Musicians, Singers & Dancers Chronology

Angelo Notari composer, is born.

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Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.

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David Riccio Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered.

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Antonio de Cabezon composer, dies.

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Manuel Cardoso composer, is born.

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Alessandro Piccinini composer, is born.

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1567

Jacob Vaet Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37.

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Black Box [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation), is born.

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Thomas Campion England, composer/poet/physician, is born.

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Aurelio Signoretti composer, is born.

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Nicolas Forme composer, is born.

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Leonhard Paminger composer, dies at 72.

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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo), is born.

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Christoph Demantius composer, is born.

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1568

Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, is born.

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1569

Giovanni Battista Massarengo composer, is born.

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Jakob Hassler composer, is born.

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Georg Quitschreiber composer, is born.

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1571

Michael Praetorius Kreuzberg Germany, music theorist/composer (Syntagma music), is born.

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1572

Hans Christoph Haiden composer, is born.

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1573

Ambrosius Metzger composer, is born.

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Giulio Cesare Monteverdi composer, is born.

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Gemignano Capilupi composer, is born.

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1574

Christoph Buel composer, is born.

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Robert Fludd composer, is born.

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Christoph Buel composer, is born.

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John Wilbye composer, is born.

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Samuel Besler composer, is born.

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1576

Hans Sachs, German meistersinger, dies at age 81.

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Marsilio Casentini composer, is born.

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1578

Valentin Dretzel composer, is born.

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Agostino Agazzari composer, is born.

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1579

Heinrich Steuccius composer, is born.

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1580

Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63.

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Hendrik Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies.

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1581

Daniel Selich composer, is born.

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1582

Thomas Simpson composer, is born.

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Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, is born.

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Severo Bonini composer, is born.

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1584

Melchior Teschner composer, is born.

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1585

Oct 08

Heinrich Schutz, German composer, is born.

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1586

Johann Hermann Schein German composer (Fontana d'Israel), is born.

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Jacob Praetorius composer, is born.

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Pietro Della Valle composer, is born.

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1587

Marco Ivan Lukacic composer, is born.

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1588

Nicolaus Erich composer, is born.

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1590

Gioseffo Zarlino composer, dies at 73.

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1591

Jacobus de Kerle French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59.

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May 26

Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck composer, is born.

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1592

Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.

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Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.

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1594

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Italian composer, dies at 68.

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Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, is born.

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Benedikt Lechler composer, is born.

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Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, is born.

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1595

John Wilson composer, is born.

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Pietro Pontio composer, dies at 63.

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1596

Henry Lawes English composer, is born.

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Sep 03

Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri), is born.

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1598

Laurentius Erhard composer, is born.

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Johann Cr�ger German organist/composer/music theorist, is born.

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1599

Cristofano Malvezzi composer, dies at 51.

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Thomas Selle composer, is born.

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1601

Jose Ximenez composer, is born.

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1602

Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62.

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Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, is born.

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Johann Neukrantz composer, is born.

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1603

Michael Trumper composer, is born.

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Stephan Otto composer, is born.

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William Smith composer, is born.

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Francesco Nigetti composer, is born.

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1604

Santino Garsi composer, dies at 61.

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Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71.

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Ambrosius Reiner composer, is born.

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1605

Orazio Tiberio Vecchi composer, dies at 54.

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Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65), is born.

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Giacomo Carissimi composer, is born.

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Orazio Benevoli composer, is born.

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Juan de Padilla composer, is born.

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1606

Christoph Schultze composer, is born.

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1607

Abraham Megerle composer, is born.

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Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer, is born.

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Johann Rist composer, is born.

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1609

Paul Sartorius composer, dies at 39.

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Michael Franck composer, is born.

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1610

Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer, is born.

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1611

Giacomo Maria Predieri composer, is born.

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Carlo Rainaldi composer, is born.

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1612

Paul de La Pierre composer, is born.

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1613

Jacques Huyn composer, is born.

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Johann Jakob Wolleb composer, is born.

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Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66.

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1614

Nicolas Saboly composer, is born.

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Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer, is born.

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Melchior Bischoff composer, dies at 67.

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1616

Jacques de Saint-Luc composer, is born.

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Kaspar Forster composer, is born.

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Malachias Siebenhaar composer, is born.

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Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, is born.

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Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, is born.

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Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer, is born.

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Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, is born.

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1617

Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at 44.

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Arcangelo Crivelli composer, dies at 70.

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Antimo Liberati composer, is born.

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1620

Johann Weichmann composer, is born.

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Johann Weichmann composer, is born.

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Thomas Campion, English poet,composer and musical theorist, dies at age 53.

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1621

Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at age 50.

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Georg Neumark composer, is born.

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Heinrich Schwemmer composer, is born.

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1622

Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at 64.

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Jan Campanus composer, dies at 50.

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1623

Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer, is born.

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Jan Adam Reincken composer, is born.

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Johann Adam Reincken composer, is born.

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Aug 05

Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, is born.

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Thomas Weelkes composer, dies at 47.

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1624

Francois Roberday composer, is born.

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Tomas Micieres composer, is born.

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1625

Nicolo Rubini composer, dies at 50.

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Erhard Buttner composer, dies at 32.

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1626

John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about 63.

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John Dowland composer, dies.

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1627

Alfonso Marsh composer, is born.

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Johann Caspar Kerll composer, is born.

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Johann Kaspar Kerll composer, is born.

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1628

Christoph Bernhard German composer, is born.

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Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer, dies at 64.

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Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at about 63.

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Constantin Christian Dedekind composer, is born.

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Samuel Friedrich Capricornus composer, is born.

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1629

Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.

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Girolamo Giacobbi composer, dies at 61.

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Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.

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1630

Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno.

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William Brade composer, dies.

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Ercole Porta composer, dies at 44.

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Nov 19

Johannes Schein, German composer, dies at age 44.

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Olof Rudbeck composer, is born.

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1631

Philipp Dulichius composer, dies at 68.

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Vincenzo De Grandis composer, is born.

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Christoph Buel composer, dies at 57.

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1632

Giovanni Battista Vitali composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully Florence Italy, composer, is born.

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Georg Caspar Weckler composer, is born.

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Nov 28

Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; is born.

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1633

Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, is born.

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Joseph de La Barre composer, is born.

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Aug 12

Jacopo Peri, Italian composer, dies at age 71.

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1634

Adam Krieger German composer, is born.

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1635

Melchior Teschner composer, dies at 51.

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1636

Esaias Reusner composer, is born.

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Esaias Reusner composer, is born.

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1637

Valentin Molitor composer, is born.

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Barnardo Pasquini composer, is born.

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1638

Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, is born.

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Nicolas Forme composer, dies at 71.

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Johann Ulrich Sultzberger composer, is born.

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1640

Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at 50.

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Agostino Agazzari Italian composer, dies at 61.

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1642

Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at about 66.

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Georg Schmezer composer, is born.

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1643

Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at 60.

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Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian composer/organist, dies at 59.

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Jose Solana composer, is born.

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Christian Demelius composer, is born.

