80, austrian composer Alois Melichar (April 18, 1896 – April 9, 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 84, english composer Arthur Bliss (August 2, 1891 – March 27, 1975)

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

Died at age 61, slovak composer Pavol Horov (May 25, 1914 – September 29, 1975)

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 Monika Melcová (June 21, 1974)

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

1972

Born romanian composer Marian Mexicanu (1972)

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

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

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 slovak composer Anton Steinecker (December 12, 1971)

Born slovak composer Stanislav Šurin (January 17, 1971)

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

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 american composer Eric Whitacre (January 2, 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 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)

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)

1968

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

Born slovak composer Mirko Krajči (February 26, 1968)

Born austrian composer Klaus Simon (April 19, 1968)

Born british composer Paul Wood (March 11, 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)

1967

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

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)

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 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)

1965

Born french composer Thierry Escaich (May 8, 1965)

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

Born slovak composer Samo Smetana (1965)

1964

Born slovak composer Miloš Betko (May 27, 1964)

Born slovak composer Silvester Lavrík (January 24, 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)

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 slovak composer Daniel Matej (March 9, 1963)

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

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)

1962

Born german composer Barbara Bannasch (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 austrian composer Wolfgang Reifeneder (1960)

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

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

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

1959

Born italian composer Lorenzo Ghielmi (September 1, 1959)

Born british composer James MacMillan (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 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 slovak composer Egon Krák (March 25, 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 slovak composer Jozef Kolkovič (1957)

Born austrian composer Bernhard Lang (February 24, 1957)

Born russian composer Mikhail Pletnev (April 14, 1957)

Born czech choir master, conductor Jan Rozehnal (1957)

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

1956

Born slovak composer Ewald Danel (September 21, 1956)

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

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 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 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 austrian composer Rudolf Jungwirth (January 2, 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)

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 german composer Axel Fries (February 17, 1954)

Born austrian composer Michael Hazod (1954)

Born composer Brian E. Lynn (1954)

Born australian composer Carl Vine (October 8, 1954)

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

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 slovak composer Víťazoslav Kubička (October 11, 1953)

Born british composer Nic Raine (1953)

Born slovak composer Pavol Selecký (1953)

Born slovak doublebass, composer, program manager Anton Viskup (April 25, 1953, Bratislava)

Born english composer Stephen Warbeck (May 3, 1953)

Born japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu (March 18, 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 czech composer Peter Graham (July 1, 1952)

Born norwegian composer Jon Laukvik (December 16, 1952)

1951

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

Born latvian composer Aivars Kalējs (April 22, 1951)

Born ukrainian composer Bohdan Kotiuk (1951)

Born czech composer Ondřej Soukup (May 2, 1951)

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 french composer Richard Galliano (December 12, 1950)

Born mexican composer Arturo Márquez (December 20, 1950)

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)

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 swiss composer Kurt Sturzenegger (October 22, 1949)

Born czech composer Jan Vičar (May 5, 1949)

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

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

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

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

Born british composer Brian May (July 19, 1947)

Born hungarian composer György Orbán (July 12, 1947)

Born italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino (April 4, 1947)

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

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

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

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

Born italian composer Nicola Piovani (May 26, 1946)

Born canadian composer Howard Shore (October 18, 1946)

Born latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (April 16, 1946)

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

1945

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

Born slovak composer František Poul (October 27, 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)

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 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 slovak composer Hanuš Domanský (March 1, 1944)

Born czech composer Petr Hapka (May 13, 1944 – November 25, 2014)

Born welsh composer Karl Jenkins (February 17, 1944)

Born slovak composer Jozef Podprocký (June 10, 1944 – March 31, 2021)

Born american composer Michael Webster (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 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 41, jewish composer Ilse Weber (January 11, 1903 – October 6, 1944)

1943

Born czech composer Petr Fiala (March 25, 1943)

Born american composer Morten Lauridsen (February 7, 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)

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 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)

Died at age 36, czech composer Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 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 slovak composer Juraj Hatrík (May 1, 1941 – May 21, 2021)

