English composers. Nobility.

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English composers
Nobility

Composers that were born in England, or gained the English nationality.

This is a list of composers that had some sort of noble rank, like king, queen, duke, or earl.

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Dutilleux dead at 97 posted 23 May 2013
Britten trail opened posted 3 Apr 2013
Tan Dun is Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO posted 29 Mar 2013
Michael Berkeley to be member of House of Lords posted 29 Mar 2013
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Sat 22 Jun: Freedom, a vibrant new choral drama on the abolition of slavery hedge End
Sat 22 Jun: Lux - with Cappella Novocastriensis. St Cuthvert's Church, Norham, Northumberland, TD15 2LF. UK
Sat 22 Jun: Bristol Bach Choir presents choral gems, ancient and modern St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England
Mon 24 Jun: The Brodsky Quartet with Lore Lixenberg and Cathal Breslin Drapers' Hall,Throgmorton Street London EC2N 2DQ
Sat 29 Jun: Summertime Gala Concert St John's Smith Square, London UK
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Birthdays:
François Rébel
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
Jan Václav (Johann) Stamitz
Carl Zeller
Alfredo Catalani
Dying days:
Alessandro Marcello
Johann Ernst Eberlin
Sergey Taneyev
Maurice Jaubert
Wladimir Vogel
Events:
(1825) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of Il Viaggio a Reims, in Paris, France.
(1899) Edward Elgar: Premiere of the Enigma Variations op. 36, in London, England.
(1926) George Antheil: Premiere of Ballet Mécanique, in Paris, France.
(1926) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of King Roger, in Warsaw, Poland.
(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Triangle Quartet No. 1", in Lund, Sweden.

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Henri Dutilleux (23 May)
Anders Eliasson (22 May)
John La Montaine (22 May)
Gordon Sherwood (22 May)
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (22 May)
Manuel de Elías (17 May)
Sabrina Peña Young (16 May)
Stanislas Verroust (16 May)
Karl Davydov (16 May)
Massimiliano Viel (16 May)

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