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Christoph Demantius composer, dies at 75.

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1644

Gottfried Wegner composer, is born.

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Thomas Eisenhut composer, is born.

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Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, is born.

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1645

Gottfried Vopelius composer, is born.

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William Smith composer, dies at 42.

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1646

Harald Vallerius composer, is born.

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1647

Konrad Hoffler composer, is born.

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Giovanni Maria Trabaci composer, dies.

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1648

Louis Bouteiller composer, is born.

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Christoph Thomas Walliser composer, dies at 79.

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Giovanni Maria Capelli composer, is born.

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1649

Pascal Collasse composer, is born.

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John Blow composer of first English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized), is born.

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Johann Philipp Krieger composer, is born.

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Joseph-Fran�ois Salomon composer, is born.

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Andreas Kneller composer, is born.

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Johann Valentin Meder composer, is born.

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1650

Paul Hallman composer, dies at 49.

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Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at 44.

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Gilles Hayne composer, dies at 59.

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1651

Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at 56.

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Zaccaria Tevo composer, is born.

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Domenico Gabrielli composer, is born.

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Cristobal de Isla Diego composer, dies at 65.

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Wolfgang Schonsleder composer, dies at 81.

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1652

Johann Krieger composer, is born.

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Gregorio Allegri Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67.

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Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at 66.

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Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, is born.

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Jacques Huyn composer, dies at 39.

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Giovanni Maria Casini composer, is born.

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1653

Johannes Schultz composer, dies at 70.

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Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/composer (Concerto Grosso), is born.

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Luigi Rossi composer, dies.

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Georg Motz composer, is born.

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1654

Michael Lohr composer, dies at 62.

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Heinrich Georg Neuss composer, is born.

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Johann Neukrantz composer, dies at 51.

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Samuel Scheidt German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66.

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1655

Angelo Predieri composer, is born.

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Johann Erasmus Kindermann composer, dies at 39.

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1656

Johannes Schenck German/Netherlands composer, baptised, is born.

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Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 64.

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Marin Marias composer, is born.

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1657

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, is born.

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Jacques Danican Philidor composer, is born.

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Michel-Richard Delalande composer, is born.

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1658

Valentin Dretzel composer, dies at 79.

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Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8), is born.

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1659

Antonio Veracini composer, is born.

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Benedikt Lechler composer, dies at 64.

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Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas), is born.

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1660

Johann Sigismund Kusser composer, is born.

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Johann Kuhnau composer, is born.

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Sebastian Duron composer, is born.

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Matthias Henriksen Schacht composer, is born.

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Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane), is born.

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Andre Campra composer, is born.

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1661

Maria Henri�tte Stuart (of Orange) English Princess Royal/eldest daughter of the English king Charles I/mother of English king William III, dies of smallpox at 29.

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Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, is born.

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1662

Giuseppi Vignola composer, is born.

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Johann Cr�ger German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63.

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Davis Mell composer, dies at 57.

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1663

Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, is born.

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Nicholas Siret composer, is born.

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Heinrich Pape composer, dies at 53.

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Severo Bonini composer, dies at 80.

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1664

Georg Osterreich composer, is born.

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1665

Domenico Mazzocchi composer, dies at 72.

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Tarquinio Mercula composer, dies.

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1666

Johann Andreas Herbst composer, dies at 77.

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Nicholas Lanier composer, dies at 77.

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Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, is born.

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Paul Siefert composer, dies at 79.

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Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer, is born.

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1667

Georg Bronner composer, is born.

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Johann Froberger, German composer, organist and harpsichordist, dies at age 50.

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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer, is born.

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Ludwig Ernst composer, is born.

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Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, is born.

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1668

Jean Gilles composer, is born.

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Francesco Gasparini composer, is born.

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Clemens Thieme composer, dies at 36.

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Nov 10

Francois Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux), is born.

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Casimir Schweizelsperg composer, is born.

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1669

Miguel Lopez composer, is born.

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Louis Marchand composer, is born.

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Philipp Buchner composer, dies at 54.

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Oct 14

Pietro Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, dies at age 46.

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1670

Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, is born.

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Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69.

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Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, is born.

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1671

Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, is born.

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Giacomo Cesare Predieri composer, is born.

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Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, is born.

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Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, is born.

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1672

Francesco Mancini composer, is born.

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Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Kafer composer, is born.

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Nov 06

Heinrich Schutz, German composer, dies at age 87.

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1673

Kaspar Forster composer, dies at 56.

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Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, is born.

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Pedro Vaz Rego composer, is born.

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Francesco Feroci composer, is born.

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Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, is born.

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Jul 21

John Weaver, English dancer, is born.

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Juan de Padilla composer, dies at 68.

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1674

Reinhard Keiser composer, is born.

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Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68.

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Johann Augustin Kobelius composer, is born.

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John Wilson composer, dies at 78.

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Friedrich Erhard Niedt composer, is born.

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1675

Johann Melchior Conradi composer, is born.

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Johann Philipp Treiber composer, is born.

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Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss composer, is born.

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1676

John Weldon composer, is born.

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Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at 39.

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Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, is born.

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1677

Nicola Fago composer, is born.

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Alexandre de Villenueve composer, is born.

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1678

Johannes Flittner composer, dies at 59.

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Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer, is born in Venice, Italy.

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Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at 44.

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Gotthard Wagner composer, is born.

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William Croft composer, is born.

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1679

Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.

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Girolamo Chiti composer, is born.

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Werner Fabricius composer, dies at 45.

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Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, is born.

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Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, is born.

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Esaias Reusner composer, dies at 43.

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Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, is born.

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Domenico Natale Sarro composer, is born.

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1680

Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, is born.

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Baron Emanuele d' Astorga Italian composer (Stabat mater), is born.

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Giuseppe Porsile composer, is born.

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Frederich Karl Erbach composer, is born.

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Abraham Megerle composer, dies at 73.

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1681

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer, is born.

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Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at 77.

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Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer, is born.

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Anne Danican Philidor composer, is born.

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1682

Alessandro Stradella Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37.

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Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer, is born.

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Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, is born.

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1683

Fran�ois de La Croix composer, is born.

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Gasparo Visconti composer, is born.

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Johann Christoph Graupner German composer, is born.

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Giovanni Veneziano composer, is born.

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Johann David Heinichen composer, is born.

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Sep 25

Jean-Philippe Rameau Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized), is born.

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1684

Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at 67.

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Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czechoslovakian monk/composer, is born.

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Johann Graf composer, is born.

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Francesco Durante composer, is born.

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Henri Dumont composer, dies.

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Sep 18

Johann Gottfried Walther Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer, is born.

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1685

Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at 68.

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George Friedric H�ndel, Halle Germany, organist/baroque composer (Messiah), is born.

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Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany.

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Oct 26

Domenico Scarlatti, virtuoso harpsichordist, composer of over 550 clavier sonatas and son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti, is born in Naples.

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Lodovico Giustini composer, is born.

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1686

Jul 24

Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.

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Aug 09

Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare), is born.

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Aug 17

Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and voice teacher, is born.

