Classical Calendar: What happened on 6 August ?

1724: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Was frag ich nach der Welt"

1769: FP of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Serenade Nr. 1 / Serenade No. 1"

1782: Nicolas Chédeville dies

1784: Karl Kohaut dies

1800: FP of Henri-Joseph Rigel's "Le Magot de la Chine"

1820: Anton Wranitzky dies

1839: FP of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucie de Lammermoor"

1858: Albert Fuchs is born

1873: FP of Johan Severin Svendsen's "Festpolonese / Festival Polonaise"

1891: Henry Charles Litolff dies

1895: Ernesto Lecuona is born

1895: Ernesto Lecuona is born

1910: Friedrich Schröder is born

1935: Alexander Winkler dies

1938: Liviu Glodeanu is born

1944: Gleb Sedelnikov is born

1947: FP of Gottfried von Einem's "Dantons Tod"

1954: Fernande Decruck dies

1956: FP of Lukas Foss' "Griffelkin"

1960: FP of Arthur Bliss' "Stand Up and Bless the Lord your God"

1965: FP of Elisabeth Lutyens' "Vision of Youth"

1966: FP of Hans Werner Henze's "The Bassarids"

1969: Theodor W. Adorno dies

1978: FP of Martin Christoph Redel's "Streichquartett II"

1984: FP of Urs Joseph Flury's "Fantaisie Valaisanne"

1987: Samuel Ducommun dies

1988: FP of Mikis Theodorakis' "Zorba il Greco / Zorba the Greek"

1991: FP of Celina Kohan de Scher's "Konzert / Concerto"

1995: André Fleury dies

1997: FP of Helmut Rogl's "Solo für Violoncello"

2005: James Wilson dies

2009: FP of Franz Xaver Frenzel's "Swinging Symphony"

2017: David Maslanka dies