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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008
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– Thu 16 Oct: Outsound and The Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
– Fri 17 Oct: 23rd Annual Concert of Sacred Choral Music Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana, USA
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Birthdays:
– Moritz Hauptmann
– Elisabeth Kuyper
– Peter van Anrooy
– Enrique de Marchena
Dying days:
– Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen
– Rudolf Mengelberg
– Arthur Vincent Lourié
– Rebecca Clarke
Events:
– (1836) Adolphe-Charles Adam: Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France.
– (1908) Max Reger: Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.
– (1917) Modest Moussorgsky: Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
– (1968) Gustaf Allan Pettersson: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.
– (1982) Leonard Bernstein: Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

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– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)

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Sheet music suggestions

[details ←] Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos - Volume 1 (Blue) , piano,
[details ←] Music Book For Guitar, Vol. 3 Guitar,
[details ←] Music Book For Guitar, Vol. 1 Guitar,
[details ←] Operatic Anthology - Volume 2 , voice (Mezzo-Soprano, Alto) and piano,
[details ←] Latin Fake Book , C instrument (flute, piano, guitar, etc),
[details ←] Czerny - Level 1 / Pop Swing..(CD) Piano,
[details ←] Czerny - Level 2 / Pop Swing..(CD) Piano,
[details ←] Czerny - Level 3 / Pop Swing..(CD) Piano,
[details ←] Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos - Volume 3 (Blue) , piano,
[details ←] Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos - Volume 4 (Blue) , piano,
[details ←] Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos - Volume 6 (Blue) , piano,
[details ←] Bela Bartok: Mikrokosmos - Volume 2 (Blue) , piano,

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English composers
Portuguese composers
Modern composers

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

Composers that were born in Portugal, or gained the Portuguese nationality.

It is sometimes hard to tell when to call a composer modern, as opposed to Romantic. In general you can say that the Moder Eara in music started around the year 1900. However, many composers continued to write pieces in a romantic fashion long after that.

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