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Giovanni Battista Somis composer, is born.

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1687

Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully Paris, composer.

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Jean Baptiste Lully musician, opera composer: Cadmus and Hermione, Amadis de Gaule, Roland, Armide et Renaud; dies at age 54.

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Johann Balthasar Freisslich composer, is born.

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Francesco Xaverio Geminiani composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Pisendel German violinist/composer, is born.

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1688

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, is born.

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Christian August Jacobi composer, is born.

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Jean-Louis Lully composer, dies at 21.

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1689

Ferdinand Zellbell composer, is born.

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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier composer, is born.

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1690

Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel composer, is born.

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Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer, is born.

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Christoph Stoltzenberg composer, is born.

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Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel composer, is born.

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Miguel Gomez Camargo composer, dies at 71.

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Gottlieb Theophil Muffat composer, is born.

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Giovanni Legrenzi Italian composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

1691

Christian de Placker composer, dies at 77.

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Johann Balthasar Konig composer, is born.

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Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies.

Ref: 5

1692

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, is born.

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Antimo Liberati composer, dies at 74.

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Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo), is born.

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Giuseppe Tartini composer, Istria, is born.

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1693

Gregor Joseph Werner composer, is born.

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Johann Kaspar von Kerll German composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

1694

Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer, is born.

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Coelestin Praelisauer composer, is born.

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Ceslav Vanura composer, is born.

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1695

Giuseppe Sammartini composer, is born.

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Andre Cheron composer, is born.

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Georg Caspar Weckler composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

1696

Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at 75.

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Johann Melchior Molter composer, is born.

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Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 29

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, is born.

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Andres de Sola composer, dies at 61.

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Johann Caspar Vogler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Schwemmer composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Johann David Mayer composer, dies at 60.

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1697

Johann Pfeiffer composer, is born.

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Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer, is born.

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Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, is born.

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Nikolaus Bruhns composer, dies.

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Pierre Prowo composer, is born.

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Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, is born.

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Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer, is born.

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Carlo Arrigoni composer, is born.

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Giuseppe de Majo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1698

Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1699

Johann Adolf Hasse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Gibbs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1700

Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

James Kent composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michel Blavet composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Sellitto composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Abraham Schneider composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1701

Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Johann Caspar Simon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adam Drese German composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Johann Schelle composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia, is born.

Ref: 5

1702

Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Valentin Gorner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottlieb Ziegler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Ernst Eberlin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

1703

Columban Praelisauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Matteo Coferati composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Joseph-Hector Fiocco composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlmann Kolb composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dieudonne Raick composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Gottlob Harrer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1704

Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Hubert Renotte composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Carl Heinrich Graun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1705

Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, is born.

Ref: 70

Jean Gilles composer, dies at 37.

Ref: 5

Johann Matthias Leffloth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michael Schevenstuhl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Balthasar Schmid composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gallus Zeiler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1706

Guillaume Poitevin composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, is born.

Ref: 70

1707

Carl Hockh composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl August Thielo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about 69.

Ref: 5

Antonio Teixeira composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies.

Ref: 5

1708

Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

William Hayes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (op�ra-comique), is born.

Ref: 5

Caspar Ruetz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Reuter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Zarth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theorist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Marianus Konigsperger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1709

Joseph Reipel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppi Torelli Italian composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Charles Avison composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Xaver Richter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Noel Hamal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1710

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo), is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Antonin Sehling composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Boyce English organist/composer of Cathedral music, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 12

Thomas Augustine Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at 46.

Ref: 5

Nov 22

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64), is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of J.S. Bach, is born.

Ref: 5

1711

Gaetano Latilla composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Bonno composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Umstatt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peregrinus Pogl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1712

John Stanley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Isfrid Kayser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Yusuf Nabi Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77.

Ref: 5

Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Christian Weber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1713

Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at age 59.

Ref: 5

Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Friedrich Schale composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Raphael Weiss composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Canavas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Pierre de Jelyotte composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1714

Gottfried August Homilius composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Jul 02

Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, composer, is born in Erasback, Upper Palatinate. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Johann Siebenkas composer, is born.

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1715

Jacques Duphly composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg C Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court)composer/pianist, is born.

Ref: 5

Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Charles-Joseph van Helmont composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Alcock composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, is born.

Ref: 5

James Nares composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Doles composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Sparry composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Daniel Dal Barba composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Gottfried Petri composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gennaro Manna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1716

Gaspard Fritz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Harald Vallerius composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Georg Gabriel Schutz composer, dies at 46.

Ref: 5

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Evangelist Schreiber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Zechner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Felice de' Giardini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1717

Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre de La Garde composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Hupfeld composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Randall composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Florian Wrastill composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Matthias Monn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1718

Emanuele Barbella composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1719

Jean-Joseph Vade composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Sir John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottfried Krause composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Altnikol composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1720

Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Bronner composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Antonio Corbisiero composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Jacques Robson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1721

John Reid composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees), is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Philipp Kirnberger German composer, baptised, is born.

Ref: 5

1722

Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Ernst Bach composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Nardini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johannes Schmidlin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1723

Christian Friedrich Gregor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Wainwright composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Friedrich Abel German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1724

Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francisco Jose Coutinho composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dismas Hatas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Friebert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1725

Johann Philipp Krieger composer, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Johann Philipp Krieger, German composer, dies at age 75.

Ref: 70

Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Notre Dame), is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Bainville composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 24

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer, dies at age 65.

Ref: 70

1726

Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at 37.

Ref: 5

Josef Antonin Stepan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppi Paolucci composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Ernst Hartmann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1727

Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Schmugel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Gasparini composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pasquale Ankossi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri Hardouin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gaspare Gabellone composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action), is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Heinrich Buttstett composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

1728

Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Niccol� Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola), is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Muthel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Insanguine composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Asplmayr composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Schmidt composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Pietro Alessandro Guglieli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hermann Friedrich Raupach composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adam Hiller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1729

Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel de Egues composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Gaetano B Vestris Italian/French ballet dancer, is born.

Ref: 5

Florian Johann Deller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Sarti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Ludwig Boxberg composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango), is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1730

Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Malchair composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Joseph Lidarti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonin Kammel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fedele Fenaroli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Jackson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Capel Bond composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1731

Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, is born.

Ref: 70

Frederich Karl Erbach composer, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Angelo Predieri composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Jean-Louis Laruette composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francisco Morera composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Orazio Mei composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italian piano builder, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, is born.

Ref: 5

1732

Franz Xaver Brixi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Guillain Cardon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Marchand composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Robert Hudson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph-Fran�ois Salomon composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Gian Francesco de Majo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christian Schieferdecker composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Theodor Schwartzkopff composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Francesco Pasquale Ricci composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Claude Trial composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Philipp Fortsch composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Johann Valentin Eckelt composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

1733

Joseph Lederer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Linley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, dies at 46.

