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– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy

– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008

Birthdays:
– Zoran Bozanic
– David Diamond
– Ingolf Dahl
– Elisabeth Lutyens
– Robert Oboussier
Dying days:
– Randall Thompson
– Oscar van Hemel
– Alexander Gedike
– Giovanni Battista Bononcini
– Johann Rudolf Ahle
Events:
– (1989) Edison Denisov: Premiere of the clarinet concerto, in Lübeck, Germany.
– (1978) Aribert Reimann: Premiere of Lear, in Munich, Germany.
– (1962) Mauricio Kagel: Premiere of Heterophonie, in Darmstadt, Germany.
– (1957) Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Premiere of Simplicius Simplicissimus (new version), in Mannheim, Germany.

– Gabriel Erkoreka (17 Jun)
– Miguel Álvarez Fernández (17 Jun)
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– George Frederic Pinto (17 Jun)
– André Miranda (17 Jun)
– Artur Santos (17 Jun)
– Martin Wesley-Smith (17 Jun)
– Arturo Márquez (17 Jun)
– Giorgos Kyriakakis (17 Jun)
– Thomas Brendan Wilson (17 Jun)

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Born: 25 March 1882 — Slaithwaite, Yorkshire — England

Died: 11 March 1959 — London — England

1 Concerto in D minor for piano & orchestra; 8 rhapsodies for harmonic music; 18 Etudes for Orchestra as Philarmonic Variations; 1 Cello concert; 12 solo cello pieces; 2 solo flute pieces; 3 solos for accordeon; 8 Ouvertures;1 Violin concert and over 200 melodies the most well-known "Roses of Picardy".

Wood was one of the three outstanding British composers between the wars who developed what became known as "light music", the others being Eric Coates and Montague Phillips. Altough Wood tended to find himself in the shadow of Coates, he produced a considerable repertoire of orchestral music and songs, both fields in which Coates excelled. He was married to the singer Dorothy Court, with whom he went on the halls and for whom he wrote a succession of popular songs. "Roses of Picardy" was one of the most successful hits of the First World War and sold over a million-and-a-quarter copies. Subsequently he turned to musical comedy as a composer and his musical play "Tina" from 1915 was an early gramophone hit with at least half-a-dozen recordings.

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