Composer events for February
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Birthdays
- Christopher Shaver (1987)
- Bruno Vlahek (1986)
- Jordan Charles Witherspoon (1986)
- Hugh Daigle (1981)
- Matthew Rowan (1979)
- Marcus Hoffman (1979)
- O. Manuel Calzada (1975)
- Jonathan Bailey Holland (1974)
- Miguel Andrade Gomes (1972)
- Fabrizio Ferrari (1971)
- Sean Hickey (1970)
- Mark Gould (1969)
- Charles Griffin (1968)
- Simon Wickham-Smith (1968)
- Hans Eijsackers (1967)
- Gert-Jan Greven (1967)
- Cesare Valentini (1967)
- Thorsten Wollmann (1966)
- Anthony Kelley (1965)
- Eddie Mora Bermúdez (1965)
- Ian Crutchley (1965)
- Jonathan Elliott (1962)
- Eurico Carrapatoso (1962)
- Petri Kuljuntausta (1961)
- Giorgio Colombo Taccani (1961)
- Lowell Liebermann (1961)
- Marc-Andre Dalbavie (1961)
- Craig Bakalian (1961)
- Dmitri Kapyrin (1960)
- Reine Jönsson (1960)
- Harold Colin Cowherd (1960)
- Randall Poshek-Gladbach (1959)
- Robert Scott Thompson (1959)
- Tim Ewers (1958)
- Simon Holt (1958)
- Colin Eatock (1958)
- David Hahn (1956)
- Steven Mackey (1956)
- Michel Dalle Ave (1956)
- Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk (1955)
- Michael Repoulis (1955)
- Selman Ada (1953)
- Lorna Paterson (1953)
- Luis Diego Herra-Rodriguez (1952)
- Peter McAleer (1952)
- Stan Hoffman (1951)
- Andrew Gelt (1951)
- Michael Shapiro (1951)
- Michel Meynaud (1950)
- Bujor Hoinic (1950)
- Fred Frith (1949)
- Christopher Rouse (1949)
- Colin Bayliss (1948)
- Carlo Domeniconi (1947)
- John Adams (1947)
- Colin Matthews (1946)
- Karl Jenkins (1944)
- Alice Shields (1943)
- Ivan Tcherepnin (1943)
- Stephen Albert (1941)
- Marlos Nobre de Almeida (1939)
- Urs Peter Schneider (1939)
- Barbara Kolb (1939)
- Patric Standford (1939)
- John Corigliano (1938)
- Robert Baksa (1938)
- Terrence Patrick Dougherty (1937)
- Ann Southam (1937)
- Jan Pasveer (1933)
- Michel Legrand (1932)
- John (Towner) Williams (1932)
- Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929)
- André Mathieu (1929)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1929)
- James Drew (1929)
- Luc Ferrari (1929)
- Walter Hartley (1927)
- Pierre Mercure (1927)
- György Kurtág (1926)
- Lee Hoiby (1926)
- Friedrich Cerha (1926)
- Barney Childs (1926)
- Marius Constant (1925)
- Lejaran Hiller (1924)
- Mel Powell (1923)
- András Szöllősy (1921)
- Ruth Gipps (1921)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921)
- Jorge Oscar Pickenhayn (1921)
- Jiří Pauer (1919)
- Kara (Gara) Karayev|Garayev (1918)
- Marcel Landowski (1915)
- David van de Woestijne (1915)
- René Leibowitz (1913)
- Jehan-Ariste Alain (1911)
- Roman Maciejewski (1910)
- Miguel Bernal-Jiménez (1910)
- Blas Galindo Dimas (1910)
- Harald Genzmer (1909)
- Grazyna Bacewicz (1909)
- Jean Coulthard (1908)
- Renzo Rossellini (1908)
- Alec Wilder (1907)
- Jean Langlais (1907)
- Sandor Veress (1907)
- Camargo Guarnieri (1907)
- Grace Williams (1906)
- Yves Baudrier (1906)
- Guillaume Landré (1905)
- Luis Meneses Sandi (1905)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904)
- César Geoffray (1901)
- Elinor Remick Warren (1900)
- Georges Auric (1899)
- Jan Maklakiewicz (1899)
- Roy Harris (1898)
- Johannes Weyrauch (1897)
- Quincy Porter (1897)
- Wladimir Vogel (1896)
- Guiomar Novaes (1894)
- Rudolf Mengelberg (1892)
- Georges Migot (1891)
- María de Baratta (1890)
- Matthijs Vermeulen (1888)
- Candelario Huízar (1888)
- Max Lenz (1887)
- Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887)
- Alban Berg (1885)
- Christina (Dina) Appeldoorn (1884)
- York Bowen (1884)
- Ignaz Friedman (1882)
- Karl Weigl (1882)
- Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880)
- Frank Bridge (1879)
- Otakar Ostrcil (1879)
- Emiel Hullebroeck (1878)
- Selim Palmgren (1878)
- Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (1877)
- Russell Alexander (1877)
- Louis Aubert (1877)
- John Alden Carpenter (1876)
- Feodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876)
- Walter Courvoisier (1875)
- Fritz Kreisler (1875)
- Vilhelm Eugene Stenhammar (1871)
- Leopold Godowsky (1870)
- Cornelis Dopper (1870)
