Classical Calendar: What happened on 18 May ?

1616: Johann Jakob Froberger is born

1724: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird"

1733: Georg Böhm dies

1735: FP of Antonio Vivaldi's "Griselda"

1744: Joseph Beer is born

1779: FP of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Iphigénie en Tauride / Iphigenia in Tauris"

1810: Francesco Maria Piave is born

1812: FP of Gioacchino Rossini's "Demetrio e Polibio / Demetrius and Polybius"

1812: FP of Carl Maria von Weber's "Chor und Musik zum Geburtstag des Herrn Herz Beer"

1830: Karl Goldmark is born

1832: Bonifacius Asioli dies

1832: Julius Zellner is born

1840: FP of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's "Zanetta"

1849: FP of Charles Adolphe Adam's "Le Toréador ou L'Accord parfait"

1853: Nikolaus Kraft dies

1854: Henry Lemoine dies

1854: Bernard Zweers is born

1860: Mary Wurm is born

1861: FP of Eduard Lassen's "Musik zu Hebbels Nibelungen"

1875: Guido Alberto Fano is born

1894: FP of Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski's "Raffaello / Raphael"

1901: Henri Sauguet is born

1902: Meredith Willson is born

1905: Theodor Berger is born

1905: Eric Zeisl is born

1909: Isaac Albéniz dies

1910: Pauline Viardot-Garcia dies

1911: Gustav Mahler dies

1912: FP of Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár's "Frühlingslieder"

1913: Vassil Lolov is born

1917: FP of Erik Satie's "Parade"

1918: Toivo Kuula dies

1918: FP of Gustav Holst's "Diverus and Lazarus"

1938: Youri Boutsko is born

1938: FP of Heinrich Strecker's "Der ewige Walzer"

1945: André Chini is born

1948: Mikko Heiniö is born

1950: FP of Lukas Foss' "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

1960: Matthias Drude is born

1969: FP of György Kurtág's "Zur Erinnerung an einen Winterabend"

1975: Leroy Anderson dies

1979: FP of Rainer Bischof's "Deduktionen"

1979: FP of Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar's "Variationen / Variations"

1980: FP of Gottfried von Einem's "Jesu Hochzeit "

1988: FP of Philip Glass' "The Fall of the House of Usher"

1990: FP of Robin Holloway's "Clarissa"

1991: FP of Olga Neuwirth's "Körperliche Veränderungen"

1993: FP of Gideon Gee-Bum Kim's "Song of the Heavens and Firmament"

1995: André-François Marescotti dies

1995: FP of Rainer Bischof's "Sinfonia"

1995: FP of Heimo Erbse's "Symphonie Nr. 4 / Symphony No. 4"

1996: Yojo Christen is born

1996: Yojo is born

1996: FP of Philip Glass' "Les Enfants Terribles"

2001: FP of Giacomo Puccini's "Adagio in la maggiore per piano"

2001: FP of Giacomo Puccini's "Scherzo in la minore per quartetto d'archi"

2001: FP of Giacomo Puccini's "Quartetto in re maggiore per archi"

2006: FP of Fabian Müller's "Benedicamus Dominus"