Profiles of the Great Composers
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MAY
Classical Composer Anniversaries
01/05/1904 Dvorak died
01/05/1978 Khachaturian died
07/05/1833 Brahms born
07/05/1840 Tchaikovsky born
08/05/1944 Ethel Smyth died
12/05/1845 Faure born
12/05/1884 Smetana died
13/05/1842 Sullivan born
15/05/1567 Monteverdi born
17/05/1866 Satie born
18/05/1909 Albeniz died
18/05/1911 Mahler died
19/05/1954 Ives died
22/05/1813 Wagner born
25/05/1934 Holst died
27/05/1840 Paganini died
29/05/1860 Albeniz born
31/05/1809 Haydn died
2013
Important Composer Anniversaries
Gesualdo 400th anniversary of his death on 8 September
Corelli 300th anniversary of his death on 8 January
Verdi 200th anniversary of his birth on 9 October1813
Wagner 200th anniversary of his birth on 22 May 1813.
Mascagni 150th anniversary centenary of his birth on 7 December
Britten 100th anniversary of his birth on 22 November.
Poulenc 50th anniversary of his death on 30 January 1963
You can find a far more comprehensive list of anniversaries at classical-composers.org
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