Died at age 71, english composer Cecil Forsyth (November 30, 1870 – December 7, 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 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 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 gibraltarian composer William Gomez (1939 – 2000)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Krček (April 22, 1939)

Born french composer Louis Robilliard (December 10, 1939)

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)

1938

Born american composer John Corigliano (February 16, 1938)

Born american composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021)

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)

1937

Born american composer Philip Glass (January 31, 1937, Baltimore)

Born slovak composer Peter Kolman (May 29, 1937, Bratislava – November 5, 2022, Deutsch-Wagram)

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 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 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 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 slovak composer Ivan Parík (August 17, 1936 – March 2, 2005)

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 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 czech composer Luboš Fišer (September 30, 1935, Prague – June 22, 1999, Prague)

Born georgian composer Giya Kancheli (August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019)

Born mexican composer Armando Manzanero (July 7, 1935 – December 28, 2020)

Born estonian composer Arvo Pärt (September 11, 1935)

Born american composer Terry Riley (June 24, 1935)

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 61, czech composer Josef Suk (January 4, 1874 – May 29, 1935)

1934

Born english composer Harrison Birtwistle (July 15, 1934, Accrington – April 18, 2022, Mere)

Born czech composer Jan Klusák (April 18, 1934)

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 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)

1933

Born british composer John Barry (November 3, 1933 – January 30, 2011)

Born polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (December 6, 1933 – November 12, 2010)

Born polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (November 23, 1933 – March 29, 2020)

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 polish composer Wojciech Kilar (July 17, 1932 – December 29, 2013)

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

Born american composer Lalo Schifrin (June 12, 1932)

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 68, german composer Eugen d’Albert (April 10, 1864, Glasgow – March 3, 1932, Riga)

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 composer Miro Bázlik (April 12, 1931, Partizánska Ľupča – August 29, 2024, Bratislava)

Born russian composer of Tatar origin Sofia Gubaidulina (October 24, 1931, Chistopol – March 13, 2025, Appen)

Born slovak composer of Czech origin Juraj Pospíšil (January 14, 1931, Olomouc – September 20, 2007, Bratislava)

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 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 german composer Hermann Gabriel Kummer (1930 – 2008)

Born american composer Lorin Maazel (March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014)

Born american composer William Perry (1930)

Born slovak composer Pavol Šimai (June 29, 1930 – February 9, 2020)

Born japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu (October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996)

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 36, british composer Peter Warlock (October 30, 1894 – December 17, 1930)

1929

Born american composer John Carter (November 24, 1929 – March 3, 1991)

Born russian composer Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 – November 24, 1996)

Born czech composer Petr Eben (January 22, 1929 – October 24, 2007)

1928

Born british composer Dennis Armitage (May 28, 1928 – November 5, 2005)

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 british composer Monty Norman (April 4, 1928)

Born slovak composer Milan Rúfus (December 10, 1928 – January 11, 2009)

Born czech composer Luboš Sluka (September 13, 1928)

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 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 slovak composer Ivan Hrušovský (February 23, 1927 – October 5, 2001)

Born soviet composer Lev Kogan (1927 – 2007)

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 american composer Stuart Sankey (December 31, 1927 – May 1, 2000)

Born german composer Rolf Wilhelm (June 23, 1927 – January 17, 2013)

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 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 hungarian composer György Kurtág (February 19, 1926)

Born slovak composer Ján Zimmer (May 16, 1926 – January 21, 1993)

Died at age 60, british composer Charles Wood (June 15, 1866 – July 12, 1926)

1925

Born italian composer Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003)

Born french composer Pierre Boulez (March 5, 1925 – January 5, 2016)

Born british composer Ron Goodwin (February 17, 1925 – January 8, 2003)

Born american composer Richard Hoffmann (April 20, 1925, Vienna – June 24, 2021)

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)

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 59, french composer Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925)

1924

Born american composer Thomas Beversdorf (August 8, 1924 – February 15, 1981)

Born american composer Arthur Frankenpohl (April 23, 1924 – June 8, 2019)

Born french composer Maurice Jarre (September 13, 1924 – March 28, 2009)

Born american composer Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)

Born georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 1989)