- Julius Conus (1869)
- Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868)
- Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger (1867)
- Ricardo Castro (1864)
- Carl Albert Hermann Teike (1864)
- Emánuel Moór (1863)
- Edward German (1862)
- Felipe Villanueva (1862)
- Ida Georgina Moberg (1859)
- Victor Herbert (1859)
- Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848)
- Philipp Scharwenka (1847)
- Robert Fuchs (1847)
- Charles Marie Widor (1844)
- Arrigo Enrico Boito (1842)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841)
- Léo Delibes (1836)
- Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834)
- Paul (Pierre) Agricole Genin (1832)
- Peter Arnold Heise (1830)
- Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830)
- Franz Strauss (1822)
- Armand Saintis (1822)
- Henri Vieuxtemps (1820)
- Cornelius Gurlitt (1820)
- Niels Vilhelm Gade (1817)
- Albert Ellmenreich (1816)
- Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzjski (1813)
- Norbert Burgmüller (1810)
- Ole Bull (1810)
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809)
- Elias Parish-Alvars (1808)
- Leopold Eugen Mechura (1804)
- Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802)
- Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801)
- Aleksey Nikolayevitch Verstovsky (1799)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796)
- Gioacchino Rossini (1792)
- Carl Czerny (1791)
- Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789)
- Johann Kaspar Aiblinger (1779)
- Joachim Nikolas Eggert (1779)
- José Fernando Macario Sor (1778)
- (Jacques) Pierre (Joseph) Rode (1774)
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772)
- Johann Baptiste Cramer (1771)
- Anton Reicha (1770)
- Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770)
- Ferdinando Carulli (1770)
- Samuel Wesley (1766)
- Adalbert (Vojtech) Gyrowetz (1763)
- Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille (1761)
- Jean-François Le Sueur (1760)
- Jan Ladislav Dušek|Dussek (1760)
- Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748)
- João de Sousa Carvalho (1745)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743)
- André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741)
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736)
- Franz Ignaz Beck (1734)
- Armand-Louis Couperin (1727)
- Gottfried August Homilius (1714)
- Charles Avison (1709)
- Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708)
- Pasquale Cafaro (1708)
- Johan Joachim Agrell (1701)
- Johann Melchior Molter (1696)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690)
- Georg Friedrich Händel (1685)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677)
- Giacomo Facco (1676)
- Louis Marchand (1669)
- Henri (Henry) Desmarest|Desmarets (1661)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653)
- Johann Philipp Krieger (1649)
- John Blow (1649)
- Juan García de Salazar (1639)
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632)
- Francesco Cavalli (1602)
- Jacob Praetorius (1586)
- Michael Praetorius (1571)
- Thomas Campion (1567)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525)
- Damião de Góis (1502)
Dying days
- Jorge Liderman (2008)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (2007)
- Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (2006)
- Jan Rokus van Roosendael (2005)
- David Hönigsberg (2005)
- Virtú Maragno (2004)
- John Lanchbery (2003)
- Peter Schat (2003)
- Lou Harrison (2003)
- Leo Ornstein (2002)
- Raimo Kangro (2001)
- Iannis Xenakis (2001)
- Willem Strietman (2001)
- Violet Archer (2000)
- Barbara Pentland (2000)
- Huub Kerstens (1999)
- Ruth Gipps (1999)
- Louis Ravel (1998)
- Ross Lee Finney (1997)
- Moishei (Mieczyslaw Samuilowicz) Vainberg (1996)
- Morton Gould (1996)
- Toru Takemitsu (1996)
- Boris Tchaikovsky (1996)
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni (1996)
- Ugo Amendola (1995)
- Vittorio Rieti (1994)
- Witold Lutosławski (1994)
- Max Kuhn (1994)
- Karel Goeyvaerts (1993)
- William Schuman (1992)
- Constança Capdeville (1992)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1990)
- Otar Taktakishvili (1989)
