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Hildegard now officially a saint posted 14 May 2012

Poland's highest honour for Wojciech Kilar posted 4 May 2012

Kevin Puts wins 2012 Pullitzer Prize posted 20 Apr 2012

Korean prize for Unsuk Chin posted 16 Apr 2012

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Tue 29 May: Composers Voice Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York

Sat 2 Jun: Music for a Royal Occasion Middleton Parish Church, New Lane, Middleton Manchester M24

Fri 8 Jun: Vienna Here and Now St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E, Toronto

Fri 8 Jun: Shakuhachi Concert Raixa, Bunyola, Spain

Sat 9 Jun: The Waters of Tyne & Ruhr St James's United Reform Church, Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8JF

Today → (27 May)

Birthdays:

Jacques-François Halévy

Joseph Joachim Raff

Claude Champagne

Dying days:

Giovanni Legrenzi

Giacomo Rampini

Nicoló Paganini

Events:

(1906) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Symphony no. 6 in a minor, in Essen, Germany, with Mahler conducting.

(1990) Alfred Schnittke: Premiere of the violin concerto, in Evian, France.

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Latest changes →

Steve Cohen (16 May)

Anna Cramer (16 May)

Thomas Koppel (16 May)

Iet Stants (16 May)

Marc Hyland (16 May)

Hildegard von Bingen (14 May)

Claude Lefebvre (7 May)

Wim Franken (26 Apr)

Johann August Just (26 Apr)

Francesco Zappa (25 Apr)

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Ludwig van Beethoven [480]

Johann Sebastian Bach [467]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [452]

Johannes Brahms [440]

Antonio Salieri [440]

Gustav Mahler [438]

Georges Bizet [426]

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Birthdays

Dying days

Friedrich II der Große (the Great) (1786)
Raynor Taylor (1825)
Ole Bull (1880)
Carl Zeller (1898)
Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1936)
Gino Marinuzzi (1945)
Florent Schmitt (1958)
Carlos Salzédo (1961)
Jean Barraqué (1973)
Franco Donatoni (2000)
Graham Whettam (2007)

MusicAtlas events

(1786) Schloß Sanssouci → Potsdam → Friedrich II der Große (the Great)
(1835) → Harelbeke → Peter Benoit

Music events

Premiere of Götterdämmerung, in Bayreuth, Germany. (1876) → Richard Wagner
Premiere of Symphonie Liturgique, in Zürich, Switzerland. (1946) → Arthur Honegger
Premiere of Der Prozeß, in Salzburg, Austria. (1953) → Gottfried von Einem
Premiere of Irische Legende, in Salzburg, Germany. (1955) → Werner Egk
Premiere of Die Schule der Frauen, in Salzburg, Germany. (1957) → Rolf Liebermann
Premiere of Premiere of Dreaming, Saint Privat d'Allier (France). Premiere of "Dreaming", chamber opera for soprano voice, mezzo-soprano voice, narrator, flute, viola, didgerido in Eb, percussion instruments and recorded sounds, in Saint Privat d'Allier, France (2004) → Sophie Lacaze

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