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 hungarian composer György Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006)

Born polish composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski (October 3, 1923 – December 21, 2017)

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 american composer Neal Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008)

Born czech composer Zdeněk Liška (March 16, 1922 – July 13, 1983)

Born czech composer Otmar Mácha (October 2, 1922 – December 14, 2006)

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 french composer Jeanne Demessieux (February 14, 1921 – November 11, 1968)

Born slovak composer Oto Ferenczy (March 30, 1921 – May 3, 2000)

Born american composer Ernest Gold (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999)

Born czech composer Jan Novák (April 8, 1921 – November 17, 1984)

Born argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992)

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 hungarian composer Pál Járdányi (January 30, 1920 – July 29, 1966)

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 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 czech composer Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 – 21 December 2007)

Born polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg (December 8, 1919 – February 26, 1996)

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 slovak composer, conductor Tibor Frešo (November 20, 1918 – July 7, 1987)

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)

1917

Born slovak composer Tibor Andrašovan (April 3, 1917, Slovenská Ľupča – June 14, 2001, Bratislava)

Born bulgarian composer Petar Hristoskov (March 08, 1917 – June 19, 2006)

Born french composer Jean Hubeau (June 22, 1917 – August 19, 1992)

Born american composer Charlie Shavers (August 3, 1917 – July 8, 1971)

Died at age 52, italian composer Eduardo di Capua (March 12, 1865 – October 3, 1917)

Died at age 82, english composer Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (October 7, 1835 – 1917)

1916

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 swedish composer Stig Rybrant (August 8, 1916 – August 9, 1985)

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 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 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 Pavol Horov (May 25, 1914 – September 29, 1975)

Born slovak composer Dezider Kardoš (December 23, 1914 – March 18, 1991)

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 59, russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (May 11, 1855 – August 28, 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 slovak composer Ladislav Holoubek (August 13, 1913 – September 4, 1994)

Born polish composer Witold Lutosławski (January 25, 1913 – February 7, 1994)

Born american composer Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983)

1912

Born american composer John Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992)

Born american composer Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997)

Born french composer Jean Françaix (May 23, 1912 – September 25, 1997)

Born mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958)

Born spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge (March 11, 1912 – May 7, 2002)

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 slovak composer Ján Cikker (July 29, 1911 – December 21, 1989)

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)

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 american composer Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004)

Born czech composer Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910 – September 4, 1999)

Died at age 73, russian composer Mily Balakirev (January 2, 1837 [December 21, 1836] – May 29 [May 16], 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 hungarian composer László Halmos (November 10, 1909 – January 26, 1997)

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 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 Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)

Born ukrainian composer Mykola Rakov (1908 – 1990)

Born slovak composer Eugen Suchoň (September 25, 1908 – August 5, 1993)

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

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

Born american composer Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995)

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)

1906

Born german composer Franz Biebl (September 1, 1906 – October 2, 2001)

Born czech composer Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 1942)

Born slovak composer Alexander Moyzes (September 4, 1906 – November 20, 1984)

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)

1905

Born american composer Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986)

Born swedish composer Dag Wirén (October 15, 1905 – April 19, 1986)

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 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 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)

1903

Born brazilian composer Ary Barroso (November 7, 1903 – February 9, 1964)

Born soviet-armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (May 24, 1903, Tbilisi – May 1, 1978, Moscow)

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 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 french composer Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902 – June 16, 1986)

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 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)

1901

Born american composer Hugo Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981)

Born american composer Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988)

Born american composer Alfred Newman (March 17, 1901, New Haven – February 17, 1970, Hollywood)

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 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)

Died at age 50, czech composer Zdeněk Fibich (December 21, 1850 – October 15, 1900)

1899

Born american composer Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)

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 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 american composer George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937)

Born czech composer František Škvor (December 11, 1898 – May 21, 1970)

1897

Born austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957)

Born uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodriguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948)

Born spanish composer Fernando Obradors (November 28, 1897 – October 11, 1945)

Born american composer Bob Schafer (July 24, 1897 – September 28, 1943)

Born hungarian composer George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970)

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 french composer Jean Rivier (July 21, 1896 – November 6, 1987)

