Composer events for October
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Birthdays
- Nathan Towns (1987)
- Matthew Dewey (1984)
- Inal Bilsel (1983)
- Stephen Mark Barchan (1982)
- Dan Phelps (1981)
- Brett Branning (1980)
- Stephen Duckett (1979)
- Brian Driscoll (1979)
- Liam Mooney (1979)
- John F. Kaefer (1976)
- Lera Auerbach (1973)
- Marc Kowalczyk (1973)
- Erik Ross (1972)
- Ramunas Yaras (1971)
- Carlo Forlivesi (1971)
- James Combs (1970)
- Giuseppe Di Bianco (1969)
- Georges Lentz (1965)
- Fergal Dowling (1965)
- Dominy Clements (1964)
- Jordi Vives i Batlle (1964)
- David Dzubay (1964)
- John Reager (1963)
- Michael Abels (1962)
- Mike Edgerton (1961)
- Mark R. (Richard Bush) Taylor (1961)
- Jonathan FeBland (1960)
- William Maxwell (1960)
- Richard Tolenaar (1960)
- Hyo-shin Na (1959)
- David Hönigsberg (1959)
- Alfio Fazio (1959)
- Erkki Sven Tüür (1959)
- Steve Martland (1959)
- Michel Lysight (1958)
- Michael Glenn Williams (1957)
- Claudio Alsuyet (1957)
- Sergio Parotti (1956)
- Toshio Hosokawa (1955)
- Diego Luzuriaga (1955)
- Roland Dyens (1955)
- Vladimir Djambazov (1954)
- Robert Kramer (1954)
- Carl Vine (1954)
- András Soós (1954)
- James Guthrie (1953)
- Derek Hasted (1953)
- Maud Sauer (1952)
- Kaija Saariaho (1952)
- George Tsontakis (1951)
- James Dillon (1950)
- Keith Barnard (1950)
- Benny (Benjamin) Nagari (1950)
- Howard Sandroff (1949)
- Ian Schofield (1949)
- Shulamit Ran (1949)
- Howard Skempton (1947)
- Kees Schoonenbeek (1947)
- Peter Lieberson (1946)
- Dimitri Nicolau (1946)
- Tristan Keuris (1946)
- Janice G. Augustus (1945)
- Thomas Pasatieri (1945)
- Wilfried Westerlinck (1945)
- Ross Edwards (1943)
- Robin Holloway (1943)
- Udo Zimmermann (1943)
- Georgi Dmitriev (1942)
- James Sellars (1940)
- Andrew Thomas (1939)
- Jean-Paul Liardet (1939)
- Isabelle Aboulker (1938)
- Gloria Coates (1938)
- Carl Davis (1936)
- Walter Ross (1936)
- Steve Reich (1936)
- La Monte Young (1935)
- Jan van Vlijmen (1935)
- Neville Bower (1934)
- John Biggs (1932)
- Samuel Ekpe Akpabot (1932)
- David Lumsdaine (1931)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (1931)
- Sylvano Bussotti (1931)
- Toru Takemitsu (1930)
- George (Henry) Crumb (1929)
- Kenneth Leighton (1929)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928)
- Thomas Brendan Wilson (1927)
- Marcello Abbado (1926)
- Luciano Berio (1925)
- Pompeyo Camps (1924)
- Octaaf Boone (1923)
- Ned Rorem (1923)
- Malcolm Arnold (1921)
- Bruce Montgomery (1921)
- Rezső Sugár (1919)
- Albert de Klerk (1917)
- Pierre Sancan (1916)
- Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916)
- Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz (1916)
- Pierre Wissmer (1915)
- Guillermo Venegas Lloveras (1915)
- Marius Flothuis (1914)
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912)
- Howard Ferguson (1908)
- Geirr Tveitt (1908)
- Enrique de Marchena (1908)
- Wolfgang Fortner (1907)
- Louise (Victoria) Talma (1906)
- Kees van Baaren (1906)
- Paul Creston (1906)
- Janis Ivanovs (1906)
- Dag Ivar Wirén (1905)
- Léon Orthel (1905)
- Vittorio Giannini (1903)
- Vladimir Horowitz (1903)
- Lajos Bárdos (1899)
- Karl Ranki (1898)
- Howard Hanson (1896)
- Peter Warlock (1894)
- Jean Absil (1893)
- Páll Isólfsson (1893)
- Herbert Norman Howells (1892)
- Ricardo Castillo (1891)
- Luís Freitas Branco (1890)
- Hermann Unger (1886)
- Emmerich Kálmán (1882)
- Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882)
- Karol Szymanowski (1882)
- Healey Willan (1880)
- Joseph Canteloube (1879)
- Peter van Anrooy (1879)
- Halfdan Cleve (1879)
- Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879)
- Henri Mulet (1878)
- Elisabeth Kuyper (1877)
- Jesús Castillo (1877)
- Charles Ives (1874)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871)
- Louis Vierne (1870)
- Paul Dukas (1865)
- Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov (1864)
- Alexander Siloti (1863)
- Frank van der Stucken (1858)
- Wilhelm Posse (1852)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- D. Luís I (1838)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835)
- Felix Draeseke (1835)
- Vilem Blodek (1834)
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828)
- William Ignace Gibsone (1826)