Ref: 5

Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Tritto composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Heinrich Zang composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Sep 12

Francois Couperin, French composer, dies at age 64.

Ref: 70

1734

Luca Sorkocevic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les P�cheurs, Mirza), is born.

Ref: 5

Julien-Amable Mathieu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Ignaz Beck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carolomannus Pachschmidt composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Joseph Schmitt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus composer, dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Louis Lully composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Georg Peter Weimar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Rey composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

1735

Johann Gottfried Eckard composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Ernst William Wolf composer, is born.

Ref: 5

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Gotthilf Tag composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ildephons Haas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Horace Coignet composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Sep 05

Johann Christian Bach composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach), is born.

Ref: 5

1736

Ceslav Vanura composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian organist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, dies at age 26.

Ref: 70

Georg Balthasar Schott composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Pedro Vaz Rego composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

John Weldon composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Caldara composer, dies.

Ref: 5

1737

Brizio Petrucci composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Hercule Brehy composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Josef Myslivecek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Zannetti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Giroust composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Schwindl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis Fran�ois Chambray composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Robert Kimmerling composer, is born.

Ref: 5

The most renowned violin maker in history, Antonio Stradivari, died in Cremona, Italy at 93.

Ref: 68

Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy at age 93.

Ref: 70

1738

Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Jean-Francois Dandrieu composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Georg Reidel composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

James Sherard composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Philip Hayes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Kohaut composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bonaventura Furlanetto composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gotthard Wagner composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1739

Joseph Pouteau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Eligio Celestino composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Krtitel Vanhal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Wanhal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 24

Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer, writer and poet, dies at age 53.

Ref: 68

Nov 02

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, is born.

Ref: 70

1740

Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Antonio Lotti Italian opera composer, dies at about 72.

Ref: 5

Guillaume Lasceux composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincenz Lubeck composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Matej Sojka composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ernst Eichner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Roser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph F Weigl Germany, violin cellist, is born.

Ref: 5

John Antes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville), is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1741

Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Adam Veichtner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, is born.

Ref: 68

Johann Joseph Fux Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80.

Ref: 5

Johann Andre composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Peter Burmannus [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Naumann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Michael Schmidt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Andrea Lucchesi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 27

Birth of Francois H. Bartholomon, French Swedenborgian composer. Two of his many works later became hymn tunes: AUTUMN (Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus) and BALERMA (Oh, fora Closer Walk with God).

Ref: 5

Jul 28

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer and violinist, dies at age 63.

Ref: 70

Maximilian JLP Gardel French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine), is born.

Ref: 5

Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1742

Johann Georg Reinhardt composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Eugene Godecharle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Heinrich Egli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

P. D. Q. Bach is born at 12:01 AM.

Ref: 62

Giovanni Veneziano composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Roman Hoffstetter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

1743

Pascal Boyer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni Italian composer, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Lodovico Giustini composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

[Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini Italian composer, cellist (Minuet), is born.

Ref: 5

Bendix Friedrich Zinck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Lully Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Franz Nikolaus Novotny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1744

Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Jan 25

Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Amos Bull composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Antonin Mica composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Freidrich Wilhelm Weis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marianne von Martinez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1745

Nicolas Roze composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Coelestin Praelisauer composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Nicola Fago composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Peter Salomon composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joao de Sousa Carvalho composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Silverius Muller composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Sejan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Etienne Framery composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Druschetzky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Philipp Stamitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Christoph Forster composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Jan Dismas Zelenka composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

1746

Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Adam Mica composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gottfried Kirkhoff composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurus Haberhauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan David Holland composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Augustin Ullinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Brownson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Peter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Oct 07

William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), is born.

Ref: 5

1747

Narciso Casanovas, composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Justin Morgan composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz German composer (Moon has Risen), is born.

Ref: 5

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1748

Giovanni Furno composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lewis Edson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottfried Thomas composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Henri Madin composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven, is born.

Ref: 5

Stefan Paluselli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Shield composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Walther German composer/musicologist, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Georg Wenzel Ritter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Michael Telemann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Marshall composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1749

Andre Cardinal Destouches composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist/1st biographer of Bach, is born.

Ref: 5

Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernard Jumentier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Michael Malzat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Antonio Bonporti composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Johann Lukas Schubaur composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1750

Johann Jakob Walder composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tomaso Albinoni Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Jan 25

Johann Gottfried Vierling composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Graf composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Stanislao Mattei composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Johannes Matthias Sperger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Stafford Smith composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Ignaz Kurzinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Elias Mann composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Porsile composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Jul 28

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies at age 65 in Leipzig, Germany.

Ref: 68

Aug 18

Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare), is born.

Ref: 68

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John "Christmas" Beckwith composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1751

Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Kauer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josephus Andreas Fodor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Blas de Laserna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Haack composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gaetano Manna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, dies at 38.

Ref: 5

Josef Blazej Smrcek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1752

Muzio Clementi Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Matthias Kracher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Broche composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jose Mauricio composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Joseph Spangler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Edward Jones composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolo Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda), is born.

Ref: 5

Sebastien Erard piano/harp manufacturer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludwig August Lebrun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Braz Francisco de Lima composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg-Friederich Fuchs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1753

Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, dies at 55.

Ref: 5

Peter Fuchs composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Lambert-Fran�ois Godecharle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gerhardus Havingha composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Battista Viotti violonist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johan Wikmanson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1754

Jan Jachym Kopriva composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 15

Silvestro Palma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vicente Martin y Soler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Dutillieu composer, is born.

Ref: 5

May 16

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Hans Gram composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Conti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Etienne Ozi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1755

Gallus Zeiler composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Florido Tomeoni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Albert Christoph Dies composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Alexander Sallantin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoine-Frederic Gresnick composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Christoph Kayser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Louis Couperin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Theodor Christleib Reinhold composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Vincenc Masek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gabriele Prota composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Maurice Greene composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Caspar Ruetz composer, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

1756

Vincenzo Righini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus) composer: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Symphony #41, Requiem, A Little Night Music; is born in Salzburg, Austria.

Ref: 68

Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Preindl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Linley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Melchior Conradi composer, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Vogel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

Joseph Gehot composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Alexander Reinagle composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wojciech Zywny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Anton Kunz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pavel Vranicky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1757

Johann Abraham Sixt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Malzat composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Paul Kunzen composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Richard John Samuel Stevens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Ferenc Verseghy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alessandro Rolla composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Wojciech Boguslawski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Knowil Jackson composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claus Nielsen Schali composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 23

Domenico Scarlatti composer: over 550 clavier sonatas; son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti; dies at age 71.

