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1566: Manuel Cardoso is born

1668: Apostolo Zeno is born

1726: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten"

1758: Karl Friedrich Zelter is born

1803: Hector Berlioz is born

1837: FP of Richard Wagner's "V. Bellini: Zusätze und Änderungen zu 'Norma'"

1845: FP of Giovanni Pacini's "Stella di Napoli"

1856: Friedrich Wilhelm Rohde is born

1857: François-Henri-Joseph Castil-Blaze dies

1864: Adele aus der Ohe is born

1864: FP of Anton Bruckner's "Um Mitternacht (1. Vertonung)"

1865: FP of Jacques Offenbach's "Les Bergers"

1869: FP of Stanisław Moniuszko's "Paria"

1869: FP of Jacques Offenbach's "La Romance de la rose"

1873: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Streichquartett Nr. 1 / String Quartet No. 1"

1876: Mieczysław Karłowicz is born

1892: Paul Fiévet is born

1892: Leo Ornstein is born

1898: FP of Anton Bruckner's "Der Abendhimmel (2. Vertonung)"

1904: FP of Giuseppe Martucci's "Symphonie Nr. 2 / Symphony No. 2"

1905: Heikki Aaltoila is born

1907: FP of Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár's "Lob des Weins"

1908: Elliott Carter is born

1915: FP of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's "Symphonie Nr. 3 / Symphony No. 3"

1927: FP of Werner Otto Trenkner's "Choräle und Motetten"

1928: FP of Carl Orff's "Kleines Konzert nach Lautensätzen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert"

1932: János Komives is born

1932: FP of Werner Otto Trenkner's "Drei Gesänge / Three Songs"

1933: FP of Benjamin Britten's "I Lov'd a Lass"

1933: FP of Benjamin Britten's "Lift Boy"

1937: Jan Bach is born

1941: Paul Viardot dies

1950: FP of Paul Hindemith's "Klarinettenkonzert / Clarinet Concerto"

1951: FP of Theodor Hassek's "Romance und Capriccio für Violine und Klavier"

1951: FP of Theodor Hassek's "Kindermarsch"

1951: FP of Theodor Hassek's "Valse Melancolique"

1957: FP of Gerald Finzi's "The Fall of the Leaf"

1963: Anthony Collins dies

1964: Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel dies

1965: FP of Maurice Jarre's "Notre-Dame de Paris"

1966: Thomas Zaufke is born

1966: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Es sungen drei Engel"

1967: Victor de Sabata dies

1967: Richard Stoehr dies

1971: FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' "Suite from 'The Devils'"

1971: FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' "Suite from 'The Boy Friend'"

1982: Erhard Mauersberger dies

1983: Simon Laks dies

1985: FP of Philip Glass' "The Juniper Tree"

1988: FP of Gottfried von Einem's "Von der Ratte, vom Biber und vom Bären"

1988: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Concertino grazioso für Blockflöte und Streichorchester"

1988: FP of Martin Christoph Redel's "Quintett"

1992: FP of Sándor Veress' "Memento"

1994: Avet Terterian dies

2004: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "In Jubilo"

2012: Ravi Shankar dies

2015: Wolfgang Stockmeier dies