- Johann Strauss Jr. (1825)
- Franz Doppler (1821)
- Angelo Mariani (1821)
- Friedrich Kiel (1821)
- Alexander Dreyschock (1818)
- Moritz Brosig (1815)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813)
- Ernst Haberbier (1813)
- Ferdinand Hiller (1811)
- Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811)
- Wilhelm Bernhard Molique (1802)
- Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801)
- Leó Festetics (1800)
- Henri Bertini (1798)
- D. Pedro IV (1798)
- Moritz Hauptmann (1792)
- Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter (1792)
- Karol Lipinski (1790)
- Nicoló Paganini (1782)
- (Pamphile Léopold) François Aimon (1779)
- Catterino Cavos (1775)
- Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775)
- Max Keller (1770)
- Jan Jakub Ryba (1765)
- William Billings (1746)
- Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729)
- Pieter van Maldere (1729)
- Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729)
- Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724)
- Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706)
- Frantisek Antonin Ignac Tuma (1704)
- Domenico Zipoli (1688)
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Johann (Jan) Dismas Zelenka (1679)
- Alessandro Stradella (1644)
- Heinrich Schütz (1585)
- Thomas Weelkes (1576)
- Hans Leo Hassler (1564)
- Hans Buchner (1483)
- Philippe de Vitry (1291)
- D. Dinis (1261)
Dying days
- Petr Eben (2007)
- Stanko Horvat (2006)
- Jiří Válek (2005)
- Roberto García Morillo (2003)
- Maarten Bon (2003)
- Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (2002)
- Gerard Hengeveld (2001)
- Yoritsune Matsudaira (2001)
- Franz Xaver Biebl (2001)
- Carlos Guastavino (2000)
- Berthold Goldschmidt (1996)
- Joonas Kokkonen (1996)
- Alan Bush (1995)
- Harold Truscott (1992)
- Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1991)
- Leonard Bernstein (1990)
- Herman Strategier (1988)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1988)
- Rodolfo Halffter (1987)
- Karel Albert (1987)
- Hans Gál (1987)
- Hermann Schröder (1) (1984)
- Glenn Gould (1982)
- Wouter Paap (1981)
- Nadia (Juliette) Boulanger (1979)
- Rebecca Clarke (1979)
- Roy Harris (1979)
- Tibor Serly (1978)
- Pablo Casals (1973)
- Carl Ruggles (1971)
- Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1971)
- Sean O’Riada (1971)
- George Frederick McKay (1970)
- Franz Reizenstein (1968)
- Arthur Vincent Lourié (1966)
- Ernst Toch (1964)
- Cláudio Carneyro (1963)
- Alfred Hill (1960)
- Günter Raphael (1960)
- Stanley Richard Bate (1959)
- Rudolf Mengelberg (1959)
- Henri Zagwijn (1954)
- Emmerich Kálmán (1953)
- Arnold Bax (1953)
- Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (1952)
- Frederick Jacobi (1952)
- Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1949)
- Franz Lehár (1948)
- Leevi Antti Madetoja (1947)
- Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1946)
- Viktor Ullmann (1944)
- Pavel Haas (1944)
- Hans Krása (1944)
- Carlo Taube (1944)
- Robert Nathaniel Dett (1943)
- Silvestre Revueltas (1940)
- Walter Gronostay (1937)
- Auguste De Boeck (1937)
- Julius Klengel (1933)
- Emánuel Moór (1931)
- Carl Nielsen (1931)
- Riccardo Eugenio (Richard) Drigo (1930)
- Max Bruch (1920)
- Rudolf Tobias (1918)
- Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1918)
- Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1918)
- Russell Alexander (1915)
- Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel (1912)
- Alfredo Keil (1907)
- Zdenek Fibich (1900)
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1900)
- Léon Boëllmann (1897)
- Anton Bruckner (1896)
- Alphons Czibulka (1894)
- Charles Gounod (1893)
- Robert Franz (1892)
- D. Luís I (1889)
- Gustav Adolf Merkel (1885)
- Robert Volkmann (1883)
- Jacques Offenbach (1880)
- Henri Bertini (1876)
- Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (1874)
- Michael William Balfe (1870)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1865)
- Louis Spohr (1859)
- Johann Kaspar Mertz (1856)
- George Onslow (1853)
- Frédéric François Chopin (1849)
- Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1842)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1837)
- Samuel Wesley (1837)
- Jean-François Le Sueur (1837)
