Classical Calendar: What happened on 15 August ?

1506: Alexander Agricola dies

1561: Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia is born

1618: FP of Samuel Scheidt's "Zion spricht: Der Herr hat mich verlassen"

1723: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Lobet den Herrn, meine Seele"

1725: Ferdinando Bertoni is born

1728: Marin Marais dies

1776: Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried is born

1784: Pierre-Auguste-Louis Blondeau is born

1787: Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev is born

1823: Léon Gastinel is born

1832: Ernst Naumann is born

1843: Jules de Swert is born

1859: Wouter Hutschenruijter is born

1865: FP of Franz Liszt's "Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth / The Legend of St. Elizabeth"

1872: Harold Fraser-Simson is born

1872: Rubin Goldmark is born

1875: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is born

1882: Marion Eugénie Bauer is born

1883: Arnold Ebel is born

1887: Vincenzo di Donato is born

1888: Hermann Leopoldi is born

1890: Jacques Ibert is born

1904: Victor Bruns is born

1907: Joseph Joachim dies

1912: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Dvě Nokturna / Two Nocturnes"

1922: Lukas Foss is born

1948: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Škrtič / The Strangler"

1951: Artur Schnabel dies

1952: Amos Talmon is born

1955: Petr Kofroň is born

1960: Karlheinz Essl is born

1963: John Powell dies

1968: Luis Gianneo dies

1969: Tina Ternes is born

1970: Karl Andersen dies

1972: Alf Thorvald Hurum dies

1974: FP of Horst Ebenhöh's "Symphonische Zeichnung für Orchester"

1977: Maria Francisca Hofer dies

1978: Harrison Kerr dies

1985: Richard Yardumian dies

1995: FP of Krzysztof Penderecki's "Agnus Dei"

1999: FP of Ernest Sauter's "Streichtrio pour violon, alto, violoncelle"

2000: FP of Kaija Saariaho's "L'amour de loin"

2001: FP of Nancy van de Vate's "Twelve Pieces On one to Twelve Notes Vol. II"

2006: FP of Lera Auerbach's "Il Segno (Sonata for Piano No. 2)"

2006: FP of Wolfgang Rihm's "Konzert in einem Satz"