January – Composers Anniversaries

Born

Died

Composer

January 1

1 January 1843 15 February 1916 Nikolay Nikolayevitch Lodyzhensky
1 January 1898 17 October 1944 Victor Ullmann
1 January 1907 17 December 2000 Erich Schmid
10 February 1713 1 January 1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs
5 September 1735 1 January 1782 Johann Christian Bach

January 2

2 January 1837 29 May 1910 Milii Balakirev
2 January 1905 8 January 1998 Michael Tippett
15 October 1688 2 January 1726 Domenico Zipoli
18 May 1830 2 January 1915 Carl Goldmark
22 March 1891 2 January 1966 Manuel Alexis Roland
3 March 1904 2 January 1993 Karl Ahrendt
14 July 1910 2 January 1999 Rolf Liebermann

January 3

3 January 1823 30 January 1881 Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens
3 January 1900 19 June 1940 Maurice Jaubert
3 January 1936 18 January 1996 Jos Kunst
26 August 1687 3 January 1761 Willem de Fesch
18 October 1706 3 January 1785 Baldassare Galuppi
25 October 1864 3 January 1956 Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov
24 November 1900 3 January 1997 Cor Kee

January 4

4 January 1710 16 March 1736 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
9 December 1745 4 January 1798 Giuseppe Giordani
17 August 1846 4 January 1925 Marie Jaëll

January 5

5 January 1880 13 January 1951 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
appr. 1667 5 January 1740 Antonio Lotti
25 September 1896 5 January 1970 Roberto Gerhard
27 February 1891 5 January 1976 Georges Migot
19 December 1917 5 January 1992 Hans Federico Neuman
16 December 1915 5 January 1998 Georgi Vasilievich Sviridov

January 6

6 January 1695 November 1750 Giuseppe Sammartini
6 January 1838 2 October 1920 Max Bruch
6 January 1850 8 December 1924 Xaver Scharwenka
6 January 1872 27 April 1915 Alexander Scriabin
6 January 1900 17 August 1936 Pierre Octave Ferroud
2 March 1916 6 January 1983 Bernard Stevens
5 July 1899 6 January 1987 Cruz Wilson Domingo Santa

January 7

7 January 1634 30 June 1666 Adam Krieger
7 January 1899 30 January 1963 Francis Poulenc
15 March 1901 7 January 1964 Colin McPhee

January 8

8 January 1668 5 February 1705 Jean Gilles
8 January 1812 27 April 1871 Sigismond Thalberg
8 January 1905 7 August 1988 Giacinto Scelsi
8 January 1912 17 March 1980 Rudolf Escher
2 January 1905 8 January 1998 Michael Tippett
17 February 1653 8 January 1713 Arcangelo Corelli
27 November 1759 8 January 1831 Franz Krommer
13 September 1858 8 January 1942 Catharinus Elling

January 9

9 January 1856 28 September 1914 Stevan Mokranjac

January 10

10 January 1760 27 January 1802 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
26 February 1879 10 January 1941 Frank Bridge
19 February 1877 10 January 1968 Louis Aubert
25 May 1889 10 January 1972 Sverre Jordan

January 11

11 January 1820 20 January 1871 Aleksandr Nikolayevitch Serov
11 January 1856 3 December 1941 Christian Sinding
11 January 1902 16 June 1986 Maurice Duruflé
13 January 1866 11 January 1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
9 July 1697 11 January 1763 Giovanni Benedetto Platti
17 December 1749 11 January 1801 Domenico Cimarosa
14 June 1901 11 January 1973 Emmy Frensel Wegener

January 12

12 January 1876 21 January 1948 Ferrari Ermanno Wolf
12 January 1921 12 December 1999 American Leo Smit
12 January 1926 3 September 1987 Morton Feldman
18 April 1605 12 January 1674 Giacomo Carissimi
10 February 1696 12 January 1765 Johann Melchior Molter

January 13

13 January 1683 10 May 1760 Christoph Graupner
13 January 1690 27 November 1749 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
13 January 1866 11 January 1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
13 January 1904 14 November 1977 Richard Addinsell
5 January 1880 13 January 1951 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
28 November 1784 13 January 1838 Ferdinand Ries
4 July 1826 13 January 1864 Stephen Collins Foster
17 August 1901 13 January 1971 Henri Tomasi
1 February 1907 13 January 1993 Carmago Guarnieri

January 14

14 February 1602 14 January 1676 Francesco Cavalli
17 October 1729 14 January 1817 Pierre Alexandre Monsigny
19 December 1882 14 January 1949 Joaquin Turina

January 15

15 January 1909 10 March 1991 Elie Siegmeister
1700/1701 15 January 1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini

January 16

16 January 1728 7 May 1800 Nicoló Piccinni
31 August 1834 16 January 1886 Amilcare Ponchielli
21 February 1836 16 January 1891 Léo Delibes