- François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1834)
- Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky (1825)
- Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke (1822)
- Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1817)
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1817)
- Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen (1806)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1801)
- Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1799)
- Franz Christoph Neubauer (1795)
- Pasquale Cafaro (1787)
- Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini (1786)
- Anton Zimmermann (1781)
- Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (1772)
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (1771)
- František (Franz) Xaver Brixi (1771)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1768)
- Michel Blavet (1768)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1764)
- Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1762)
- Girolamo Abos (1760)
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1756)
- Joseph-Bodin de Boismortier (1755)
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1750)
- Mathias Georg Monn (1750)
- Louis-Nicolas Clérembault (1749)
- Domenico Alberti (1746)
- Leonardo Leo (1744)
- Giovanni Maria Capelli (1726)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1725)
- Paolo Lorenzani (1713)
- John Blow (1708)
- Georgy Daniel Speer (1707)
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1692)
- Pietro Simone Agostini (1680)
- John Jenkins (1678)
- Pietro Antonio Cesti (1669)
- Jacob Praetorius (1651)
- Heinrich Albert (1651)
- Jehan Titelouze (1633)
- Paolo Agostini (1629)
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1621)
- Hernando de Cabezón (1602)
- Thomas Morley (1602)
- Jachet di Mantua (1559)
- Jean (Jehan, Johannes) Mouton (1522)
- Robert Fayrfax (1521)
Music events
- World première of Lux Aeterna at the Cello Biënnale, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (2006) → Alexander Knaifel
- Premiere of the opera "Olga", by Jorge Antunes, libretto by Gerson Valle. (2006) → Jorge Antunes
- Premiere at New Orleans Film Festival of Harold Sylvester's film "NOLA" featuring score by Jay Weigel. (2006) → Jay Weigel
- Premiere of Hämmerklavier XVIII: 3 Miniaturen (3 Miniatures), in Munich, Germany (2006) → Moritz Eggert
- First performance of movement 1 & 2 from "Symphony No. 5", in Esbjerg, Denmark. (2005) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Throne in the wall", in Billund, Denmark. (2004) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Hard-Core Andersen", in Esbjerg, Denmark. (2004) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Electronic Brian´s Brain" (Music Manifesto 2002, Part 21), in Billund, Denmark. (2003) → Peter Wallin
- First performances of "Symphony No. 4" & "After the punch", in Esbjerg, Denmark. (2001) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "Three Finnish Numbers" (French Horn / Trombone version), in Esbjerg, Denmark. (1999) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of "For love...", in Oksbøl, Denmark. (1994) → Peter Wallin
- First performance of (May be) A new Start, in Guldager, Denmark. (1992) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of “... den 24. XII. 1931”, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1991) → Mauricio Kagel
- Premiere of Love after Love, in Hamburg, Germany. (1991) → Hans-Jürgen von Bose
- Premiere of Quotation of Dream, in London, England. (1991) → Toru Takemitsu
- Premiere of Ausgerechnet und Verspielt, in Bielefeld, Germany. (1990) → Ernst Krenek
- Premiere of Kammerkonzert II, in Berlin, Germany. (1990) → Isang Yun
- First performance of "Fanfare for Balaenoptera Musculus", in Lund, Sweden. (1989) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Risonanze Erranti a M. Cacciari (final version), in Paris, France. (1987) → Luigi Nono
- Premiere of Oedipus, in Berlin, Germany. (1987) → Wolfgang Rihm
- Premiere of piano concerto (parts 1 and 3), in Graz, Austria. (1986) → György Sándor Ligeti
- Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera, in London, England. (1986) → Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Premiere of Judith, in Berlin, Germany. (1985) → Siegfried Matthus