- Dmitri Kabalevsky (1987)
- Francisco Paolo Mignone (1986)
- Edmund Rubbra (1986)
- Gábor Darvas (1985)
- Fikret Amirov (1984)
- Herbert Norman Howells (1983)
- Geirr Tveitt (1981)
- Ernst Pepping (1981)
- Charles Louis Seeger (1979)
- Vadim Niolayevich Salmanov (1978)
- Grace Williams (1977)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1975)
- David Monrad Johansen (1974)
- Kurt Atterberg (1974)
- Jean Absil (1974)
- Benjamin Frankel (1973)
- Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (1972)
- Bertus van Lier (1972)
- Albert Wolff (1970)
- Emil Ábrányi (1970)
- Healey Willan (1968)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1968)
- Iet Stants (1968)
- Algot Haquinius (1966)
- László Lajtha (1963)
- Jacques-François Ibert (1962)
- Percy Aldridge Grainger (1961)
- Ernö von Dohnányi (1960)
- Johann Sebastian Brandts Buys (1959)
- Eric(h) Zeisl (1959)
- George Antheil (1959)
- Isodor Philipp (1958)
- Gustave Charpentier (1956)
- Elisabeth Kuyper (1953)
- Luigi Russolo (1947)
- José Rolón (1945)
- Herbert Hamilton Harty (1941)
- Franz Schmidt (1939)
- Fred Jewell (1936)
- Edward Elgar (1934)
- Ernesto Nazareth (1934)
- Henri Viotta (1933)
- Henri Duparc (1933)
- André-Charles Messager (1929)
- Robert Fuchs (1927)
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1925)
- Alexander Iljynski (1920)
- Alexander Taneyev (1918)
- Nikolay Nikolayevitch Lodyzhensky (1916)
- Adolphe Biarent (1916)
- Charles-Emile Waldteufel (1915)
- Felix Draeseke (1913)
- Alexander Alexandrovich Kopylov (1911)
- Albert Heinrich Zabel (1910)
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1909)
- Otto Goldschmidt (1907)
- Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1906)
- Hugo Wolf (1903)
- Ottokar Eugen Novacek (1900)
- Woldemar Bargiel (1897)
- Antonio Bazzini (1897)
- Ambroise Thomas (1896)
- Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (1894)
- Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin (1887)
- Napoléon Coste (1883)
- Richard Wagner (1883)
- William Sterndale Bennett (1875)
- Leopold Eugen Mechura (1870)
- (Pamphile Léopold) François Aimon (1866)
- Michael (Mikhael) Glinka (1857)
- Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1857)
- Carolus Antonius (Antoine) Fodor (1846)
- Ferdinando Carulli (1841)
- Ludwig Berger (1838)
- Marcos Antonio Portugal (1830)
- François-Joseph Gossec (1829)
- Jerónimo Francisco Lima (1822)
- Franz Wilhelm Tausch (1817)
- Jan Evangelista Antonin Kozeluh (1814)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1812)
- Francesco Azopardi (1809)
- Vicente Martín y Soler (1806)
- Johann George Tromlitz (1805)
- Frantisek Xaver Dušek (1799)
- Pasquale Anfossi (1797)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1796)
- Johann Baptist Krumpholz (1790)
- Capel Bond (1790)
- Armand-Louis Couperin (1789)
- James Nares (1783)
- Josef Myslivecek (1781)
- William Boyce (1779)
- Giuseppe Tartini (1770)
- Christoph Schaffrath (1763)
- Giacomo Facco (1753)
- André-Cardinal Destouches (1749)
- Francisco Valls (1747)
- František Václav Míča (1744)
- Johann Joseph Fux (1741)
- Vincent Lübeck (1740)
- Louis Marchand (1732)
- Johann Philipp Krieger (1725)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1709)
- Jean Gilles (1705)
- Isabella Leonarda (1704)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1704)
- George Muffat (1704)
- Johann Caspar Kerll (1693)
- Alessandro Stradella (1682)
- Matthias Weckman (1674)
- Nicholas Lanier (1666)
- Luigi Rossi (1653)
- Gregorio Allegri (1652)
- William Brade (1630)
- John Dowland (1626)
- Michael Praetorius (1621)
- Orazio Vecchi (1605)
- Philippe Rogier (1596)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1594)
- Alessandro Striggio (1592)
- Caspar Othmayer (1553)
- Martin Luther (1546)
- Johannes Ockeghem (1497)
Music events
- Premiere of “A Journey Through Spain — The Road to Santiago Suite” in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. (2007) → Paul Tobey
- First performance of "2 märkliga sånger på svenska", in Brørup, Denmark. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of piano concerto "Chiavi in Mano", in Boston, USA, with Robert Levin playing the piano and Robert Spano conducting. (2005) → Yehudi Wyner
