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The well-worn tag about the old and new testaments of keyboard music still holds. It would be a poor music library that lacked Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and the thirty-two piano sonatas of Beethoven.
Denis Matthews
Latest Videos
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Grave. Metamorphoses (for cello and piano) (1981)
Izabela Buchowska, Jakub Tchorzewski
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Sonata, H. 306 (for flute and piano) (1945)
Goran Marcusson, Joakim Kallhed
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Sonata, H. 306 (for flute and piano) (1945)
Marina Piccinini, Ewa Kupiec
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Trio in F major (for flute, bassoon and piano) ()
Massimo Data, Mario Carbotta, Piero Barbareschi
Peter Heise (1830-1879)
Piano Trio in E-flat major (1860-(?) 1863)
Julie Eskær, Emilie Eskær, Charlotte Thanning
Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)
Petite Suite No. 2 (for violin and piano) (1946)
Ueli Wiget, Jagdish Mistry
Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)
Petite Suite No. 1 (for violin and piano) (1946)
Ueli Wiget, Jagdish Mistry
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Violin Sonata, Op. 134 (1968)
Michael Dinnebier, Angela Charlott Bieber
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in f minor, Op. 80 (1946)
Pavel Berman, Vardan Mamikonian
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
String Quartet No. 2 (1915)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano (complete with score)
Robert Starer (1924-2001)
Episodes (for viola, cello and piano) ()
Music in the Mountains Festival Players
Robert Starer (1924-2001)
Elegy for a Woman who Died too Young (for violin and cello) (1990)
Music in the Mountains Festival Players
Composers born on February 20
Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
Nationality:
Russian
Born: February 20, 1946, Moscow (age 73)
Roland Leistner-Mayer (born 1945)
Nationality:
German
Born: February 20, 1945, Kraslice (age 74)
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Ruth Dorothy Louisa Gipps
Nationality:
English
Born: February 20, 1921, Bexhill-on-Sea Died: February 23, 1999, Eastbourne (age 78)
Julius Juzeliūnas (1916-2001)
Nationality:
Lithuanian
Born: February 20, 1916 Died: February 15, 2001, Vilnius (age 85)
Armin Loos (1904-1971)
Armin [Mathias Jacob Friedrich] Loos
Nationality:
American
Born: February 20, 1904, Darmstadt, Germany Died: March 23, 1971, New Britain, CT (age 67)
Karel Janeček (1903-1974)
Nationality:
Czech
Born: February 20, 1903, Częstochowa, Poland Died: January 4, 1974, Prague (age 70)
Evelyn Faltis (1890-1937)
Nationality:
Bohemian
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Czech
Born: February 20, 1890, Trautenau, Bohemia Died: May 19, 1937, Vienna (age 47)
Vasyl Barvinsky (1888-1963)
Vasyl [Vasily] Barvinsky
Nationality:
Ukrainian
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Soviet
Born: February 20, 1888, Ternopil Died: June 9, 1963, Lviv (age 75)
Fedor Akimenko (1876-1945)
Fedor [Fedir] [Theodore] Stepanovych Akimenko [Yakimenko] [Yakymenko]
Nationality:
Ukrainian
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Soviet
Born: February 20, 1876, Kharkov Died: January 8, 1945, Paris (age 68)
Amanda Maier (1853-1894)
Amanda Maier [Röntgen-Maier]
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 20, 1853, Landskrona Died: June 15, 1894, Amsterdam (age 41)
Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803-1836)
Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich [Froehlich]
Nationality:
Swiss
Born: February 20, 1803, Brugg Died: October 16, 1836, Aarau (age 33)
Charles-Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870)
Nationality:
Belgian
Born: February 20, 1802, Leuven Died: April 8, 1870, Brussels (age 68)
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850)
Adalbert Vojcěch [Vojtech] Gyrowetz Jírovec
Nationality:
Bohemian
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Czech
Born: February 20, 1763, Česke Budějovice Died: March 19, 1850, Vienna (age 87)
Marie-Alexandre Guénin (1744-1835)
Nationality:
French
Born: February 20, 1744, Maubeuge Died: January 22, 1835, Etampes (age 90)