- Premiere of Nacht de Nächte, in Hamburg, Germany. (1985) → Henri Pousseur
- First performances of "Elegia piccola" and the original version of "Combat", in Genarp, Sweden. (1985) → Peter Wallin
- Premiere of Voci, in Basel, Switzerland, with Berio conducting. (1984) → Luciano Berio
- Premiere of Ödipus der Tyrann, in Kindberg, Austria. (1983) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Suite “Colin et Chloé”, in Moscow, Russia. (1983) → Edison Denisov
- Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA. (1982) → Leonard Bernstein
- Premiere of Concerto for Orchestra, in Boston, USA. (1981) → Roger Huntington Sessions
- Premiere of Die Vogelscheuchen, in Berlin, Germany. (1981) → Aribert Reimann
- Premiere of Requiem, in Moscow, Russia. (1980) → Edison Denisov
- Premiere of Im Tal der Zeit, in Graz, Austria. (1980) → Ernst Krenek
- Premiere of Zweite Abgesangsszene für Orchester, in Karlsruhe, Germany. (1980) → Wolfgang Rihm
- Premiere of Opus Cygne, in Baden-Baden, Germany. (1979) → Sylvano Bussotti
- Premiere of violin concerto no. 1 in a minor op. 28, in Nürnberg, Germany. (1978) → Carl Goldmark
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Chicago, USA. (1977) → Michael Tippett
- Premiere of violin concerto no. 1, in Chicago, USA. (1973) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of Elisabeth Tudor, in Berlin, Germany. (1972) → Wolfgang Fortner
- Premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar, in New York, USA. (1971) → Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Premiere of Pianissimo, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1969) → Alfred Schnittke
- Premiere of Dresdner Sinfonie, in Dresden, Germany. (1969) → Siegfried Matthus
- Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden. (1968) → Gustaf Allan Pettersson
- Premiere of Sinfonia, in New York, USA, with Berio conducting. (1968) → Luciano Berio
- Premiere of Lontano, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1967) → György Sándor Ligeti
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5, in Manchester, England. (1964) → Humphrey Searle
- Premiere of Apokalyptische Phantasie (Symphony no. 3), in Graz, Austria. (1963) → Joseph Matthias Hauer
- Premiere of Atmosphères, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1961) → György Sándor Ligeti
- Premiere of Structures for 2 pianos, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1961) → Pierre Boulez
- Premiere of Anaklasis, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1960) → Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in Berlin, Germany. (1959) → André Jolivet
- Premiere of Undine, in London, England. (1958) → Hans Werner Henze
- Premiere of Music Walk, in Düsseldorf, Germany. (1958) → John Cage
- Premiere of Il Canto Sospeso, in Cologne, Germany. (1956) → Luigi Nono
- Premiere of Pallas Athene Weintin Hamburg, Germany. (1955) → Ernst Krenek
- Premiere of 34'46.776'', in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1954) → John Cage
- Premiere of Variazioni per Orchestra, in Louisville, USA. (1954) → Luigi Dallapiccola
- Premiere of Abstrakte Oper no. 1, in Mannheim, Germany. (1953) → Boris Blacher
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1, in Moscow, Russia. (1953) → Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
- Premiere of Réveil des Oseaux, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1953) → Olivier Messiaen
- Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Moscow, Russia. (1952) → Sergey Prokofiev
- Premiere of La Sardana (for 123 cellos), in Zürich, Switzerland. (1951) → Pablo Casals
- Premiere of Polyphonie X, in Donaueschingen, Germany. (1951) → Pierre Boulez
- Premiere of Call Me Madam, in New York, USA. (1950) → Irving Berlin
- Premiere of Concert de Bruit, on Radio Paris, France. (1948) → Pierre Schaeffer
- Premiere of Symphony no. 3 “Hymnus Ambrosianis”, in Paris, France. (1947) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of cello concerto, in Moscow, Russia. (1946) → Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
- Premiere of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, in Liverpool, England. (1946) → Benjamin Britten
- Premiere of Appalachian Spring, in Washington, D.C., USA. (1944) → Aaron Copland
