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Birthdays:
– Johann (Jan) Dismas Zelenka
– Domenico Zipoli
– Pieter van Maldere
– Franz Doppler
– Erkki Sven Tüür
Dying days:
– Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
– Giovanni Maria Capelli
– Sylvius Leopold Weiss
– Sir Granville Ransome Bantock
Events:
– (1893) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Premiere of Symphony no. 6 in b minor op. 74 “Pathétique”, in St. Petersburg, with Tchaikovsky conducting.
– (1912) Arnold Schoenberg: Premiere of Pierrot Lunaire op. 21, in Berlin, Germany, with Schönberg conducting.
– (1926) Zoltán Kodály: Premiere of Háry János, in Budapest, Hungary.
– (1942) Aaron Copland: Premiere of Rodeo, in New York, USA.
– (1960) Krzysztof Penderecki: Premiere of Anaklasis, in Donaueschingen, Germany.

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– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
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Sheet music suggestions

[details ←] Liselotte Kunkel: The Right Combination , 2 organists (at one organ),
[details ←] The Lute Music (score) Piano,
[details ←] Galliard - full score Violin, Viola, Cello,
[details ←] Old Dutch Masters; Book 4 (score) Organ,
[details ←] Dances of the 16th and 17th Centuries, Vol. III - full score orchestra,
[details ←] Five Pieces: 3 Pavanes, Galliarde, Allemande (Pudelko) - full score Violin, Cello,
[details ←] Good King Wenceslas [high voice, B-flat] - full score Vocal, Percussion,
[details ←] What Child is This? [transcription for high voice, G minor] - full score Vocal, Percussion,
[details ←] God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [arrangement] - conductor’s score Piano, Percussion, Saxophone, , sax, saxophone,
[details ←] Greensleeves [transcription] (What Child is This?) - full score Percussion,
[details ←] Perslis Clocke (Mangeot) - full score orchestra,
[details ←] Suite of Seven Pieces - full score Piano, orchestra,

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Composers who also play the organ and as such performed their own or other composer's compositions.

The renaissance era in music lasted from around 1400 till roughly 1600. This period can be subdivided into early renaissance (around 1400 till late 15th century), middle renaissance (late 15th century till early 16th century) and late renaissance (early16th century till around 1600).

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

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