Great
Classical Music
Composers

Profiles of Great Classical Composers


January
Great Classical Composer
Anniversaries

1/1/1782 J C Bach died
2/1/1837 Balakirev born
2/1/1905 M Tippett born
4/1/1710 Pergolesi born
6/1/1838 Max Bruch born
7/1/1899 Poulenc born
8/1/1713 Corelli died
8/1/1990 M Tippett died
11/1/1801 Cimarosa died
16/1/1886 Ponchielli died
16/1/1891 Delibes died
17/1/1751 Albinoni died
18/1/1835 Cesar Cui
born
23/1/1981 S.Barber died
27/1/1756 Mozart born
27/1/1813Verdi died
29/1/1862 Delius born
30/1/1963 Poulenc died
31/1/1797 Schubert born

2012
Classical Composer Anniversaries

These are the major anniversaries in 2012:
Gabrieli 400th anniversary of his death on 12 August
Delius 150th birthday on 29 January
Debussy 150th anniversary of his birth on 22 Auguust 1812
John Cage centenary of birth on 5 September
Massenet centenary of his death on 13 August
John Ireland 50th anniversary of his death on 12 June

You can find a far more comprehensive list of anniversaries at classical-composers.org


 

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2012 piano composers calendar

2012 classical music calendars now available at
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THIS WEEK'S
COMPOSER
portrait of Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART

Born:
27 January 1756
Died: 5 December 1791

age 35
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John Cage
The American composer

 


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Frederick
DELIUS

The English composer
It's his 150th birthday this month.
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