Composers by period

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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 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center

Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA

Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania

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Sat 15 Jun: Viva Vivaldi! Bristol Cathedral College Green Bristol

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Birthdays:

Ferdinand Fränzl

Louis-François Dauprat

Richard Hofmann

Paul Paray

(Johan) Hilding Hallnäs

Dying days:

Jan Zach

Friedrich Ernst Fesca

Edward K. "Duke" Ellington

Richard Hall

Jacob Druckman

Events:

(1803) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of violin sonata in A major op. 47 “Kreutzer Sonata”, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven at the piano.

(1833) Heinrich Marschner: Premiere of Hans Heiling, in Berlin, Germany.

(1873) Léo Delibes: Premiere of Le Roi l'a Dit, in Paris, France.

(1906) Frederick Delius: Premiere of Sea Drift, in Essen, Germany.

(1918) Béla Bartók: Premiere of Duke Bluebeard's Castle op. 11, in Budapest, Hungary.

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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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Ludwig van Beethoven [416]

Johann Sebastian Bach [405]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [392]

Johannes Brahms [382]

Antonio Salieri [382]

Gustav Mahler [380]

Georges Bizet [370]

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