April 14, 1759 — George Frideric Handel dies
Handel was 74 years old at the time of his death. Unmarried, he left much of his estate to a...
August 19, 2021
Decomposing Composers
June 5, 1826 — Carl Maria von Weber dies
Carl Maria von Weber was one of the earliest significant composers of what is now called the Romantic movement. His...
February 14, 2021
March 26, 1827 — Ludwig van Beethoven dies
Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most well-known composers ever. His Fifth Symphony’s opening bar is perhaps the most...
February 9, 2021
November 19, 1828 — Franz Schubert dies
Franz Peter Schubert was only 31 when he died of what doctors diagnosed as typhoid fever (although others claimed that...
January 29, 2021
May 2, 1864 — Giacomo Meyerbeer dies
Born in 1791 in Germany, Giacomo Meyerbeer was one of the foremost exponents of the musical and theatrical form known...
October 9, 2020
February 13, 1883 — Richard Wagner dies
One of the greatest of the German composers, Wilhelm Richard Wagner is best known for his Ring Cycle, or Der...
July 14, 2020
April 3, 1897 — Johannes Brahms dies
A composer of the Romantic school, Johannes Brahms in his 64 years associated with many of the other greats of...
March 4, 2020
May 25, 1928 — Claude Debussy dies
One of the most popular and influential of all French composers, Claude Achille Debussy was on August 22, 1862. Debussy...
June 24, 2019
February 23, 1934 — Edward Elgar dies
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO was one of the greatest English composers of the pre-WWII era. He...
April 29, 2019
March 28, 1943 — Sergei Rachmaninoff dies
Born in 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest Russian composers of the Twentieth Century, and one of the...
November 14, 2018
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