- Premiere of Capriccio, in Munich, Germany. (1942) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Rodeo, in New York, USA. (1942) → Aaron Copland
- Premiere of Concierto de Aranjuez, in Paris, France. (1940) → Joaquín Rodrigo
- Premiere of Daphne, in Dresden, Germany. (1938) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of violin concerto, in Moscow, Russia. (1938) → Alfredo Casella
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in c minor “The Bells of Zlonické”, in Brno, Czech Republic. (1936) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Paris, France. (1935) → Albert Roussel
- Premiere of Dances from Galánta, in Budapest, Hungary. (1933) → Zoltán Kodály
- Premiere of Der Kreidekreis, in Zürich, Switzerland. (1933) → Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Premiere of violin concerto no. 2, in Warsaw, Poland. (1933) → Karol Szymanowski
- Premiere of concert for string quartet and orchestra, in London, England. (1932) → Bohuslav Martinů
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 “Symphonie Concertante”, in Posen, Poland. (1932) → Karol Szymanowski
- Premiere of Morning Heroes, in Norwich, England. (1930) → Arthur Bliss
- Premiere of Das Land des Lächelns, in Berlin, Germany. (1929) → Franz Lehár
- Premiere of Háry János, in Budapest, Hungary. (1926) → Zoltán Kodály
- Premiere of L'Orfeide, in Düsseldorf, Germany. (1925) → Gian Francesco Malipiero
- Premiere of Paganini, in Vienna, Austria. (1925) → Franz Lehár
- Premiere of Paganini, in Vienna, Austria. (1925) → Nicoló Paganini
- Premiere of Symphony no. 10 in F sharp major, in Vienna, Austria. (1924) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of Die Glückliche Hand, in Vienna, Austria. (1924) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Le Création du Monde, in Paris, France. (1923) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of violin concerto no. 1 in D major op. 19, in Paris, France. (1923) → Sergey Prokofiev
- Premiere of Das Marienleben op. 27, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (1923) → Paul Hindemith
- Premiere of Katja Kabanova, in Brno, Czech Republic. (1921) → Leoš Janáček
- Premiere of Taras Bulba, in Brno, Czech Republic. (1921) → Leoš Janáček
- Premiere of Die Frau Ohne Schatten, in Vienna, Austria. (1919) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1917) → Modest Moussorgsky
- Premiere of Ariadne auf Naxos, in Vienna, Austria. (1916) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64, in Berlin, Germany, with Strauss conducting. (1915) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Polenblut, in Vienna, Austria. (1913) → Oscar Nedbal
- Premiere of Vier Tondichtungen nach Arnold Böcklin, in Essen, Germany. (1913) → Max Reger
- Premiere of Pierrot Lunaire op. 21, in Berlin, Germany, with Schönberg conducting. (1912) → Arnold Schoenberg
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”, in Leeds, England. (1910) → Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Premiere of The Golden Cockerel, in Moscow, Russia. (1909) → Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
- Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany. (1908) → Max Reger
- Premiere of Max Reger's "Hiller Variations" op. 100, in Cologne, Germany. (1907) → Johann Adam Hiller
- Premiere of Max Reger's "Hiller Variations" op. 100, in Cologne, Germany. (1907) → Max Reger
- Recording of the “Blue Danube Arabesque”, Welte-Mignon Piano Roll No.1305, with Josef Lhevinne at the piano. (1906) → Andrey Schulz-Evler
- Premiere of La Mer, in Paris, France. (1905) → Claude Debussy
- Premiere of Sibelius's violin concerto in d minor op. 47, in Helsinki, Finland, with Richard Strauss conducting. (1904) → Jean Sibelius
- Premiere of Sibelius's violin concerto in d minor op. 47, in Helsinki, Finland, with Richard Strauss conducting. (1904) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in c sharp minor, in Cologne, Germany, with Mahler conducting. (1904) → Gustav Mahler
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 in c minor op. 18, in Moscow, Russia, with Rachmaninov at the piano. (1901) → Sergey Rachmaninoff
- Premiere of Wiener Blut, in Vienna, Austria. (1899) → Johann Strauss Jr.
