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May – Composers Anniversaries
Born
Died
Composer
May 1
1
May
1872
8
May
1960
Hugo Alfvén
1
May
1895
7 July 1968
Leo Sowerby
1
May
1899
1968
Jón Leifs
8 September 1841
1
May
1904
Antonín Dvorák
20 February 1897
1
May
1977
Johannes Weyrauch
6 June 1903
1
May
1978
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
May 2
2
May
1660
22 October 1725
Alessandro Scarlatti
2
May
1754
11 February 1806
Vicente Martín y Soler
2
May
1861
14 December 1938
Maurice Emmanuel
5 September 1791
2
May
1864
Giacomo Meyerbeer
19 July 1887
2
May
1953
Walter Rummel
May 3
3
May
1745
19 February 1790
Johann Baptist Krumpholz
3
May
1886
30
May
1971
Marcel Dupré
12 August 1644
3
May
1704
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
24 July 1803
3
May
1856
Adolphe Charles Adam
28 July 1896
3
May
1966
Boris Vladimirovich Savel’ev
2 February 1888
3
May
1970
Candelario Huízar
May 4
4
May
1860
2 August 1945
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
7 August 1881
4
May
1955
Georges Enescu
May 5
5
May
1708
22 April 1776
Johann Adolf Scheibe
5
May
1819
4 June 1872
Stanislav Moniuszko
5
May
1869
22
May
1949
Hans Pfitzner
4 April 1752
5
May
1837
Nicola Antonio Zingarelli
26 January 1934
5
May
1998
Ton Bruynèl
May 6
6
May
1858
7 June 1948
Georges Hüe
1535
6
May
1596
Giaches de Wert
May 7
7
May
1704
8 August 1759
Karl Heinrich Graun
7
May
1833
3 April 1897
Johannes Brahms
7
May
1840
6 November 1893
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
7
May
1901
12 June 1988
Marcel Poot
7
May
1908
7 October 1981
Wouter Paap
7
May
1936
13 December 1981
Cornelius Cardew
12 April 1722
7
May
1793
Pietro Nardini
19
May
1616
7
May
1667
Johann Jacob Froberger
16 January 1728
7
May
1800
Nicoló Piccinni
26 June 1747
7
May
1818
Leopold Kozeluh
18 August 1750
7
May
1825
Antonio Salieri
8 February 1810
7
May
1836
Norbert Burgmüller
5 June 1909
7
May
1970
John Raynor
May 8
8
May
1745
9 November 1801
Carl Stamitz
8
May
1829
18 December 1869
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
1
May
1872
8
May
1960
Hugo Alfvén
27 July 1781
8
May
1829
Mauro Giuliani
23 April 1858
8
May
1944
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
12 November 1897
8
May
1985
Karl Marx
29 January 1924
8
May
1990
Luigi Nono
15 February 1907
8
May
1991
Jean Langlais
2 March 1913
8
May
1996
Celedonio Romero
May 9
9
May
1740
5 June 1816
Giovanni Paisiello
9
May
1814
1889
Adolf Henselt
9
May
1855
13 September 1932
Julius Röntgen
9
May
1865
9 October 1937
Auguste De Boeck
1637
9
May
1707
Dietrich Buxtehude
7 March 1663
9
May
1745
Tomaso Antonio Vitali
23 July 1916
9
May
1979
Ben Weber
May 10
10
May
1697
22 October 1764
Jean Marie Leclair
10
May
1855
28 August 1914
Anatolii Lyadov
10
May
1888
28 December 1971
Max Steiner
13 January 1683
10
May
1760
Christoph Graupner
16 February 1709
10
May
1770
Charles Avison
30 October 1775
10
May
1840
Catterino Cavos
May 11
11
May
1791
19 November 1825
Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek (Worzischek)
11
May
1882
3 September 1964
Joseph Marx
11
May
1895
3 December 1978
William Grant Still
9 June 1810
11
May
1849
Otto Nicolai
19 March 1873
11
May
1916
Max Reger
30 November 1884
11
May
1947
Anders Johan Ture Rangström
May 12
12
May
1739
20 August 1813
Johann Baptist Vanhal
12
May
1755
3 March 1824
Giovanni Battista Viotti
12
May
1842
13 August 1912
Jules Massenet
12
May
1845
4 November 1924
Gabriel Fauré
12
May
1903
26 December 1989
Lennox Berkeley
29 January 1782
12
May
1871
Daniel François Esprit Auber
2 March 1824
12
May
1884
Bedrich Smetana
16 July 1858
12
May
1931
Eugène Ysaÿe
May 13
13
May
1842
22 November 1900
Arthur Sullivan
13
May
1847
26 November 1925
Johannes Haarklou
May 14
14
May
1892
13 October 1966
Arthur Vincent Lourié
14
May
1900
appr. 1943
Dutch Leo Smit
14
May
1924
1988
Joly Braga Santos
May 15
15
May
1567
29 November 1643
Claudio Monteverdi
31
May
1875
15
May
1952
Italo Montemezzi
11 December 1758
15
May
1832
Karl Friedrich Zelter
May 16
We have no composers listed
as having been born or having died on this day.
