Composer events for August
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Birthdays
- Seann Branchfield (1984)
- Thomas Dempster (1980)
- Matthew Logan (1980)
- Rodrigo Rodriguez (1978)
- Leonidas Sakellarides (1978)
- Lev Zhurbin (1978)
- Panayiotis Demopoulos (1977)
- Kevin Pogue (1976)
- Erel Paz (1974)
- Ioannis Kourtis (1973)
- Avior Byron (1973)
- Alan Fleming-Baird (1972)
- James Romig (1971)
- Atanas Ourkouzounov (1970)
- Nadir Vassena (1970)
- Geoffrey Gordon (1968)
- Sérgio Azevedo (1968)
- Olga Neuwirth (1968)
- Louis Kobra (1967)
- Amos Elkana (1967)
- Michio Shirasawa (1966)
- Juan María Solare (1966)
- Humberto Castanheira (1965)
- Francois Evans (1965)
- Gary Nash (1964)
- Johan S. Riphagen (1961)
- David "Uncle Dave" Lewis (1961)
- Rudolf Zaras (1961)
- Kevin Oldham (1960)
- William Susman (1960)
- Karlheinz Essl (1960)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (1959)
- Robert Grandy (1958)
- Hans van Eck (1958)
- Consuelo Diez (1958)
- Dun Tan (1957)
- Sally Beamish (1956)
- Roberto Maria Cucinotta (1956)
- Frederic Glesser (1956)
- David Garner (1956)
- Jean-Luc Bertel (1955)
- Alvaro Cordero (1954)
- William Webster-Garman (1954)
- Sinan Carter Savaskan (1954)
- Peter Scott Lewis (1953)
- William Copper (1953)
- James Horner (1953)
- Heiner Goebbels (1952)
- Paul Coles (1952)
- Andrew Downes (1950)
- Carlos Micháns (1950)
- Anton Del Forno (1950)
- Stephen Paulus (1949)
- Leonard Lehrman (1949)
- Jukka Tiensuu (1948)
- Stephen Brown (1948)
- Thomas Brosh (1946)
- Ivar Danielsen (1946)
- Bjørn Kruse (1946)
- Brian Holmes (1946)
- Balz Trümpy (1946)
- Krzysztov Meyer (1943)
- Philip Goddard (1942)
- Emmanuel Nunes (1941)
- Joseph Dorfman (1940)
- Robert Aitken (1939)
- Jaques Hetú (1938)
- David Bedford (1937)
- Anthony Payne (1936)
- Giya Kancheli (1935)
- Marian Borkowski (1934)
- James Tenney (1934)
- Zbigniew Bujarski (1933)
- James Ciernia (1933)
- Maarten Bon (1933)
- David Campbell Dorward (1933)
- Richard Meale (1932)
- Sergei Slonimsky (1932)
- Alexander Goehr (1932)
- Tera de Marez Oyens (1932)
- Sean O’Riada (1931)
- Veljo Tormis (1930)
- Alun Hoddinott (1929)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928)
- Piet Kee (1927)
- Claudio Guidi Drei (1927)
- James Brian Bonsor (1926)
- Edwin Carr (1926)
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925)
- Kirke Mechem (1925)
- Robert Heppener (1925)
- Julián Orbón (1925)
- Georgi Tutev (1924)
- James Brown (1923)
- Arthur Butterworth (1923)
- Louis Ravel (1922)
- Lukas Foss (1922)
- Roger Nixon (1921)
- Karel Husa (1921)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918)
- Ugo Amendola (1917)
- Antonio Lauro (1917)
- Humphrey Searle (1915)
- Harold Truscott (1914)
- Stjepan Šulek (1914)
- Richard Purvis (1913)
- Jerome Moross (1913)
- Francisco Escudero (1912)
- Herman Strategier (1912)
- David Raksin (1912)
- Louis Moyse (1912)
- Jan Koetsier (1911)
- Bernhard Heiden (1910)
- Erkki Aaltonen (1910)
- Pierre Schaeffer (1910)
- William Schuman (1910)
- Nina Makarova (1908)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1908)
- Constant Lambert (1905)
- André Jolivet (1905)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905)
- Stefan Wolpe (1902)
- Edgar M. Deale (1902)
- Henri Tomasi (1901)
- Juan Carlos Paz (1901)
- Ernst Krenek (1900)
- Alexandr Mosolov (1900)
- Ernesto Lecuona (1896)
- Lili (Juliëtte Marie Olga) Boulanger (1893)
- Douglas Moore (1893)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892)
- Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892)
- Oscar van Hemel (1892)
- Tomaso Gardella (1891)
- Marinus de Jong (1891)
- Arthur Bliss (1891)
- Ivor Gurney (1890)
- Jacques-François Ibert (1890)
- Hans Gál (1890)
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889)
- Luís Abraham Delgadillo (1887)
- Fartein Olav Valen (1887)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886)
- Eric Coates (1886)
- Pietro Yon (1886)
- Daniël Ruyneman (1886)
- Oscar Esplá y Triay (1886)
- Edvin Kallstenius (1881)
- Sigurd Islandsmoen (1881)
- George Enescu (1881)
- Robert Stolz (1880)
- Alma Schindler (1879)
- John Ireland (1879)