Ref: 4

Charles Wesley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1758

Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Gabriel Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Christian Weber composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Florian Wrastill composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

Jan Francisci composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Josef Gelinek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Othon Joseph Vandenbroek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1759

Maria Rosa Coccia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Devienne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois de La Croix composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Organist/baroque German-born English composer George Frideric Handel dies in London at age 74.

Ref: 68

Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Friedrich H�ndel buried in Westminster Abbey.

Ref: 5

Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Duquesnoy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gervais-Fran�ois Couperin composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoinio da Silva Leite composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1760

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Claudio Casciolini composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Xaver Partsch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia, pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Collin de Blamont composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jean-Fran�ois Le Sueur composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Filtz composer, dies at 26.

Ref: 5

Ishmail Spicer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Manuel Olivares composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf Austrian composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Graupner composer, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Sep 14

Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer, is born.

Ref: 68

Sep 24

John Weaver, English dancer, dies at age 87.

Ref: 70

Joseph Graetz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1761

Willem de Fesch Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carlo Cecere composer, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Erik Eriksson Tulindberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Kimball composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Palella composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Johann Ludwig Steiner composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1762

Leonhard Trautsch composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Laurent Belissen composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo), is born.

Ref: 5

Francesco Giuseppi Pollini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Stephen Storace composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Friedrich Horn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Joseph Umstatt composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg.

Ref: 5

1763

Jean Xavier Lefevre composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Domenico Dragonetti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Stanislaus Spindler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 15

Franz Danzi, German composer of operas, lieder and symphonies, is born.

Ref: 70

Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

John Davy composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1764

Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexander Campbell composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jaime de Casellas composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Gottfried Rieger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Louis-Sebastien Lebrun composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1765

Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, dies at 39.

Ref: 5

Johann Melchior Molter composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Carlmann Kolb composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Charles Dibdin England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized), is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Joseph Le Blan composer, dies at 53.

Ref: 5

Jean Baptiste Cartier composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Mazzinghi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

1766

Louis Massonneau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Samuel Wesley Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo), is born.

Ref: 5

August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, dies at 30.

Ref: 5

Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Johannes Ritschel composer, dies at 26.

Ref: 5

Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline), is born.

Ref: 5

Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Nov 16

Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv), is born.

Ref: 5

1767

Johann Franz Volkert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Domnich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Leonhard von Call composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Sparry composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Andreas Jakob Romberg German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock), is born.

Ref: 5

Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28.

Ref: 5

Joseph Ignaz Schnabel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Franzl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Johann Eck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 25

Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer of the late Baroque period, dies at age 86.

Ref: 70

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1768

Jean-Laurent Krafft composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

John Wainwright composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at age 81.

Ref: 5

Mar 12

Carolus Antonius Fodor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematician/Egyptologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Theodor Toeschi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Michel Mathieu composer, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Henneberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1769

Ole Andreas Lindeman composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Alois Ladurner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Salvatore Vigano composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Johann Georg Lickl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Agostino Perotti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Hague composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Farinelli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1770

Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinando Carulli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Antoine Reicha composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois Hanot composer, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Carl Friedrich Ebers composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Christian Gottfried Krause composer, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Charles Avison composer, dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Antoine-Charles Glachant composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat German court organist/composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

John Clarke-Whitfeld composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ludwig von Beethoven, composer, is born in Bonn Germany (Ref: The World Book Encyclopedia, 1999). Other sources say he was christened on this date and that his real birthday is unknown.

Johann Friedrich Schubert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1771

Daniel Belknap composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher, is born.

Ref: 5

Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Isfrid Kayser composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Giuseppe Cartufo composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Matthaus Stegmayer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Guest composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1772

Joseph Lipavsky composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Karl Jacob Wagner composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Caspar Furstenau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

George Reuter composer, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Giovanni Liverati composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Wilhelm Wilms composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Franz von Mosel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Henri-Jean Rigel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

1773

Johann Peter Heuschkel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommaso Marchesi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Jan Zach composer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

May 26

Hans Georg Nageli composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Wolfl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1774

Karl Moser composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma composer, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at 44.

Ref: 5

Pierre Rode composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Braham composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek organist/pianist/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1775

Giovanni Battista Sammartini composer, dies.

Ref: 5

Manuel Garcia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garc�a Spanish tenor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles-Fran�ois Dumonchau composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garc�a Spanish tenor/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Nicolas Isouard composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Francois Boieldieu, French composer, is born.

Ref: 70

Antun Sorkocevic composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Heinrich Carl Ebell composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1776

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann German writer/judge/composer (Undine), is born.

Ref: 5

John Parry composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Vincenzo Lavigna composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thaddaus Weigl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Giuseppi Paolucci composer, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

James Kent composer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

George Thomas Smart composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Bros y Bertomel composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Ots composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Paul Friedrich Struck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1777

Micah Hawkins composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Emanuele Barbella composer, dies at 58.

Ref: 5

Filippo Traetta Italy, composer/musicologist, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Christoph Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Ignac Ruzitska composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Janos Fusz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1778

Fortunato Santini composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Fischer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Franz Joseph Volkert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fernando Sor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Friedrich August Kanne composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Funk composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Johann Gansbacher composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Friedrich Westenholz composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1779

John White composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jean Coralli, French dancer/choreographer, is born.

Ref: 70

Stefano Pavesi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Philipp Kress composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Braban�onne), is born.

Ref: 5

William Boyce composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

William Boyce English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies.

Ref: 5

Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jacob Gottfried Weber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Philipp Roth composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Oliver Shaw composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Alexis Garaude composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Angelo Maria Benincori composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52.

Ref: 5

Louise Reichardt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

William Knyvett composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 20

Birth of Dorothy Ann Thrupp, English devotional writer and author of the hymn, 'Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.'

Ref: 5

Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at 62.

Ref: 5

Gennaro Manna composer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

1780

Francesco Antonio Vallotti Italian organist/composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Francois-Joseph Dizi composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Walenty Karol Kratzer composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Juan Jose Landaeta composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Zellbell composer, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Peter Lichtenthal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Joseph Frohlich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1781

Fran�ois-Antoine Habeneck composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Siebenkas composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Josef Myslivecek composer, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

Anthony Philip Heinrich composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gustave Vogt composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Garret Wesley Mornington composer, dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Louis-Fran�ois Dauprat composer/horn player, is born.

Ref: 5

Charles Philippe Lafont composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Georg Simon Lohlein composer, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

1782

Johann Christian Bach, German composer/Mozart's tutor, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, dies at age 46.

Ref: 5

Daniel-Fran�ois-Esprit Auber French opera composer (Fra Diavolo), is born.

Ref: 5

Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Adrien Trudo Sale composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Louis-Henry Paisible composer, dies at 33.

Ref: 5

Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Carlo Coccia composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Christoph Gottlieb Schroter composer, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

May 26

Joseph Drechsler composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 15

Farinelli, Italian castrato singer, dies at age 77.

