Classical Calendar: What happened on 31 December ?

1647: Giovanni Maria Trabaci dies

1724: FP of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Das neugeborne Kindelein"

1743: Georg Anton Kreusser is born

1747: Gottfried August Bürger is born

1782: FP of William Shield's "Rosina"

1783: FP of Tommaso Giordani's "The Enchantress, or The Happy Island"

1799: Thomas Täglichsbeck is born

1809: Franz-Ignaz Beck dies

1818: Jean-Pierre Duport dies

1828: FP of Errico Petrella's "Il diavolo color di rosa"

1841: FP of Albert Lortzing's "Casanova"

1842: FP of Albert Lortzing's "Der Wildschütz"

1869: Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely dies

1894: Ernest John Moeran is born

1899: Karl Millöcker dies

1899: Silvestre Revueltas is born

1909: Ludmila Frajt is born

1913: FP of Leon Jessel's "Wer zuletzt lacht"

1916: Ernst Rudorff dies

1926: Joseph Hollman dies

1927: Max Meyer-Olbersleben dies

1935: FP of Eduard Künneke's "Die große Sünderin"

1937: Ernesto de Curtis dies

1938: FP of Fred Raymond's "Salzburger Nockerln / Season in Salzburg"

1943: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Violinkonzert Nr. 2 / Violin Concerto No. 2"

1944: FP of Bohuslav Martinů's "Klavierquintett Nr. 2 / Piano Quintet No. 2"

1950: Charles Koechlin dies

1954: FP of Ernst Steffan's "Liebling, ich hasse dich"

1958: Hermann Unger dies

1962: Jennifer Higdon is born

1965: Willy Müller-Medek dies

1968: Sabin Dragoi dies

1970: Cyril Meir Scott dies

1986: FP of Günter Bialas' "Jazz-Promenade"

1995: Aleksandre Machavariani dies

1995: Alexi Matchavariani dies

2000: FP of Ada Gentile's "Mass for peace"

2001: Elliot Weisgarber dies