- First performances of "Punch Suite" & 5 Signs", in Brørup, Denmark. (2004) → Peter Wallin
- First performances of "-Uropførelser", "Junk contra Funk", "Allegro con Tanto" & "Bebsophone Concerto No. 1", in Esbjerg, Denmark. (1999) → Peter Wallin
- First performances of "Good Eeeevening!!!" and "Dägä Dägä" (version for 2 female soloists). Text by M.A. Numminen (Dägä). (1993) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Asmarâ op. 9, in Aix-les-Bains, France. (1992) → Jean-Louis Florentz
- Premiere of Die Eroberung von Mexiko, in Hamburg, Germany. (1992) → Wolfgang Rihm
- Premiere of Cantata per l'Europa, in Rome, Italy, (1990) → Ennio Morricone
- Premiere of the piano concerto (parts 4 and 5), in Vienna, Austria. (1988) → György Sándor Ligeti
- Premiere of the violin concerto, in Berlin, Germany. (1987) → Friedrich Schenker
- Premiere of Diario '83, in Milan, Italy. (1985) → Franco Donatoni
- Premiere of Dona Nobis Pacem, Dresden, Germany. (1985) → Friedrich Schenker
- Premiere of Drammatico, cello concerto, in Stuttgart, Germany. (1985) → Milko Kelemen
- Premiere of Die Erschöpfung der Welt, in Stuttgart, Germany. (1980) → Mauricio Kagel
- Premiere of Berg's Lulu (completed by Cerha), in Paris, France. (1979) → Alban Berg
- Premiere of Berg's Lulu (completed by Cerha), in Paris, France. (1979) → Friedrich Cerha
- Premiere of Come and Go, in Hamburg, Germany. (1978) → Heinz Holliger
- Premiere of Photoptosis, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (1969) → Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- Premiere of Die Soldaten, in Cologne, Germany. (1965) → Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- Premiere of Symphony no. 12 “Rural”, in Paris, France. (1962) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of Music for Amplified Toy Pianos, in Middletown, USA. (1960) → John Cage
- Premiere of La Voix Humaine, in Paris, France. (1959) → Francis Poulenc
- Premiere of Estampes, in Louisville, USA. (1958) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of Symphony no. 9, in Helsinki, Finland. (1957) → Kurt Atterberg
- Premiere of Peter Pan, in Seattle, USA. (1956) → Ernst Toch
- Premiere of Trionfo di Afrodite, in Milan, Italy. (1953) → Carl Orff
- Premiere of The Marriage, on NBC radio, USA. (1953) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of the violin concerto, in Boston, USA. (1950) → William Schuman
- Premiere of Les Malheurs de Sophie, in Paris, France. (1948) → Jean Françaix
- Premiere of The Telephone, in New York, USA. (1947) → Gian Carlo Menotti
- Premiere of violin concerto in D major op. 35, in St. Louis, USA. (1947) → Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 3, in Philadelphia, USA. (1946) → Béla Bartók
- Premiere of the piano concerto, in New York, USA. (1944) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Die Kluge, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1943) → Carl Orff
- Premiere of Ludus Tonalis, in Chicago, USA. (1943) → Paul Hindemith
- Premiere of the double concert for 2 string orchestras, piano and percussion, in Basel, Switzerland. (1940) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Boston, USA. (1939) → Roy Harris
- Premiere of the Symphony, in Berlin, Germany. (1939) → Boris Blacher
- Premiere of Der Mond, in Munich, Germany. (1939) → Carl Orff
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in C major, in Basel, Switzerland. (1935) → Georges Bizet
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 for the left hand, in Vienna, Austria. (1935) → Franz Schmidt
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 3, in Paris, France. (1933) → Alexander Tcherepnin
- Premiere of Von Heute auf Morgen, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1930) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Der Zarewitsch, in Budapest, Hungary. (1927) → Franz Lehár
- Premiere of Jonny Spielt Auf, in Leipzig, Germany. (1927) → Ernst Krenek
- Premiere of Le Carnaval des Animaux, in Paris, France. (1925) → Camille Saint-Saëns