Nicolas Chédeville "le cadet" (1705-1782)
Nationality:
French
Born: February 20, 1705, Sérez, Eure Died: August 6, 1782, Paris (age 77)
Composers who died on February 20
Jozef Sixta (1940-2007)
Nationality:
Slovokian
Born: May 12, 1940, Jičín Died: February 20, 2007 (age 66)
Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Nationality:
Japanese
Born: October 8, 1930, Tokyo Died: February 20, 1996, Tokyo (age 65)
Fikret Amirov (1922-1984)
Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov
Nationality:
Azerbaijani
Born: November 22, 1922, Ganja Died: February 20, 1984, Baku (age 61)
Adrian Cruft (1921-1987)
Adrian Francis Cruft
Nationality:
English
Born: February 10, 1921, Mitcham Died: February 20, 1987, Hill Head (age 66)
Howard Boatwright (1918-1999)
Howard Leake Boatwright
Nationality:
American
Born: March 16, 1918, Newport News, VA Died: February 20, 1999, Syracuse, NY (age 80)
Väinö I. Haapalainen (1916-1977)
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: October 15, 1916, Vyborg Died: February 20, 1977, Pori (age 60)
Verdina Shlonsky (1905-1990)
Nationality:
Israeli
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Ukrainian
Born: January 19, 1905, Kremenchug, Ukraine Died: February 20, 1990, Tel Aviv (age 85)
Erling Kjellsby (1901-1976)
Nationality:
Norwegian
Born: July 7, 1901, Oslo Died: February 20, 1976 (age 74)
David Johansen (1888-1974)
David Monrad Johansen
Nationality:
Norwegian
Born: November 8, 1888, Vefsn Died: February 20, 1974, Sandvika (age 85)
Franz Ippisch (1883-1958)
Nationality:
Austrian
Born: 1883, Vienna Died: February 20, 1958, Guatemala City, Guatemala (age 75)
Howard Brockway (1870-1951)
Nationality:
American
Born: November 22, 1870, Brooklyn, NY Died: February 20, 1951, New York (age 80)
Marco Bossi (1861-1925)
Marco Enrico Bossi
Nationality:
Italian
Born: April 25, 1861, Salò, Lake Garda Died: February 20, 1925, Atlantic Ocean (age 63)
Nicolai von Wilm (1834-1911)
Peter Nicolai [Nicolay] von Wilm
Nationality:
German
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Russian
Born: March 4, 1834, Riga Died: February 20, 1911, Wiesbaden (age 76)
Johan Martin de Ron (1789-1817)
Johan [Jean] Martin de Ron
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: November 13, 1789, Stockholm Died: February 20, 1817, Lisbon (age 27)
John Dowland (1563-1626)
Nationality:
English
Born: 1563 Died: February 20, 1626, London (age 63)
Recently Added Composers
Pekka Jalkanen (born 1945)
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: September 5, 1945, Rautalampi (age 73)
Lasse Jalava (born 1951)
Lasse Aimo Antero Jalava
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: April 6, 1951, Turku (age 67)
Asta Hyvärinen (born 1963)
Asta [Asko] Hyvärinen
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: July 27, 1963, Haapavesi (age 55)
Petri Hiidenkari (born 1957)
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: September 25, 1957 (age 61)
Bartosz W Smorągiewicz (born 1978)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: January 22, 1978, Żagań (age 41)
Giorgos Karvellos (born 1964)
Nationality:
Cypriot
Born: 1964, Larnaca, Cyprus (age 55)
Phanos Dymiotis (born 1965)
Nationality:
Cypriot
Born: April 3, 1965, Nicosia, Cyprus (age 53)
Aleksandra Chmielewska
Nationality:
Polish
Santa Ratniece (born 1977)
Nationality:
Latvian
Born: 1977, Jelgava (age 42)
Ēriks Ešenvalds (born 1977)
Nationality:
Latvian
Born: January 26, 1977, Priekule (age 42)
Pēteris Plakidis (1947-2017)
Nationality:
Latvian
Born: March 4, 1947, Riga Died: August 8, 2017 (age 70)
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008)
Tālivaldis [Talivaldis] Ķeniņš [Kenins]
Nationality:
Latvian
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Canadian
Born: April 22, 1919, Liepāja Died: January 20, 2008, Toronto (age 88)
Julio Estrada (born 1943)
Julio Estrada Velasco
Nationality:
Mexican
Born: April 10, 1943, Mexico City (age 75)
Graciela Agudelo (1945-2018)
Nationality:
Mexican
Born: December 7, 1945, Mexico City Died: April 19, 2018 (age 72)
Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
Marisa Barcellos Rezende
Nationality:
Brazilian
Born: August 8, 1944, Rio de Janeiro (age 74)
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