Ref: 70

Oct 27

Niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), is born.

Ref: 5

1783

Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday.

Ref: 5

James Nares composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Nepomuk Poissl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gottfied Wilhelm Fink composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Gaspard Fritz composer, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Johann Baptist Weigl composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

Birth of English churchman and hymnwriter Reginald Heber. Heber published his first hymn at 28, and among his best remembered today are: "Holy, Holy, Holy," "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" and "From Greenland's Icy Mountains."

Ref: 5

Niccola Benvenuti composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Forbes Walmisley composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Johann Adolf Hasse Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54.

Ref: 5

Robert Gallenberg composer, is born.

Ref: 5

1784

William Beale composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Ferdinand Ries composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Carl Wilhelm Henning composer, is born.

Ref: 5

John Fane graaf van Westmorland English (opera)composer/diplomat, is born.

Ref: 5

Anton Laube composer, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Job Plimpton composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Fran�ois-Joseph F�tis Belgian musicology/composer, is born.

Ref: 5

Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Ludwig Spohr, Germany, violin virtuoso/composer (Faust), is born.

Ref: 5

Birth of Carl G. Glaser, German music teacher. Of his many choral pieces, Glaser is primarily remembered today for his hymn tune AZMON, to which the Church today sings: "O For a Thousand Tongues."

Ref: 5

Oct 04

Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian composer, music theorist and teacher, dies at age 78.

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Oct 15

Birth of Thomas Hastings, American sacred composer. Hastings was an albino afflicted with extreme nearsightedness, yet from his pen came such enduring hymn tunes as TOPLADY ("Rock of Ages") and ORTONVILLE ("Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned").

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Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, is born.

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1785

Johann Christoph Richter composer, dies at 84.

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Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski composer, is born.

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Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann composer, is born.

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Alexandre Pierre Fran�ois Boely composer, is born.

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Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff composer, dies at 40.

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Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, dies at 44.

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Etienne Joseph Floquet composer, dies at 36.

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Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29.

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Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, dies at 68.

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Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69.

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1786

Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider composer, is born.

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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at 70.

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Frantisek Benda composer, dies at 76.

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Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee composer, is born.

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John Stanley composer, dies at 74.

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Nov 18

Carl Weber composer: Der Freischutz, Euryanthem Oberon, Invitation to the Dance; began the era of German romantic music; is born.

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Birth of Konrad Kocher, German chorister and composer of the hymn tune DIX ("For the Beauty of the Earth"). Kocher did much to popularize four_part singing in the churches.

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Karl Maria von Weber opera composer: Der Freischutz; is born.

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Pietro Raimondi composer, is born.

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1787

Johann Ludwig Bohner composer, is born.

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James P Carrell composer, is born.

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Maximilian JLP Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45.

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Johann Michael Malzat composer, dies at 38.

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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Austrian composer, dies at 67.

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Nov 15

Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, composer, dies in Vienna, Austria at age 73. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, is born.

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1788

Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, is born.

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Johann Schneider composer, dies at 85.

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Erik Drake composer, is born.

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Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz composer, is born.

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Gaetano Latilla composer, dies at 77.

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Alessio Prati composer, dies at 37.

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Francesco Zannetti composer, dies at 50.

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Johann Peter Pixis composer, is born.

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Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, dies at 63.

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Mateo Ferrer composer, is born.

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Orazio Mei composer, dies at 56.

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Johann Erik Nordblom composer, is born.

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Carl Joseph Toeschi composer, dies at 56.

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Carlo Antonio Campioni composer, dies at 67.

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Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77.

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Joseph Gibbs composer, dies at 88.

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Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer and son of J. S. Bach, dies at age 74.

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Camille Pleyel Austria, piano builder/composer, is born.

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John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40.

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1789

Christleib Siegmund Binder composer, dies at 65.

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Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at 68.

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Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at 50.

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George Augustus Kollmann composer, is born.

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Hippolyte-Andr�-Baptiste Chelard composer, is born.

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Armand-Louis Couperin French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63.

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Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer composer, is born.

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Friedrich Fesca composer, is born.

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Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, dies at 72.

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John Fawcett composer, is born.

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Maria Agata Szymanowska composer, is born.

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1790

Johann Trier composer, dies at 73.

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Antonio Corbisiero composer, dies at 69.

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Ignaz Assmayer composer, is born.

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Capel Bond composer, dies at 59.

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Chretien Urhan composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at 67.

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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz composer, dies at 47.

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Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at 64.

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Mar 15

Nicola Vaccai composer, is born.

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Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer, is born.

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Ludwig August Lebrun composer, dies at 38.

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1791

Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer composer, is born.

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Louis-J-Ferdinand H�rold France, opera composer (Zampa), is born.

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Carl Czerny Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen), is born.

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Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer, is born.

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Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek composer, is born.

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Joseph Schmitt composer, dies at 57.

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Pietro Romani composer, is born.

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Ildephons Haas composer, dies at 56.

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Sep 05

Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, is born in Berlin, Germany. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Johann Gottlob Topfer composer, is born.

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Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner composer, is born.

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1792

Lowell Mason, Medfield MA, organist/composer (Zebulo), is born.

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Jean-Louis Laruette composer, dies at 60.

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Feb 29

Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville), is born.

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Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann composer, dies at 54.

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Johann Friedrich Schwencke composer, is born.

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Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at 36.

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Carlo Zuccari composer, dies at 87.

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Jul 08

Birth of Lowell Mason, Presbyterian pioneer of congregational singing. He composed over 1,000 hymn tunes, including BETHANY ('Nearer, My God, To Thee'), DENNIS ('Blest Be theTie That Binds'), and HAMBURG ('When I Survey the Wondrous Cross').

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Birth of Joseph Mohr, the Austrian Roman Catholic vicar who, along with the Oberndorf Church organist Franz Gruber, on Christmas Eve of 1818, authored the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").

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Joseph Martin Kraus composer, dies at 36.

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1793

William Henry Havergal composer, is born.

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Pietro Rovelli composer, is born.

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Bernhard Joseph Klein composer, is born.

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Mar 12

Augustin-Philippe Peellaert composer, is born.

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Johann Michael Schmidt composer, dies at 51.

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Ernestus Weinrauch composer, dies at 62.

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Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at 88.

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Pietro Nardini composer, dies at 71.

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Martin Gerbert composer, dies at 72.

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Pietro Coppola composer, is born.

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Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, dies at 63.

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Joseph Legros composer, dies at 54.

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Franz Hunten composer, is born.

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1794

Kaspar Masek composer, is born.

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Theobald B�hm flautist/composer, is born.

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Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier composer, dies at 59.

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Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, is born.

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1795

Fran�ois-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at 73.

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Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at 74.

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at 62.

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Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at 66.

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Francisco Manuel da Silva composer, is born.

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Josef Reicha composer, dies at 42.

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Rubert Lucas Pearsall composer, is born.

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Leopold Jansa composer, is born.

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Adolf B Marx German music theorist, is born.