January 17

17 January 1712 19 May 1786 John Stanley
17 January 1734 16 February 1829 François Joseph Gossec
17 January 1850 7 February 1918 Alexander Taneyev
17 January 1903 3 February 1968 Iel Stants
17 January 1907 26 June 1987 Henk Badings
17 January 1928 17 August 1973 Jean Barraque
14 June 1671 17 January 1751 Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
14 February 1813 17 January 1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzjski
19 March 1816 17 January 1891 Johannes Verhulst
27 January 1806 17 January 1826 Juan Chrisóstomo Jacobo Antonio
Arriaga y Balzola
5 February 1909 17 January 1969 Grazyna Bacewicz

January 18

18 January 1841 13 September 1894 Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier
18 January 1903 17 October 1996 Berthold Goldschmidt
18 January 1911 18 February 1985 Gábor Darvas
3 January 1936 18 January 1996 Jos Kunst

January 19

19 January 1903 30 January 1975 Boris Blacher
28 January 1791 19 January 1833 Ferdinand Hérold

January 20

20 January 1586 19 November 1630 Johann Hermann Schein
20 January 1703 22 June 1741 Gioseffo Hectore Fiocco
20 January 1855 10 June 1899 Ernest Chausson
20 January 1870 21 January 1894 Guillaume Lekeu
20 January 1894 12 November 1976 Walter Piston
20 January 1910 25 September 1959 Ennio Porrino
28 bapt. December 1731 20 January 1798 Johann Christian Cannabich
2 April 1803 20 January 1890 Franz Lachner
11 January 1820 20 January 1871 Aleksandr Nikolayevitch Serov
23 April 1872 20 January 1952 Arthur Farwell

January 21

21 January 1674 12 September 1739 Reinhard Keiser
21 January 1735 24 July 1809 Johann Gottfried Eckard
21 January 1791 24 July 1863 Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
21 January 1793 10 September 1840 Gertrude van den Bergh
21 January 1848 12 February 1933 Henri Duparc
21 January 1858 18 March 1937 Mélanie Mel Bonis
21 January 1899 29 September 1977 Alexander Tcherepnin
12 January 1876 21 January 1948 Ferrari Ermanno Wolf
20 January 1870 21 January 1894 Guillaume Lekeu
23 October 1801 21 January 1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing
13 December 1850 21 January 1941 Iver Holter

January 22

22 January 1727 29 May 1799 Claude Benigne Balbastre
22 January 1870 4 November 1939 Charles Tournemire
22 January 1896 26 September 1967 Ernest Steffan
10 April 1707 22 January 1795 Michel Corrette

January 23

23 January 1752 10 March 1832 Muzio Clementi
23 January 1888 11 November 1937 Jerzy Gablenz
July 1782 23 January 1837 John Field
18 December 1861 23 January 1908 Edward MacDowell
9 March 1910 23 January 1981 Samuel Barber

January 24

24 January 1712 17 August 1786 Friedrich II der Grosse
24 January 1915 16 June 1940 Vitezslava Kapralova
24 January 1918 12 July 1996 Gottfried von Einem
appr. 1410 24 January 1473 Conrad Paumann
14 November 1774 24 January 1851 Gasparo Luigi Spontini
26 April 1812 24 January 1883 Friedrich von Flotow

January 25

25 January 1459 1537 Paul Hofhaymer
25 January 1886 30 November 1954 Furtwängler Wilhelm
25 January 1904 13 September 1989 Géza Frid
25 January 1913 8 February 1994 Witold Lutoslawski

January 26

26 January 1934 5 May 1998 Ton Bruynèl
21 June 1732 26 January 1795 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
5 February 1748 26 January 1798 Christian Gottlob Neefe

January 27

27 January 1756 5 December 1791 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
27 January 1806 17 January 1826 Juan Chrisóstomo Jacobo Antonio
Arriaga y Balzola
27 January 1823 22 April 1892 Edouard Lalo
10 January 1760 27 January 1802 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
10 October 1813 27 January 1901 Giuseppe Verdi

January 28

28 January 1791 19 January 1833 Ferdinand Hérold
28 January 1900 24 August 1976 Micheal Dewar Head
31 July 1848 28 January 1903 Robert Planquette
10 June 1848 28 January 1929 Theodorus Hendricus Hubertus Verhey
19 November 1859 28 January 1935 Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov
9 August 1874 28 January 1947 Reynaldo Hahn
13 February 1882 28 January 1948 Ignaz Friedman

January 29

29 January 1715 1 March 1777 Georg Christoph Wagenseil
29 January 1782 12 May 1871 Daniel François Esprit Auber
29 January 1801 14 February 1857 Johannes Bernardus van Bree
29 January 1862 10 June 1934 Frederick Delius
29 January 1876 28 November 1972 William Havergal Brian
29 January 1924 8 May 1990 Luigi Nono
2 February 1875 29 January 1962 Fritz Kreisler
1 February 1927 29 January 1966 Pierre Mercure

January 30

30 January 1697 21 July 1773 Johann Joachim Quantz
7 January 1899 30 January 1963 Francis Poulenc
19 January 1903 30 January 1975 Boris Blacher
3 January 1823 30 January 1881 Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens

January 31

31 January 1759 5 September 1803 François Devienne
31 January 1797 19 November 1828 Franz Schubert
28 July 1843 31 January 1909 Hermann Schröder