Born american composer Elmer Schoebel (September 8, 1896 – December 14, 1970)

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)

1895

Born italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968)

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 american composer Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981)

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)

1893

Born spanish composer Federico Mompou (April 16, 1893 – June 30, 1987)

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 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 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 german composer Ernst Roters (July 6, 1892 – August 25, 1961)

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 spanish composer Federico Moreno Torroba (March 3, 1891 – September 12, 1982)

Born american composer Jack Pettis (1891)

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 czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959)

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 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 french composer Marcel Dupré (May 3, 1886 – May 30, 1971)

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 austrian composer Alban Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935)

Born british composer Benjamin Dale (July 17, 1885 – July 30, 1943)

Born croatian composer Dora Pejačević (Sepember 10, 1885 – March 5, 1923)

Born french composer Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885 – August 17, 1961)

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)

Died at age 60, czech composer Bedřich Smetana (March 2, 1824 – May 12, 1884)

1883

Born italian composer Alfredo Casella (July 25, 1883, Turin – March 5, 1947, Rome)

Born slovak composer Frico Kafenda (November 2, 1883 – September 3, 1963)

Born austrian composer Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945)

Born czech composer Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (November 10, 1883, Ivanovice na Hané – November 5, 1951, Prague)

Died at age 70, german composer Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883)

1882

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 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 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 slovak composer Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský (May 24, 1881 – May 28, 1958)

Died at age 42, russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21 [March 9], 1839 – March 28 [March 16], 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)

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 italian composer Stefano Donaudy (February 21, 1879 – May 30, 1925)

Born croatian composer Josip Hatze (March 21, 1879 – January 30, 1959)

Born austrian composer Alma Mahler (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964)

Born italian composer Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 – April 18, 1936)

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)

1877

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 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)

1875

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 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 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 russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (April 1 [March 20], 1873 – March 28, 1943)

Born german composer Max Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916)

1872

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 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 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 43, austrian composer Josef Strauss (August 20, 1827 – July 22, 1870)

1869

Born french composer Vassily Brandt (1869 – 1923)

Died at age 66, french composer Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André – March 8, 1869, Paris)

1868

Born italian composer Leone Sinigaglia (August 14, 1868 – May 16, 1944)

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)

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 french composer Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925)

Born british composer Charles Wood (June 15, 1866 – July 12, 1926)

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 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)

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 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)

1861

Born american composer William Arms Fisher (27. 4. 1861 – 18. 12. 1948)

Born italian composer Stanislao Gastaldon (April 7, 1861 – March 7, 1939)

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 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)

1859

Born czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster (December 30, 1859 – May 29, 1951)

Born czech composer Jan Geissel (1859 – 1919)

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)

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)

Died at age 53, french composer Adolphe Adam (July 24, 1803, Paris – May 3, 1856, Paris)

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)

Born russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (May 11, 1855 – August 28, 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 american composer John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932)

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)

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 45, austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. (March 14, 1804 – September 25, 1849)

1848

Died at age 51, italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (November 29, 1797 – April 8, 1848)

1847

Born austrian composer Robert Fuchs (February 15, 1847 – February 19, 1927)

Born french composer Anselme Vinée (1847 – 1921)

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 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 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)

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 [March 9], 1839 – March 28 [March 16], 1881)

Born german composer Joseph Rheinberger (March 17, 1839, Vaduz – November 25, 1901, Munich)

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)

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 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 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)

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)

1832

Born american composer Leopold Damrosch (October 22, 1832 – February 15, 1885)

1831

Born austrian composer Johann von Herbeck (December 25, 1831 – October 28, 1877)

Died at age 65, french composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (November 15, 1766 – January 6, 1831)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 – June 21, 1819)

1818

Born french composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818 – October 18, 1893)

1817

Died at age 65, german composer Justin Heinrich Knecht (September 9, 1752 – December 1, 1817)

1815

Died at age 50, czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba (October 26, 1765 – April 8, 1815)

1813

Born french composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30, 1813, Paris – March 29, 1888, Paris)

Born italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901)

Born german composer Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883)