- Premiere of Gräfin Mariza, Vienna, Austria. (1924) → Emmerich Kálmán
- Premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, in New York, USA, with Gershwin at the piano. (1924) → George (Jacob) Gershwin
- Premiere of Tombeau de Couperin, in Paris, France. (1920) → Maurice Ravel
- Premiere of Le Boef sur le Toît, in Paris, France. (1920) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of Le Chant du Rossignol, in Paris, France. (1920) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 op. 29 "The Inextinguishable", in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Nielsen conducting. (1916) → Carl Nielsen
- Premiere of Coco Chérie, in Paris, France. (1913) → Erik Satie
- Premiere of Schönberg's Gurrelieder, in Vienna, Austria, with Schreker conducting. (1913) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Schönberg's Gurrelieder, in Vienna, Austria, with Schreker conducting. (1913) → Franz Schreker
- Premiere of Scherzo Fantastique, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1909) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of the incidental music to Ramuntcho at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, in Paris, France. (1908) → (Henri-Constant) Gabriel Pierné
- Premiere of Images book 2, in Paris, France. (1908) → Claude Debussy
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in e minor op. 27, in Moscow, Russia, with Rachmaninov conducting. (1908) → Sergey Rachmaninoff
- Premiere of A Village Romeo and Juliet, in Berlin, Germany. (1907) → Frederick Delius
- Premiere of Kammersinfonie no.1 in E major op. 9, in Vienna, Austria. (1907) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, in Paris, France. (1904) → Vincent d’Indy
- Premiere of Madama Butterfly, in Milan, Italy. (1904) → Giacomo Puccini
- Premiere of Symphony no. 9 in d minor, in Vienna, Austria. (1903) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Das Klagende Lied, in Wien, Austria, Mahler conducting. (1901) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande, in Paris, France. (1901) → Gabriel Fauré
- Premiere of "Louise", in Paris, France. (1900) → Gustave Charpentier
- Premiere of Bruckner's Symphony no. 6 in A major, in Vienna, Austria, with Mahler conducting. (1899) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Bruckner's Symphony no. 6 in A major, in Vienna, Austria, with Mahler conducting. (1899) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of La Bohème, in Turino, Italy. (1896) → Giacomo Puccini
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1894) → Alexander Glazunov
- Premiere of En Saga op. 9, in Helsinki, Finland, with Sibelius conducting. (1893) → Jean Sibelius
- Premiere of Falstaff, in Milan, Italy. (1893) → Giuseppe Verdi
- Premiere of Manon Lascaut, in Turino, Italy. (1893) → Giacomo Puccini
- Premiere of Werther, in Vienna, Austria, with Massenet conducting. (1892) → Jules Massenet
- Premiere of Symphony no. 8, in Prague, Czech Republic, with Dvořák conducting. (1890) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of Symphony in d minor, in Paris, France. (1889) → César Auguste Franck
- Premiere of Otello, in Milan, Italy. (1887) → Giuseppe Verdi
- Premiere of The Maid of Orleans, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1881) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in E flat major “Romantic” (second version), in Vienna, Austria. (1881) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of Symphony no. 3 in D major, in London, England. (1881) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, in Paris, France. (1881) → Jacques Offenbach
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in D major D 82, in London, England. (1881) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, in St. Petersburg, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. (1879) → Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin
- Premiere of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, in St. Petersburg, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. (1879) → Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
