Classical Calendar: What happened on 3 December ?

1654: FP of Jean-Baptiste Lully's "Le temps"

1724: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

1729: Padre Antonio Soler is born

1750: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel is born

1764: FP of Jean Joseph Rodolphe's "Le Mariage par capitulation"

1787: Heinrich Eduard Josef von Lannoy is born

1799: FP of Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen's "Naturens Røst"

1817: August Eberhard Müller dies

1818: FP of Gioacchino Rossini's "Ricciardo e Zoraide / Ricciardo and Zoraide"

1820: FP of Gioacchino Rossini's "Maometto secondo / Maometto II"

1843: Franz Xaver Neruda is born

1857: Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden is born

1857: Mathilde von Meyrswalden is born

1865: Gustav Jenner is born

1866: Jan Václav Kalivodus dies

1876: Hermann Goetz dies

1883: Anton von Webern is born

1884: FP of Johan Severin Svendsen's "Holberg-kantate / Holberg Cantata"

1889: Cyrillus Kreek is born

1893: FP of Heinrich von Herzogenberg's "Zur Adventszeit"

1895: Juri Nikolski is born

1897: Ernst Otto Toller dies

1898: Lev Knipper is born

1900: FP of Richard Strauss' "Notturno"

1900: FP of Richard Strauss' "Nächtlicher Gesang"

1908: Halsey Stevens is born

1910: Philip B. Catelinet is born

1910: FP of Hjalmar Borgstrøm's "Concert C-dur for klaver og orchester / Piano Concerto"

1911: Nino Rota is born

1913: FP of Vítězslav Novák's "Svatební košile"

1914: Irving Fine is born

1925: FP of George Gershwin's "Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra"

1926: Hans Otte is born

1929: Paul Harris Turok is born

1930: FP of Franz Lehár's "Schön ist die Welt"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "Blah-Blah-Blah"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "Delishious"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "Katinkitschka"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "Somebody From Somewhere"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "Welcome To The Melting Pot"

1931: FP of George Gershwin's "You Started It"

1932: Emil Kreuz dies

1932: René Lenormand dies

1932: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Partita / Suite No. 1"

1933: FP of Benjamin Frankel's "Drei Skizzen für Streichquartett"

1933: FP of Benjamin Frankel's "Streichtrio Nr. 1 / String Trio No. 1"

1933: FP of Benjamin Frankel's "Violinsonate / Violin Sonata"

1938: José Serebrier is born

1938: José Serebrier is born

1941: Christian Sinding dies

1942: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger dies

1947: Martin Schlumpf is born

1952: Elmar Lampson is born

1954: FP of Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard"

1955: FP of Rolf Liebermann's "Die Schule der Frauen"

1957: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Sonate / Sonata"

1971: FP of Günter Bialas' "Meyerbeer-Paraphrasen"

1971: FP of Krzysztof Penderecki's "De natura sonoris (II)"

1972: FP of Urs Joseph Flury's "Violinkonzert / Violin Concerto"

1976: FP of Nino Rota's "Le Molière imaginaire"

1978: William Grant Still dies

1989: FP of Viktor Kalabis' "Inkantace / Incarnation"

1995: FP of Gerald Eckert's "Diaphane"

1997: FP of Rainer Bischof's "Reflexion"

1998: Albert Leman dies

1999: FP of Urs Joseph Flury's "Suite für Violine und Viola"

2004: FP of Fabian Müller's "Gayatri-Rhapsodie"

2008: FP of Ada Gentile's "Ho scritto una canzone"