May 17
17
May
1866
1 July 1925
Erik Satie
17
May
1901
10 July 1983
Werner Egk
17
May
1923
17 June 1983
Peter Mennin
14 November 1805
17
May
1847
Fanny Cécile Mendelssohn
1808
17
May
1880
Henri Cohen
1 October 1865
17
May
1935
Paul Dukas
May 18
18
May
1830
2 January 1915
Carl Goldmark
18
May
1854
9 December 1924
Bernard Zweers
18
May
1901
12 June 1989
Henri Sauguet
18
May
1905
18 February 1959
Eric H Zeisl
29
May
1860
18
May
1909
Isaac Albéniz
2 September 1661
18
May
1733
Georg Böhm
7 July 1860
18
May
1911
Gustav Mahler
29 June 1908
18
May
1975
Leroy Anderson
18 February 1915
18
May
1979
David van de Woestijne
May 19
19
May
1616
7
May
1667
Johann Jacob Froberger
19
May
1884
29 June 1966
Arthur Meulemans
17 January 1712
19
May
1786
John Stanley
20 October 1874
19
May
1954
Charles Ives
May 20
20
May
1903
25 April 1951
Jerzy Fitelberg
13 February 1713
20
May
1751
Domingo Terradellas
13 September 1819
20
May
1896
Clara Schumann
May 21
18 April 1819
21
May
1895
Franz von Suppé
27 April 1861
21
May
1926
Georgi Lvovitch Catoire
May 22
22
May
1813
13 February 1883
Richard Wagner
5
May
1869
22
May
1949
Hans Pfitzner
28
May
1896
22
May
1977
Marius Monnikendam
May 23
23
May
1794
10 March 1870
Ignaz Moscheles
23
May
1901
14 February 1986
Edmund Rubbra
23
May
1912
25 September 1997
Jean Françaix
May 24
We have no composers listed
as having been born or having died on this day.
May 25
25
May
1889
10 January 1972
Sverre Jordan
21 September 1874
25
May
1934
Gustav Holst
May 26
26
May
1893
13 June 1962
Eugene Goossens
26
May
1898
16 March 1990
Ernst Bacon
26
May
1925
29 April 1997
Willem Hendrik Zwart
7 July 1914
26
May
1993
Cor de Groot
May 27
27
May
1799
17 April 1862
Jacques François Halévy
27
May
1822
24 June 1882
Joseph Joachim Raff
27
May
1888
3 July 1979
Louis Durey
27
May
1891
21 December 1965
Claude Champagne
12 August 1626
27
May
1690
Giovanni Legrenzi
27 October 1782
27
May
1840
Nicoló Paganini
May 28
28
May
1896
22
May
1977
Marius Monnikendam
14 November 1719
28
May
1787
Leopold Mozart
19 February 1743
28
May
1805
Luigi Boccherini
26 February 1770
28
May
1836
Anton Reicha
May 29
29
May
1860
18
May
1909
Isaac Albéniz
29
May
1897
29 November 1957
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
29
May
1922
4 February 2001
Iannis Xenakis
22 January 1727
29
May
1799
Claude Benigne Balbastre
2 January 1837
29
May
1910
Milii Balakirev
May 30
3
May
1886
30
May
1971
Marcel Dupré
10 June 1902
30
May
1969
Gaston Brenta
May 31
31
May
1656
15 August 1728
Marin Marais
31
May
1875
15
May
1952
Italo Montemezzi
31 March 1732
31
May
1809
Franz Joseph Haydn
18 July 1830
31
May
1909
Marie Auguste Durand
22 April 1868
31
May
1948
José Vianna da Motta
16 November 1926
31
May
1996
Ton de Leeuw
7 July 1921
31
May
1998
Stanislaw Michal Wislocki