- Premiere of piano concerto in f sharp minor op. 20, in Odessa, Ukraine. (1897) → Alexander Skriabin
- Premiere of Oresteia, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1895) → Sergey Taneyev
- Premiere of Symphony no. 6 in b minor op. 74 “Pathétique”, in St. Petersburg, with Tchaikovsky conducting. (1893) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Premiere of L'Amico Fritz, in Rome, Italy. (1891) → Pietro Mascagni
- Premiere of Sheherazade op. 35, in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. (1888) → Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
- Premiere of Brahms' Doppelkonzert for violin and cello in a minor op. 102, in Cologne, Germany, with Joachim playin the violin and Brahms conducting. (1887) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Brahms' Doppelkonzert for violin and cello in a minor op. 102, in Cologne, Germany, with Joachim playin the violin and Brahms conducting. (1887) → Joseph Joachim
- Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in e minor op. 98, in Meiningen, Germany, with Brahms conducting. (1885) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Der Zigeunerbaron, in Vienna, Austria. (1885) → Johann Strauss Jr.
- Premiere of violin concerto in a minor op. 53, in Prague, Czech Republic. (1883) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of Eine Nacht in Venedig, in Berlin, Germany. (1883) → Johann Strauss Jr.
- Premiere of Die Dubarry, in Berlin, Germany. (1879) → Karl Millöcker
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in B flat major D 125, in London, England. (1877) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of string quartet in B flat major op. 67, in Berlin, Germany. (1876) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 4 in c minor op. 44, in Paris, France, with Saint-Saëns at the piano. (1875) → Camille Saint-Saëns
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in b flat minor, in Boston, USA. (1875) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in c minor, in Vienna, Austria. (1873) → Anton Bruckner
- Premiere of string quartet in a minor op. 51/2, in Berlin, Germany. (1873) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Schicksalslied op. 54, in Karlsruhe, Germany, with Brahms conducting. (1871) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of La Périchole, in Paris, France. (1868) → Jacques Offenbach
- Premiere of La Vie Parisienne, in Paris, France. (1866) → Jacques Offenbach
- Premiere of Orphée aux Enfers, in Paris, France. (1858) → Jacques Offenbach
- Premiere of Brahms' piano sonata no. 3 in f minor op. 5, in Leipzig, Germany, with Clara Schumann at the piano. (1854) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Brahms' piano sonata no. 3 in f minor op. 5, in Leipzig, Germany, with Clara Schumann at the piano. (1854) → Clara Schumann
- Premiere of Tannhäuser (first version), in Dresden, Germany. (1845) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, in Dresden, Germany. (1842) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in B flat major D 485, in Vienna, Austria. (1841) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France. (1836) → Adolphe-Charles Adam
- Premiere of Maria Stuarda, in Naples, Italy. (1834) → Gaetano Donizetti
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in g minor op. 25, in Munich, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting. (1831) → Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Premiere of piano concerto no. 1 in e minor op. 11, in Warsaw, Poland, with Chopin at the piano. (1830) → Frédéric François Chopin
- Premiere of Mass in E flat major D 950, in Vienna, Austria. (1829) → Franz Schubert
- Premiere of Euryanthe, in Vienna, Austria. (1823) → Carl Maria von Weber
- Premiere of Don Giovanni, in Prague, Czech Republic. (1787) → Wolfgang Amadeus (Amadé) Mozart
- Premiere of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, in Paris, France. (1784) → André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
- Premiere of Orpheus un Eurydike, in Vienna, Austria. (1762) → Christoph Willibald von Gluck
- Premiere of Castor et Pollux, in Paris, France. (1737) → Jean-Philippe Rameau
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