Classical Calendar: What happened on 5 March ?

1685: George Frideric Handel is born

1735: FP of Georg Friedrich Händel's "Orgelkonzert Nr. 2 / Organ Concerto No. 2"

1748: William Shield is born

1751: Johann Baptist Kucharz is born

1767: FP of Jean Joseph Rodolphe's "L'Aveugle de Palmyre"

1774: Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse is born

1778: Thomas Augustine Arne dies

1795: Josef Reicha dies

1802: FP of Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen's "Ossians Harfe"

1805: Théodore Labarre is born

1818: FP of Gioacchino Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto / Moses in Egypt"

1818: FP of Carl Maria von Weber's "Das Dorf im Gebirge"

1824: Franz Anton Schubert dies

1845: Alphonse Hasselmans is born

1853: Arthur William Foote is born

1868: FP of Arrigo Boito's "Mefistofele"

1869: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Es rauschet das Wasser"

1869: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Der Jäger und sein Liebchen"

1873: Alexis de Castillon dies

1876: Francesco Maria Piave dies

1880: Wojciech Albert Sowiński dies

1881: Auguste Fauchard is born

1881: Arthur Willner is born

1887: Heitor Villa-Lobos is born

1889: FP of Edward Alexander Mac Dowell's "Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 / Piano Concerto No. 2"

1893: FP of Heinrich von Herzogenberg's "Totenfeier"

1899: Patrick Hadley is born

1906: FP of Richard Strauss' "Der Einsame"

1910: FP of Albert Bertelin's "Cellosonate / Cello Sonata"

1916: FP of Eugen d'Albert's "Die toten Augen"

1919: FP of Ernst von Dohnányi's "Violinkonzert Nr. 1 / Violin Concerto No. 1"

1923: Dora Pejačević dies

1924: FP of Marcel Noel's "Sonate pour piano et violoncelle / Sonata for Cello and Piano"

1926: FP of Vincent d' Indy's "Sonate pour violoncelle et piano / Sonata for cello and piano"

1931: Anthony Hedges is born

1933: FP of Samuel Barber's "Sonata"

1933: FP of Samuel Barber's "Dover Beach"

1943: David Matthews is born

1944: Heinrich Pfannschmidt dies

1947: Alfredo Casella dies

1948: Richard Hickox is born

1951: Galina Gorelova is born

1953: Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev dies

1954: FP of Richard Yardumian's "Armenian Suite"

1955: Juraj Filas is born

1956: Erich Itor Kahn dies

1956: Iris Szeghy is born

1973: Paul Kletzki dies

1975: FP of Elisabeth Lutyens' "Plenum IV"

1977: Moses Pergament dies

1978: Cesare Andrea Bixio dies

1983: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Musik für drei Gitarren oder Gitarrenchor"

1984: FP of Gottfried von Einem's "Gute Ratschläge"

1987: FP of Rainer Bischof's "Konzert für Orgel"

1996: FP of Nancy van de Vate's "Fantasy Pieces"

2003: Gerhard Rosenfeld dies

2016: Nikolaus Harnoncourt dies

2019: Jacques Loussier dies