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1658: Giuseppe Torelli is born

1714: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"

1720: FP of Giacomo Facco's "Las amazonas de España"

1725: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Ihr werdet weinen und heulen"

1749: FP of Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Naïs, opéra pour la Paix"

1776: Johann Adolph Scheibe dies

1832: FP of Richard Wagner's "Szene und Arie für Sopran und Orchester"

1840: Adolph Mehrkens is born

1844: FP of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's "La Barcarolle"

1846: Josef Triebensee dies

1849: FP of Louise Farrenc's "Symphonie Nr. 3 / Symphony No. 3"

1854: FP of Anton Bruckner's "Lasst Jubeltöne laut erklingen"

1868: José Vianna da Motta is born

1879: Nikolaus Moritz Mostler is born

1884: Armas Launis is born

1885: FP of Antonín Dvořák's "Symfonie č.7 / Symphony No. 7"

1892: Édouard Lalo dies

1892: Nicolas Obuchov is born

1902: FP of Gustav Holst's "Awake, my Heart"

1906: Eric Fenby is born

1907: FP of Jean Huré's "Cellosonate Nr. 2 / Cello Sonata No. 2"

1917: FP of Charles Ives' "Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano"

1919: Tālivaldis Ķeniņš is born

1919: FP of Arthur Bliss' "As You Like It"

1925: André Caplet dies

1926: Robert Hall Lewis is born

1926: FP of Julien-Fernand Vaubourgoin's "Sonate pour piano et violoncelle / Sonata for Cello and Piano"

1927: Pascal Bentoiu is born

1927: FP of Walter Kollo's "Drei arme kleine Mädels"

1929: Ödön Mihalovich dies

1932: Michael Colgrass is born

1936: FP of Samuel Barber's "Rain has Fallen"

1936: FP of Samuel Barber's "Sleep Now"

1939: Jaroslav Krček is born

1941: Dieter Kaufmann is born

1944: Joshua Rifkin is born

1946: Wim Laman is born

1947: Barry Guy is born

1948: FP of Morton Gould's "Fall River Legend"

1950: FP of Theodor Hassek's "Klaviersonate in g-Moll"

1956: Jukka-Pekka Saraste is born

1964: Bo Gunge is born

1965: FP of Miroslav Kabeláč's "8 Inventionen für Percussion"

1977: FP of Erich Urbanner's "Klavierkonzert 76"

1981: FP of Witold Lutosławski's "Grave"

1985: José Siqueira dies

1989: FP of György Kurtág's "Officium breve"

1990: FP of Barbara Heller's "Das Quintenbuch"

1995: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Jeu pour trois"

2001: Robert Starer dies

2004: FP of Stefan Heucke's "Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester"

2009: Dietrich Erdmann dies

2019: Jürgen Wilbrandt dies