Classical Calendar: What happened on 21 December ?

1558: John Sheppard dies

1628: Samuel Capricornus is born

1777: Anton Cajetan Adlgasser dies

1782: Benôit Tranquille Berbiguier is born

1826: Ernst Pauer is born

1836: FP of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's "L'Ambassadrice"

1842: FP of Alessandro Nini's "Virgoinia"

1847: Theodor Espen is born

1847: Carl Gänschals is born

1850: Zdeněk Fibich is born

1852: FP of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's "Marco Spada"

1859: Max Fiedler is born

1864: William Henry Fry dies

1865: FP of Karl Millöcker's "Der tote Gast"

1865: FP of Karl Millöcker's "Die lustigen Binder"

1867: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Wehe, so willst du mich wieder"

1870: FP of Heinrich von Herzogenberg's "Fantastische Tänze für das Pianoforte"

1872: Lorenzo Perosi is born

1873: Blagoje Bersa is born

1888: FP of Johannes Brahms' "Violinsonate Nr. 3 / Violin Sonata No. 3"

1890: Niels Wilhelm Gade dies

1894: FP of Leo Blech's "Cherubina"

1895: Paul Höffer is born

1896: Leroy Robertson is born

1901: FP of Carl Zeller's "Der Kellermeister"

1904: FP of Franz Lehár's "Die Juxheirat"

1905: Albert Reiter is born

1906: Adalbert von Goldschmidt dies

1911: Paul Burkhard is born

1919: Louis Diémer dies

1928: Thomas Rajna is born

1931: David Nathaniel Baker is born

1932: Ilja Zeljenka is born

1934: FP of Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew's "Poruchik Kizhe [Поручик Киже] / Lieutenant Kijé"

1935: Meinrad Schmitt is born

1935: FP of Paul Abraham's "Dschainah, das Mädchen aus dem Tanzhaus"

1936: Éric Gaudibert is born

1938: Roland Coryn is born

1939: Vyacheslav Nagovitsin is born

1940: Frank Zappa is born

1942: Francis Bousquet dies

1944: Michael Tilson Thomas is born

1945: Vyacheslav Grokhovsky is born

1952: FP of Dietrich Erdmann's "Weihnachtskantate"

1953: Yinam Leef is born

1953: András Schiff is born

1954: Hermann Wunsch dies

1968: Boris Yoffe is born

1974: FP of Benjamin Britten's "Third Suite for Cello"

1981: FP of Elisabeth Lutyens' "Streichquartett Nr. 11 / String Quartet No. 11"

1989: Ján Cikker dies

1993: FP of Meinrad Schütter's "Foxtrott"

2001: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "Sonate pour violoncelle et piano / Sonata for Cello and Piano"

2001: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "Deux Miniatures"

2001: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "Cinq pièces / Five Pieces"

2001: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "Sonate pour piano / Piano Sonata"

2001: FP of Florentine Mulsant's "Deux Miniatures"

2002: FP of Ljudmila Jurina's "Shadows of deep sleep"

2004: Roland Ploeger dies

2006: FP of Tan Dun's "The First Emperor"

2008: FP of Hermann Seidl's "cantata brevissima"

2017: Wolfgang Ludewig dies