1812

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)

1810

Born polish composer Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849)

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 77, austrian composer Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809)

1806

Died at age 69, austrian composer Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 – August 10, 1806)

1805

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)

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)

1802

Born french composer Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (c. 1802 – c. 1880)

1801

Born italian composer Vincenzo Bellini (November 11, 1801 – September 23, 1835)

Died at age 52, italian composer Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749 – January 11, 1801)

1799

Died at age 60, austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739, Vienna – October 24, 1799, Nový Dvůr)

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)

1796

Died at age 49, austrian composer Franz Paul Rigler (March 23, 1736, Vienna – October 17, 1796, Vienna)

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)

1792

Born italian composer Gioachino Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)

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)

Died at age 35, austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756, Salzburg – December 5, 1791, Vienna)

1789

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 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)

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)

1784

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)

1782

Born french composer Daniel Auber (January 29, 1782 – May 13, 1871)

Born italian composer Niccolò Paganini (October 27, 1782 – May 27, 1840)

1781

Born czech-american composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781, Krásný Buk – May 3, 1861, New York City)

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)

1778

Born austrian composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837)

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 55, czech composer Anton Neumann (March 7, 1721 – November 20, 1776)

1773

Died at age 76, german composer Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697 – July 12, 1773)

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 czech composer Antonín Rejcha (February 26, 1770 – May 28, 1836)

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)

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

Died at age 67, french composer Jean-Marie Leclair (May 10, 1697 – October 22, 1764)

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)

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)

1760

Born italian composer Luigi Cherubini (September 27, 1760 – March 15, 1842)

1759

Born austrian composer Maria Theresia von Paradies (May 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824)

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)

1757

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)

1755

Died at age 71, italian composer Francesco Durante (March 31, 1684 – September 30, 1755)

Died italian composer Giovanni Porta (June 21, 1755)

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)

Died at age 38, czech composer Johann Georg Benda (August 30, 1714 – 1752)

1751

Died at age 80, italian composer Tomaso Albinoni (June 8, 1671 – January 17, 1751)

1750

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)

1747

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)

1745

Born ukrainian composer Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (c. 1745 – April 2 [March 24, O.S.], 1777)

Born czech composer Juraj Družecký (April 7, 1745 – June 21, 1819)

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 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

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

Died at age 48, italian composer Geminiano Giacomelli (May 28, 1692 – January 25, 1740)

1739

Born austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739, Vienna – October 24, 1799, Nový Dvůr)

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 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)

1733

Died at age 65, french composer François Couperin (November 10, 1668 – September 11, 1733)

1732

Born czech composer František Xaver Brixi (January 2, 1732, Prague – October 14, 1771, Prague)

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

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 67, slovak composer Johann Sigismund Kusser ([baptised] February 13, 1660 – [before] November 17, 1727)

1722

Born czech composer Jiří Antonín Benda (June 30, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou – November 6, 1795, Bad Köstritz)

1721

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 czech composer Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (June 18, 1717 – March 27, 1757)

1715

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)

1713

Born french composer Antoine Dauvergne (October 4, 1713 – February 12, 1797)

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)

1711

Born italian composer Gaetano Latilla (January 12, 1711, Bari – January 15, 1788, Naples)

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)

1709

Born french composer Michel Corrette (April 10, 1709 – January 21, 1795)

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 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)

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)

1700

Born italian composer Giuseppe Sellitto (March 22, 1700 – August 23, 1777)

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 german composer Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697 – July 12, 1773)

1696

Born czech composer František Antonín Míča (September 2, 1696 – February 15, 1744)

Born italian composer Andrea Zani (November 11, 1696 – September 28, 1757)

1695

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

Died at age 55, german composer Johann Christoph Pezel (1639 – October 13, 1694)

1693

Born austrian composer Gregor Joseph Werner (January 28, 1693 – March 3, 1766)

1692

Born italian composer Geminiano Giacomelli (May 28, 1692 – January 25, 1740)

1691

Died at age 62, french composer Jehan-Henri d’Anglebert (April 1, 1629 – April 23, 1691)

1690

Born italian composer Leonardo Vinci (1690 – May 27, 1730)