- Premiere of Boccaccio, in Vienna, Austria. (1879) → Franz von Suppé
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in f minor op. 36, in Moscow, Russia. (1878) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Premiere of the Peer Gynt suites in Oslo, Norway, with Grieg conducting. (1876) → Edvard Hagerup Grieg
- Premiere of Lalo's Symphony Espagnole, in Paris, France, with Sarasate playing the violin. (1875) → Edouard Lalo
- Premiere of Lalo's Symphony Espagnole, in Paris, France, with Sarasate playing the violin. (1875) → Pablo Martin Melinton Sarasate de Navasquez
- Premiere of Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45, in Leipzig, Germany. (1869) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, in Paris, France. (1867) → Jacques Offenbach
- Premiere of Khovanshchina, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1866) → Modest Moussorgsky
- Premiere of Un Ballo in Maschera, in Rome, Italy (1859) → Giuseppe Verdi
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in E flat major, in Weimar, Germany, with Liszt playing the piano and Berlioz conducting. (1855) → Hector Berlioz
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in E flat major, in Weimar, Germany, with Liszt playing the piano and Berlioz conducting. (1855) → Ferenc (Franz) Liszt
- Premiere of Les Préludes, in Weimar, Germany, with Liszt conducting. (1854) → Ferenc (Franz) Liszt
- Premiere of Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, in Düsseldorf, Germany. (1852) → Robert Schumann
- Premiere of Symphony no. 3 in E flat major op. 97 “Rheinische”, in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Schumann conducting. (1851) → Robert Schumann
- Premiere of concert piece for 4 horns op. 86, in Leipzig, Germany. (1850) → Robert Schumann
- Premiere of Carnaval Romain, in Paris, France, with Berlioz conducting. (1844) → Hector Berlioz
- Premiere of La Figlia del Regimento, in Paris, France, with Donizetti conducting. (1840) → Gaetano Donizetti
- Premiere of Les Hugenots, in Paris, France. (1836) → Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Premiere of La Juive, in Paris, France. (1835) → Jacques-François Halévy
- Premiere of Gustave III, ou Le Bal Masqué, in Paris, France. (1833) → Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
- Premiere of La Muette de Portici, in Paris, France. (1828) → Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
- Premiere of Overture “A Midsummer Night's Dream” op. 21, in Szczecin, Poland. (1827) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of concert for 2 pianos and orchestra in A flat major, in Szczecin, Poland. (1827) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in c minor, in Leipzig, Germany. (1827) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of Il Barbiere de Seviglia, in Rome, Italy. (1816) → Gioacchino Rossini
- Premiere of Symphony no. 8 in F major op. 93, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting. (1814) → Ludwig van Beethoven
- Premiere of Symphony in B flat major Hob. I:102, in London, with Haydn conducting. (1795) → Franz Joseph Haydn
- Premiere of Die Heimliche Ehe, in Vienna, Austria. (1792) → Domenico Cimarosa
- Premiere of Der Schauspieldirektor, in Vienna, Austria. (1786) → Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart
- Premiere of piano concerto in d minor KV 466, in Vienna, Austria, with Mozart at the piano. (1785) → Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart
- Premiere of La Buona Figliuola, in Rome, Italy. (1760) → Nicoló Piccinni
- Premiere of Samson, in London, England. (1743) → Georg Friedrich Händel
- Premiere of Alexander's Feast, in London, England. (1736) → Georg Friedrich Händel
- Premiere of Aesopus, in Hamburg, Germany. (1729) → Georg Philipp Telemann
- Premiere of Rodelinde, in Londen, England. (1725) → Georg Friedrich Händel
- Premiere of Julio Ceasare, in London, England. (1724) → Georg Friedrich Händel
- Premiere of Rinaldo, in London, England. (1711) → Georg Friedrich Händel
- Premiere of Orfeo, in Mantua, Italy. (1607) → Claudio Monteverdi
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