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Jacques Fran�ois Gallay composer, is born.

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1796

Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at 78.

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Giovanni Pacini composer, is born.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at 56.

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Stephen Storace composer, dies at 33.

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Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at 68.

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Death of Joseph Swain, 35, author of the hymn, "O Thou in Whose Presence My Soul Takes Delight."

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Auguste-Matthieu Panseron composer, is born.

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Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at 89.

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Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley composer, is born.

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Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at 45.

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1797

Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at 40.

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Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony), is born in Vienna, Austria.

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Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at 81.

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Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at 83.

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Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway), is born.

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Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Tromp�e), dies at 83.

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Samuel Lover composer, is born.

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Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at 61.

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Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at 36.

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Karl Schwencke composer, is born.

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Philip Hayes composer, dies at 58.

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Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at 66.

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Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at 71.

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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque Belgian composer/conductor, is born.

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Johann Hermann Kufferath composer, is born.

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Johann Christian Lobe composer, is born.

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Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at 48.

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Nov 29

Gaetano Donizetti, composer, is born in Bergamo, Italy. (Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

Josef Theodor Krov composer, is born.

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Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at 74.

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Hans Skramstad composer, is born.

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1798

Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, is born.

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Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66.

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Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at 49.

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Karl Gottlieb Reissiger composer, is born.

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Niels Schiorring composer, dies at 54.

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Justin Morgan composer, dies at 51.

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Giuditta Pasta [Negri], soprano, is born.

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Franz Joseph Glaser composer, is born.

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Josef Dessauer composer, is born.

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1799

Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at 67.

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Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at 52.

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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky composer, is born.

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John Randall composer, dies at 82.

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Constantin Reindl composer, dies at 60.

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Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at 52.

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Vincenzo Fioravanti composer, is born.

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Heinrich F L Rellstab German music theorist, is born.

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Joseph Rastrelli composer, is born.

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Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78.

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Fran�ois Giroust composer, dies at 62.

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Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at 58.

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Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at 72.

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Jacques-Fran�ois-Fromental-Elle Halevy [Elie Levy], composer, is born.

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Jun 06

Birth of Alexis F. Lvov, Russian church musician who composed the tune to the hymn, 'God, the Almighty One! Wisely Ordaining.'.

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Aug 21

Birth of Alexander R. Reinagle, English church organist. He penned many sacred compositions, including ST. PETER, which afterward became the melody to the hymn, "In Christ There is No East or West".

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Oct 24

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, German composer, dies at age 59.

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Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at 61.

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David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at 66.

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Thomas Taglichsbeck composer, is born.

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1800

Sydney Nelson composer, is born.

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Vaclav Horak composer, is born.

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William Jones composer, dies at 73.

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Johan Wikmanson composer, dies at 46.

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Ludwig A F Ritter von K�chel Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux), is born.

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Christian Friedrich Schale composer, dies at 86.

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Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at 64.

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Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at 30.

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Jozef Stefani composer, is born.

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John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at 84.

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Ferdinand Marcucci composer, is born.

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Niccol� Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72.

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Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer, is born.

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Carl Friedrich Zollner composer, is born.

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Georg Peter Weimar composer, dies at 66.

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John Goss composer, is born.

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1801

John Lodge Ellerton composer, is born.

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Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51.

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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, is born.

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Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis), is born.

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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad composer, is born.

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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, dies at 43.

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Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer, is born.

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Christian Friedrich Penzel composer, dies at 63.

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Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, dies at 64.

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Andrea Lucchesi composer, dies at 59.

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Josef Franz Karl Lanner Austria, composer/violist, is born.

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Johann Ernst Altenburg composer, dies at 66.

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Heinrich Gottfried Reichard composer, dies at 58.

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Nov 03

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer, is born.

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1802

Feliks Ostrowski composer, is born.

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Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at 59.

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.

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Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer, is born.

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Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at 50.

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Frederic Thieme composer, dies at 51.

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Hubert Reis composer, is born.

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Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, is born.

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Cesare Pugni composer, is born.

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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.

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Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, dies at 53.

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1803

Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at 69.

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Henri Herz composer, is born.

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Georg von Pasterwiz composer, dies at 72.

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Gasparo Angiolini, Italian choreographer/composer, dies at age 71.

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Jan V clav Stich Bohemian composer, dies at 56.

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Friedrich Theodor Frohlich composer, is born.

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Candido Jose Ruano composer, dies at 42.

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Franz Paul Lachner composer, is born.

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Alfred Julius Becher composer, is born.

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Johan Peter Cronhamm composer, is born.

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Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova composer, is born.

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Hector Berlioz, French composer and conductor (Symphonie Fantastique, La Damnation de Faust), is born.

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August Freyer composer, is born.

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1804

Hippolyte Monpou composer, is born.

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John Park composer, is born.

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Karl August Krebs composer, is born.

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Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, is born.

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Christian Ernst Graf composer, dies at 80.

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Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, dies at 63.

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Karl Leopold Rollig composer, dies.

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Johann Strauss the Elder Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March), is born.

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Ignaz Malzat composer, dies at 47.

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Salomon Sulzer composer, is born.

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Joseph Fischhof composer, is born.

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Hans Gram composer, dies at 49.

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Jeanne-Louise Farrenc composer, is born.

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Jun 01

Mikhail Glinka Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa), is born.

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Sir Julius Benedict Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi), is born.

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1805

Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, is born.

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Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, dies at 43.

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Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at 63.

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Giacomo Conti composer, dies at 50.

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Georg Andreas Henkel composer, is born.

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Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at 57.

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Theodore Labarre composer, is born.

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Adrien de La Fage composer, is born.

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Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at 56.

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Charles Edmond-H�nri de Coussemaker Belgian musicologist/historian, is born.

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Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, is born.

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Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62.

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Aug 21

August Bournonville, Danish director of the Danish Royal Ballet, is born.

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Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, dies at 43.

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Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, is born.

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Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer, is born.

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1806

Vaclav Jindrich Veit composer, is born.

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Juan Cris�stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.

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Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at 51.

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John Alcock composer, dies at 90.

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Giuseppe Colla composer, dies at 74.

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George Frederic Pinto composer, dies at 20.

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Josef Slavik composer, is born.

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Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at 84.

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Ludwig Schuberth composer, is born.

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Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch composer, is born.

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Jan Bedrich Kittl composer, is born.

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Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, is born.

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Juan Cris�stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.

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Louis-Gilbert Duprez composer, is born.

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1807

Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki composer, is born.

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Baltasar Saldoni composer, is born.

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Ludwig Erk composer, is born.

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Hans Matthison-Hansen composer, is born.

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John Reid composer, dies at 85.

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Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski composer, is born.

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Fran�ois Guichard composer, dies at 61.

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Anton Eberl composer, dies at 41.

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Louis Fran�ois Chambray composer, dies at 69.

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Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at 61.

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Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer, is born.

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1808

Paul "the Great" Taglioni Vienna, ballet choreographer, is born.

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Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer, is born.

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Mar 15

Gaetano Gaspari composer, is born.