- Jan Zwart (1877)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875)
- Héctor (Ettore) Panizza (1875)
- Albert William Ketelby (1875)
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874)
- Antonio Savasta (1873)
- William Henry Squire (1871)
- Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868)
- Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (1867)
- Alexander Glazunov (1865)
- (Henri-Constant) Gabriel Pierné (1863)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Francesco Paolo Frontini (1860)
- Catharina van Rennes (1858)
- Hans Rott (1858)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857)
- Moritz Moszkowski (1854)
- Benjamin Godard (1849)
- Emmanuel de Lescazes (1847)
- Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847)
- Marie Jaëll (1846)
- Eduard Frantsovitch Napravnik (1839)
- François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837)
- Albert Biehl (1836)
- Peter Benoit (1835)
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834)
- Ludvig Norman (1831)
- Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829)
- Otto Goldschmidt (1829)
- Josef Strauss (1827)
- Henry Charles Litolff (1818)
- William Henry Fry (1813)
- August Gottfried Ritter (1811)
- Ambroise Thomas (1811)
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810)
- Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806)
- Heinrich Marschner (1795)
- Nicolas Bochsa (1789)
- Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776)
- François de Fossa (1775)
- Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke (1767)
- Antonio Capuzzi (1755)
- Antonio Salieri (1750)
- Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750)
- Leopold Hofmann (1738)
- Gioseffo Ferdinando Bertoni (1725)
- Maurice Greene (1695)
- Leonardo Leo (1694)
- Willem de Fesch (1687)
- Nicola Porpora (1686)
- Benedetto Marcello (1686)
- Alessandro Marcello (1669)
- Johann Michael Bach (1648)
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644)
- Giovanni Legrenzi (1626)
- Pietro Antonio Cesti (1623)
- Jacopo Peri (1561)
- Hieronymus Praetorius (1560)
- Giaches de Wert (1535)
- Francesco Canova da Milano (1497)
- Guillaume Dufay (1397)
Dying days
- Graham Whettam (2007)
- Tikhon Nikolaievich Khrennikov (2007)
- John Weinzweig (2006)
- James Tenney (2006)
- Jacques Wildberger (2006)
- Warren Barker (2006)
- Luc Ferrari (2005)
- Arnold (Atkinson) Cooke (2005)
- William Presser (2004)
- Elmer Bernstein (2004)
- David Raksin (2004)
- Jaap Geraedts (2003)
- Bertold Hummel (2002)
- Franco Donatoni (2000)
- Samuel Ekpe Akpabot (2000)
- Joan Trimble (2000)
- Jean Papineau-Couture (2000)
- Juan Carlos Zorzi (1999)
- Adriaan Cornelis Schuurman (1998)
- Alfred Schnittke (1998)
- Conlon Nancarrow (1997)
- Tera de Marez Oyens (1996)
- Jurriaan Andriessen (1996)
- Louise (Victoria) Talma (1996)
- David Tudor (1996)
- Pierre Schaeffer (1995)
- Karel Berman (1995)
- Fisher Tull (1994)
- Eugen Suchon (1993)
- John Cage (1992)
- César Augusto Ribeiro Morais (1992)
- John Andrew Howard Ogdon (1989)
- Kenneth Leighton (1988)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1988)
- Vincent Persichetti (1987)
- Alexander Abramsky (1985)
- Paul Creston (1985)
- Torcuato Rodriguez Castro (1983)
- Robert Russell Bennett (1981)
- Leopold Spinner (1980)
- Carlos Chávez (1978)
- Alexander Tcherepnin (1977)
- Micheal (Dewar) Head (1976)
- Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1975)
- Jean Barraqué (1973)
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1973)
- René Leibowitz (1972)
- Juan Carlos Paz (1972)
- Balys Dvarionas (1972)
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1970)
- Ingolf Dahl (1970)
- Hekel Tavares (1969)
- Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1969)
- John Larchet (1967)
- Jaromir Weinberger (1967)
- Apolinary Szewto (1966)
- Maurice Schoemaker (1964)
- Salvador Bacarisse (1963)
- Irving Fine (1962)
- Carlos Salzédo (1961)
- Charles Edward "C.E." Duble (1960)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1959)
- María Isabel Curubeto Godoy (1959)
- Felix Swinstead (1959)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1958)
- Florent Schmitt (1958)
