Classical Calendar: What happened on 11 February ?

1600: Girolamo Fantini is born

1625: FP of Antoine de Boësset's "Ballet des Fées des Forêts de Saint-Germain"

1637: Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns is born

1725: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott"

1728: Anton Adam Bachschmid is born

1744: Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi dies

1756: FP of John Christopher Smith's "The Tempest"

1759: Ernst von Gemmingen is born

1763: FP of Jean Joseph Rodolphe's "Médée et Jason / Medea and Jason"

1766: FP of Niccolò Jommelli's "Vologeso"

1785: FP of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 / Piano Concerto No. 20"

1789: FP of Antonio Salieri's "Il Pastor fido"

1790: Ignaz Assmayr is born

1795: Carl Michael Bellman dies

1806: Vicente Martín y Soler dies

1806: Vicente Martín y Soler dies

1810: Loïsa Puget is born

1820: Thomas Haweis dies

1829: F. Zell is born

1830: Hans von Bronsart is born

1830: Peter Heise is born

1840: FP of Gaetano Donizetti's "La Fille du régiment / The Daughter of the Regiment"

1840: FP of Otto Nicolai's "Il Templario"

1841: FP of Gaetano Donizetti's "Adelia, o La figlia dell'arciere / Adelia, or The Archer's Daughter"

1843: FP of Giovanni Pacini's "Maria regina d'Inghilterra"

1861: FP of Anton Bruckner's "Am Grabe"

1874: Fritz Hart is born

1879: Jean Gilbert is born

1883: Paul August von Klenau is born

1888: FP of Alberto Franchetti's "Asrael leggenda"

1893: Max Dehnert is born

1894: Emilio Arrieta dies

1897: Yves de La Casiniere is born

1903: FP of Anton Bruckner's "Symphonie Nr. 9 / Symphony No. 9"

1906: Yves Baudrier is born

1908: FP of Henri Marteau's "Klarinettenquintett"

1916: FP of Oskar Nedbal's "Die Winzerbraut / The Vineyard Bride"

1926: Sir Alexander Gibson is born

1928: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Vzpoura"

1930: FP of George Gershwin's "The World Is Mine"

1930: FP of George Gershwin's "Toddlin' Along"

1930: FP of George Gershwin's "Toddlin' Along"

1935: Bent Lorentzen is born

1938: FP of Arthur Bliss' "Conquest of the Air"

1938: FP of Egon Kornauth's "Orchestersuite Nr. 3"

1939: Gustav Lange dies

1939: Franz Schmidt dies

1952: Mark Armanini is born

1955: FP of Manfred Gurlitt's "Violinkonzert / Violin Concerto"

1956: Didier Lockwood is born

1960: Bernhard Jestl is born

1972: Rudi Gfaller dies

1972: FP of Krzysztof Penderecki's "Partita"

1978: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Gesänge des Abschieds für Sopran, Flöte und Klavier"

2000: FP of Gerald Eckert's "Klangräume II"

2000: FP of Gerald Eckert's "Ogives"

2000: FP of Laurent Mettraux' "Trio für Altsaxophon, Cello und Klavier"

2003: Peter Welffens dies

2025: FP of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Festen"