Classical Calendar: What happened on 26 May ?

1566: Antonio de Cabezón dies

1728: FP of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Miriways"

1795: FP of Vicente Martín y Soler's "L'isola del piacere ossia L'isola piacevole"

1814: FP of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ouvertüre zur Oper 'Fidelio'"

1826: FP of Carl Maria von Weber's "Song der Nurmahal aus Lalla Rookh"

1847: Ernst Köhler dies

1856: George Templeton Strong is born

1871: Louis Aimé Maillart dies

1881: FP of Heinrich von Herzogenberg's "Das ist mir lieb"

1890: Samuil Feinberg is born

1892: FP of Johan Severin Svendsen's "Foraaret kommer"

1892: FP of Johan Severin Svendsen's "Festkantate / Festival Cantata"

1892: FP of Johan Severin Svendsen's "I mai, da blomst og blad sprang ud"

1893: Eugène Goossens is born

1905: Hans Holewa is born

1916: Louis Thomas Hardin is born

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "La, La, Lucille"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "From Now On"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "Nobody But You"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "Oo, How I Love You To Be Loved by You"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "Somehow It Seldom Comes True"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "The Best Of Everything"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "The Love Of A Wife"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "It's Great To Be In Love"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "It's Hard To Tell"

1919: FP of George Gershwin's "Money, Money, Money!"

1925: FP of George Gershwin's "Love, I Never Knew"

1926: Joseph Horovitz is born

1932: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Melo"

1938: William Bolcom is born

1941: Imants Kalninš is born

1942: Philip Bračanin is born

1943: Alice Charlotte Tegnér dies

1943: FP of Walter Kollo's "Wie einst im Mai"

1948: Alexander Rahbari is born

1948: Alexander Rahbari is born

1949: Harald Weiss is born

1956: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Concertino für Klavier und kleines Orchester"

1958: Howard Goodall is born

1966: FP of Erich Urbanner's "Acht Aphorismen"

1973: FP of Michael Tippett's "Piano Sonata no. 3"

1974: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Movimenti für Oboe, Zupforchester und Schlagzeug"

1985: FP of Günter Bialas' "Herbstzeit"

1990: FP of Philip Glass' "Hydrogen Jukebox"

1993: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme, drei Fagotte und Kontrafagott"

1993: FP of Siegfried Matthus' "Der über uns"

1995: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Fragment für Violine solo"

1995: FP of Alfred Schnittke's "Gesualdo"

1998: FP of Gerald Eckert's "wie Wolken um die Zeiten legt"

1999: FP of Annette Schlünz' "Moccoli"

2001: FP of Ljudmila Jurina's "...end - less ..."

2010: FP of Fabian Müller's "Suite für Viola und Klavier"

2014: Francesco d'Avalos dies

2016: Franz Tischhauser dies

2023: FP of Antonia Bembo's "Ercole amante"

2024: FP of Olga Magidenko's "Wasserfall"

2024: FP of Olga Magidenko's "Der Regen"

2024: FP of Olga Magidenko's "Bachsuite III"