- Joseph (Josef) Holbrooke (1958)
- Dimiter Nenov (1953)
- Constant Lambert (1951)
- Artur Schnabel (1951)
- Nikolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky (1950)
- Karl Weigl (1949)
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1948)
- Gino Marinuzzi (1945)
- Pietro Mascagni (1945)
- Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1945)
- Nikolai Andreievich Roslavets (1944)
- Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1944)
- Joseph Bonnet (1944)
- Erwin Schulhoff (1942)
- Paul Juon (1940)
- Albert Roussel (1937)
- Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1936)
- Otakar Ostrcil (1935)
- Frederick Corder (1932)
- Siegfried Wagner (1930)
- Frank van der Stucken (1929)
- Jean Gabriel-Marie (1928)
- Leoš Janáček (1928)
- Wladimir Ivanovich Rébikoff|Rebikov (1920)
- Gustav Uwe Jenner (1920)
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1919)
- Philipp Scharwenka (1917)
- George Butterworth (1916)
- Hamish MacCunn (1916)
- Anatolii Lyadov (1914)
- Gabriel Dupont (1914)
- Jules Massenet (1912)
- Joseph Joachim (1907)
- Rudolf Bibl (1902)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1900)
- Carl Zeller (1898)
- Alfredo Catalani (1893)
- Pierre Julien Nargeot (1891)
- Henry Charles Litolff (1891)
- Ole Bull (1880)
- Félicien-César David (1876)
- Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1868)
- Friedrich Silcher (1860)
- Francis Edward Bache (1858)
- Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1856)
- Jacques (Féréol) Mazas (1849)
- Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1846)
- João Domingos Bomtempo (1842)
- Bernhard Heinrich Romberg (1841)
- Antonín (Anton) Vranický (1820)
- Daniel Gottlob Türk (1813)
- Johann Baptist Vanhal (1813)
- Michael Haydn (1806)
- Christian Kalkbrenner (1806)
- Joseph Marie Clément Abaco (1805)
- Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1800)
- François-André Philidor (1795)
- Leopold August Abel (1794)
- Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1791)
- François Francoeur (1787)
- Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) (1786)
- Giovanni Battista Martini (1784)
- Thomas Linley (the younger) (1778)
- Nicoló Jommelli (1774)
- Johann Schobert (1767)
- Karl Heinrich Graun (1759)
- Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1746)
- Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas (1742)
- Gottfried Finger (1730)
- Marin Marais (1728)
- William Croft (1727)
- Sebastián Durón (1716)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1712)
- Joan Cererols (1680)
- Matthew Locke (1677)
- Louis Couperin (1661)
- Jacopo Peri (1633)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1612)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (1611)
- Luca Marenzio (1599)
- Georges De la Hèle (1586)
- Bálint (Valentin) Bakfark|Bachfarrt|Backvart (1576)
- Josquin des Préz|Desprez (1521)
- Loyset Compère (1518)
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (1445)
Music events
- Premiere of The Turing Test — chamber opera, in Edinburgh, Scotland (2007) → Julian Wagstaff
- Premiere of MIXTUR (2003), Salzburg, Austria. (2006) → Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Premiere of "Azul" for cello and orchestra, in Boston, USA, with Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello. (2006) → Osvaldo Golijov
- First performance of movement 1 & 2 from "The Mouse", in Holsted, Denmark. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Brørup Suite", in Brørup, Denmark. (2000) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Cello Concerto, in Helsinki, Finland. (1991) → Sofia Gubaidulina
- Premiere of Nuit du Faune, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1991) → Sylvano Bussotti
- Premiere of Ypsilon für Flöte, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1991) → Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Premiere of Freispruch für Medea, in Hamburg, Germany. (1990) → Rolf Liebermann
- Premiere of Mein Tod. Requiem in Memoriam Jane S., in Slazburg, Austria. (1990) → Wolfgang Rihm
- Premiere of Missa Non Est, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1989) → Wolfgang Rihm