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Auguste Franchomme composer, is born.

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Alois Luigi Tomasini composer, dies at 66.

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Gottfried Herrmann composer, is born.

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Michael Balfe, Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl", is born.

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Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel composer, is born.

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Joaquim Casimiro Jr composer, is born.

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Sep 23

Gaetano Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at age 79.

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Oct 21

Birth of American Baptist clergyman Samuel Francis Smith. Credited with writing over 100 hymns, Smith is best remembered as the author of "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee"), written at age 23, while a student at Andover Seminary.

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Anton Fischer composer, dies at 30.

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Johann Christian Gebauer composer, is born.

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Albert Grisar composer, is born.

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1809

Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns composer, is born.

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Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, dies at 67.

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Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (La Paloma), is born.

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, is born in Leipzig, Germany.

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Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at 76.

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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at 73.

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Fredrik Pacius composer, is born.

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Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, dies at 60.

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Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer, dies at 68.

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Otto Jonas Lindblad composer, is born.

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Eugene-Prosper Prevost composer, is born.

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William Walker composer, is born.

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Composer Franz Joseph Haydn dies on his 77th birthday in Vienna, Austria. (Also: Almanac of Famous People, ISBN 0-7876-0044-X, 1998)

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Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, is born.

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Franz Ignaz Beck composer, dies at 75.

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1810

Auguste Mermet composer, is born.

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Joseph Lipavsky composer, dies at 37.

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Robert Schumann Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik), is born.

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Ole Bull composer, is born.

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Norbert Burgmuller composer, is born.

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Loisa Puget composer, is born.

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Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at 57.

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Fr�d�ric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, is born. (and Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)

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Holger Simon Paulli composer, is born.

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Johann Ernst Rembt composer, dies at 60.

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Jean-Georges Kastner composer, is born.

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Konrad Back composer, dies at 60.

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Jakob Zupan composer, dies at 75.

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F�licien C David French composer (Perle du Br�sil, D�sert), is born.

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Hans Christian Lumbye composer, is born.

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Jun 08

Robert Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiesticke), is born.

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Jun 09

Otto Nicolai, German opera composer, is born.

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Aug 14

Birth of Samuel S. Wesley, grandson of Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley. Himself a sacred composer, Samuel Wesley penned over 130 original hymn tunes. The best remembered of these today is AURELIA, to which is sung "The Church's One Foundation".

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Joseph Gungl composer, is born.

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Johann Heinrich Egli composer, dies at 68.

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Ludwig Schuncke composer, is born.

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1811

George Washington Hewitt composer, is born.

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Carl Schuberth composer, is born.

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Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, is born.

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Frantisek Adam Mica composer, dies at 65.

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Camille Marie Stamaty composer, is born.

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Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert composer, is born.

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Angelo Catelani Italian composer/conductor, is born.

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Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70.

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Ann Sheppard Mounsey composer, is born.

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Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey composer, dies at 52.

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Aug 05

Ambroise Thomas Metz, France, composer (Mignon), is born.

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Oct 22

Franz Liszt, Raiding, Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist, is born.

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Ignaz Spangler composer, dies at 54.

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Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, is born.

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John Antes composer, dies at 71.

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Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer, dies at 54.

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1812

Sigismond Fortune Fran�ois Thalberg composer, is born.

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William Henry Holmes composer, is born.

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Carl Gradener composer, is born.

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Johannes Herbst composer, dies at 76.

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Eligio Celestino composer, dies at 72.

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Franz Schneider composer, dies at 74.

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Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at 57.

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Lauro Rossi composer, is born.

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Feb 29

Hermann Hirschboch German composer, is born.

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Jakob Eduard Schmolzer composer, is born.

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William Vincent Wallace composer, is born.

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Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52.

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Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, is born.

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Louis-Antoine Julien conductor, is born.

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Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85.

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Friedrich von Flotow, German-born French composer, is born.

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Johann Matthias Sperger composer, dies at 62.

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Gustav Adolf Mankell composer, is born.

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Joseph Wolfl composer, dies at 38.

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John Malchair composer, dies at 82.

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Marianne von Martinez composer, dies at 68.

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Isidor Dannstrom composer, is born.

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Wiktor Kazynski composer, is born.

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Achille Peri composer, is born.

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William Hauser composer, is born.

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Michel Delalande composer, dies at 73.

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Henry Russell composer, is born.

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Wilhelm Volkmar composer, is born.

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Julius Reitz composer, is born.

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1813

Franz Commer composer, is born.

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Jan Joseph Rosler composer, dies at 41.

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Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, is born.

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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer, is born.

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George Alexander Macfarren composer, is born.

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Matthias Keller Ulm Germany, hymn writer (O Farther un High), is born.

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Joachim Nicolas Eggert composer, dies at 34.

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Christian Danner composer, dies at 55.

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Stephen Heller composer, is born.

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Richard Wagner, Leipzig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman), is born.

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Sep 24

Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, dies at age 72,

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Oct 10

Giuseppe Verdi, composed operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello), is born in Le Roncole, Italy.

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Oct 26

Birth of Henry T. Smart, English sacred organist. Though largely self-taught, Smart published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: LANCASHIRE ("Lead On, O King Eternal") and REGENT SQUARE ("Angels From the Realms of Glory").

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Ferdinando Bertoni composer, dies at 88.

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Jacob Rosenhaim composer, is born.

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Errico Petrella composer, is born.

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Henry Wellington Greatorex composer, is born.

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Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer, is born.

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1814

Johann Gottfried Krebs composer, dies at 72.

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Johannes Josephus Viotta composer, is born.

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Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer, is born.

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Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at 52.

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Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at 75.

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Augustin Holler composer, dies at 69.

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Nicolo Gabrielli composer, is born.

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Henryk Oskar Kolberg composer, is born.

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Charles Kensington Salaman composer, is born.

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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary composer, is born.

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Beni Egressy composer, is born.

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Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst composer, is born.

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George Joseph Vogler composer, dies at 64.

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Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, dies at 79.

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Adolph von Henselt composer, is born.

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August Rockel composer, is born.

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Jose Angel Lamas composer, dies at 39.

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1815

William Jackson composer, is born.

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Adolph Trube composer, is born.

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Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger composer, is born.

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William Jackson composer, is born.

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Franz Gotz composer, dies at 59.

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Leonhard von Call composer, dies at 47.

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Antonio Buzzolla composer, is born.

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Jean Delphin Alard French violinist/composer, is born.

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Josephine Lang composer, is born.

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Wincenty Studzinski composer, is born.

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Friedrich Robert Volkmann composer, is born.

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Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein), is born.

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Henry Hugo Pierson composer, is born.

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Birth of New England musical artist Ithamar Conkey. In addition to being a well-known church organist and bass soloist, Conkey also penned the hymn tune RATHBUN, to which we sing today, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory."

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Roman Hoffstetter composer, dies at 73.

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Oct 29

Daniel Decatur Emmett composer: Dixie [Dixie�s Land]; is born.

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Michel Woldemar composer, dies at 65.

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