Composer events for 1964
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Birthdays
- Carlos Azevedo ()
- Paulo Maria Rodrigues ()
- Osmo Tapio Räihälä (15 January)
- Michael Fuchsmann (21 January)
- Alejandro Simonovich (15 April)
- Jo Wang (15 April)
- Augusta Read Thomas (24 April)
- Kevin Mayo (7 May)
- Lansing McLoskey (21 May)
- Gregers Brinch (2 June)
- Roger Arve Vigulf (9 June)
- Ivan Moody (11 June)
- Mark Argent (24 June)
- David Arditti (1 July)
- Elliott Goldkind (24 July)
- Gary Nash (2 August)
- Luca Belcastro (18 September)
- Robert Zuidam (23 September)
- John Roscigno (26 September)
- David Dzubay (4 October)
- Jordi Vives i Batlle (7 October)
- Dominy Clements (18 October)
- Brian Sager (5 November)
- Peter Wallin (9 November)
- Ian Wilson (26 December)
Dying days
- Víctor Coelho Macedo Pinto ()
- Vincenzo de Crescenzo ()
- Willem Andriessen ()
- Colin McPhee (7 January)
- Marc Blitzstein (22 January)
- Sigurd Islandsmoen (1 July)
- Maurice Schoemaker (24 August)
- Otto Olsson (1 September)
- Joseph Marx (3 September)
- George Dyson (28 September)
- Ernst Toch (1 October)
- Alma Schindler (11 December)
- Thomas Nassi (21 December)
Music events
- Premiere of the Cello Symphony, in Moscow, Russia. (12 March) → Benjamin Britten
- Premiere of Montezuma, in Berlin, Germany. (19 April) → Roger Huntington Sessions
- Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (24 July) → Alberto Ginastera
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5, in Manchester, England. (7 October) → Humphrey Searle
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