- Premiere of Passacaglia, in Luzern, Switzerland. (1988) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Stichyra..., in Moscow, Russia. (1988) → Rodion Shchedrin
- Premiere of Oresteia II, in Gibellina, Italy. (1987) → Iannis Xenakis
- Premiere of Die Schwarze Maske, in Salzburg, Austria. (1986) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Un Re in Ascolto, in Salzburg, Austria. (1984) → Luciano Berio
- Premiere of Songerie pour Orchestre de Chambre, in Salzburg, Austria. (1982) → Udo Zimmermann
- Premiere of Baal, in Salzburg, Austria. (1981) → Friedrich Cerha
- Premiere of Pollicino, in Monte Pulciano, Italy. (1980) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Tripple Concerto, in London, England. (1979) → Michael Tippett
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Turku, Finland. (1979) → Aulis Sallinen
- Premiere of Waldmusik, in Salzburg, Austria. (1977) → Albert Biales
- Premiere of De Temporum Fine Comoedia, in Salzburg, Austria. (1973) → Carl Orff
- Premiere of Opera, in Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA. (1970) → Luciano Berio
- Premiere of Concerto per Violine Grande ed Orchestra, in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. (1968) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Die Bassariden, in Salzburg, Austria. (1966) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Die Schule der Frauen, in Salzburg, Germany. (1957) → Rolf Liebermann
- World premiere of "Pep Rally", a one act opera in two scenes, Interlochen, MIchigan, USA. Summer music camp, an all-camp music event with students and faculty. (1957) → Don Gillis
- Premiere of Die Harmonie der Welt, in Munich, Germany. (1957) → Paul Hindemith
- Premiere of Irische Legende, in Salzburg, Germany. (1955) → Werner Egk
- Premiere of Der Prozeß, in Salzburg, Austria. (1953) → Gottfried von Einem
- Premiere of Symphony in G major, in La Jolla, USA. (1953) → Jean Françaix
- Premiere of Die Liebe de Danae, in Salzburg, Austria. (1952) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Antigonae, Salzburg, Austria. (1949) → Carl Orff
- Premiere of Dantes Tod, in Salzburg, Austria. (1947) → Gottfried von Einem
- Premiere of Symphonie Liturgique, in Zürich, Switzerland. (1946) → Arthur Honegger
- Premiere of concert for horn and orchestra no. 2 in E flat major, in Salzburg, Germany. (1943) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of El Salón México, in Mexico City, Mexico. (1937) → Aaron Copland
- Premiere of Cuban Overture, in New York, USA. (1932) → George (Jacob) Gershwin
- Premiere of Die Dreigroschenoper, in Berlin, Germany. (1928) → Kurt Weill
- Premiere of Fantasia Contrapuntistica for 2 pianos, in Salzburg, Austria. (1923) → Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
- Premiere of Die Ferne Klang, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1912) → Franz Schreker
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in D flat major op. 10, in Moscow, Russia, with Prokofiev conducting. (1912) → Sergey Prokofiev
- Premiere of Prométhée op. 82, in Bézieres, France. (1900) → Gabriel Fauré
- Premiere of Götterdämmerung, in Bayreuth, Germany. (1876) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Siegfried, in Bayreuth, Germany. (1876) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Béatrice et Bénédict, in Baden-Baden, Germany. (1862) → Hector Berlioz
- Premiere of Missa Solemnis (Graner Messe), in Esztergom, Hungary, with Liszt conducting. (1856) → Ferenc (Franz) Liszt
- Premiere of Lohengrin, in Weimar, Germany. (1850) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Elias op. 70, in Birmingham, England. (1846) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of Guillaume Tell, in Paris, France. (1829) → Gioacchino Rossini
- Premiere of Il Turco in Italia, in Milan, Italy. (1814) → Gioacchino Rossini
- Premiere of L'Incontro Improvviso, in Eszterháza, Hungary. (1775) → Franz Joseph Haydn
- Premiere of La Serva Padrona, in Naples, Italy. (1733) → Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Premiere of Octavia, in Hamburg, Germany. (1705) → Reinhard Keiser
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