1689

Born french composer Jacques Aubert (December 30, 1689 – May 19, 1753)

1688

Born german composer Johann Friedrich Fasch (April 15, 1688, Buttelstedt – December 5, 1758, Zerbst)

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 55, french composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (November 28 [November 18], 1632 – March 22, 1687)

1686

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)

1683

Born german composer Johann David Heinichen (April 17, 1683 – July 16, 1729)

Born french composer Jean Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 – September 12, 1764)

1682

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 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

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 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 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)

1667

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)

1665

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 Tomaso Antonio Vitali (March 7, 1663 – May 9, 1745)

Died at age 69, italian composer Biagio Marini (February 5, 1594 – March 20, 1663)

1662

Died at age 64, german composer Johann Crüger (April 9, 1598 – February 23, 1662)

1660

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)

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 french composer Marin Marais (May 31, 1656 – August 15, 1728)

Died italian composer Andrea Falconieri (1656)

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)

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)

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)

1639

Born german composer Johann Christoph Pezel (1639 – October 13, 1694)

Died italian composer Carlo Farina (July 1639)

1637

Born danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637, Helsingborg – May 9, 1707, Lübeck)

1636

Born german composer Georg Daniel Speer ([baptised] July 2, 1636 – October 5, 1707)

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)

1629

Born french composer Jehan-Henri d’Anglebert (April 1, 1629 – April 23, 1691)

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)

1623

Born composer John Playford (1623 – 1686)

Died at age 80, english composer William Byrd (1543? [1538] – July 6 [?July 4], 1623)

1621

Born slovak composer Samuel Marckfelner (1621, Košice – 1674)

Died at age 50, german composer Michael Praetorius (September 28 [?], 1571 – February 15, 1621)

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)

1614

Born german composer Franz Tunder (1614 – November 5, 1667)

1612

Died at age 55, italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – August 12, 1612)

Died at age 48, german composer Hans Leo Hassler (October 26, 1564 – June 8, 1612)

1610

Born italian composer Gasparo Casati (c. 1610 – c. 1641)

1605

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 italian composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (November 27, 1602 – c. 1676–1678)

Died at age 45, british composer Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)

1600

Born italian composer Girolamo Fantini ([baptised] Februar 11, 1600 – May 6, 1675)

1598

Born german composer Johann Crüger (April 9, 1598 – February 23, 1662)

1595

Born italian composer Tarquinio Merula (November 24, 1595 – December 10, 1665)

1594

Born italian composer Biagio Marini (February 5, 1594 – March 20, 1663)

Died at age 69, italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – February 2, 1594)

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)

1587

Born german composer Samuel Scheidt ([baptised] November 3, 1587 – March 24, 1654)

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)

1582

Born italian composer Sigismondo d’India (c. 1582, Palermo – [before] April 19, 1629, Modena)

Died italian composer Giorgio Mainerio (May 3? (4?), 1582)

1580

Born italian composer Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580 – January 17, 1651)

1572

Born german composer Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (May 25, 1572 – March 15, 1632)

1571

Born german composer Michael Praetorius (September 28 [?], 1571 – February 15, 1621)

1567

Born italian composer Claudio Monteverdi ([baptised] May 15, 1567 – November 29, 1643)

1564

Born german composer Hans Leo Hassler (October 26, 1564 – June 8, 1612)

1560

Died at age 36, polish composer Wacław z Szamotuł (1524 – 1560)

1557

Born italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – August 12, 1612)

Born british composer Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)

1551

Born italian composer Giulio Caccini (October 8, 1551 – [buried] December 10, 1618)

Died at age 66, swiss composer Johannes Wannenmacher (1485? – 1551?)

1550

Born slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus (July 31, 1550 – July 18, 1591)

1543

Born english composer William Byrd (1543? [1538] – July 6 [?July 4], 1623)

1525

Born italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – February 2, 1594)

1524

Born polish composer Wacław z Szamotuł (1524 – 1560)

1505

Born english composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – November 23, 1585)

1485

Born swiss composer Johannes Wannenmacher (1485? – 1551?)

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)