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Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 66
(1959)
Borodin String Quartet
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
String Quartet No. 12, Op. 103
(1969-1970)
Yevgeny Smirnov, Arnold Kobyhyansky, Vyatcheslav Trushin, Alla Vasilieva
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Piano Trio in f minor, H.6
(1914)
Dong-Suk Kang, Raphael Wallfisch, Pascal Devoyon
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D major, Op. 64, "Tost", No. 5, Hob.III:63, "Lark"
(1790)
Gewandhaus-Quartett
Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
Trio (for violin, cello and piano)
(1980)
Kristina Radcke (violin)
Adelheid Schloemann (cello)
Albert Breier (piano)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B.155
(1887)
Polina Leschenko (piano), Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Julian Rachlin (viola), Mischa Maisky (violoncello)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B.155
(1887)
Andreas Haefliger, Takács Quartet (score)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in d minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
(1824)
Melos Quartet (score)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34
(1945)
Chilingarian String Quartet (score)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American"
(1893)
Prazak Quartet (live)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American"
(1893)
Prague String Quartet
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American"
(1893)
Škampa Quartet
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American"
(1893)
Cleveland Quartet
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American"
(1893)
Emerson String Quartet
David Lampel (born 1959)
Prelude and Chaconne, ‘Homage to Bach’ (for solo cello)
(2005)
Henri Demarquette
David Lampel (born 1959)
String Sextet (for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and bass)
(2002)
Uppsala Chamber Soloists
Françoise Choveaux (born 1953)
Quintet, Op. 72 (for string quartet and harp)
(2000)
Irina Karpus, Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet
Composers born on November 29
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 29, 1797, Bergamo Died: April 8, 1848, Bergamo (age 50)
Peter Hänsel (1770-1831)
Nationality:
German
Born: November 29, 1770, Leppe Died: September 18, 1831, Vienna (age 60)
Davide Anzaghi (born 1936)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 29, 1936, Milan (age 84)
Waldemar von Baussnern (1866-1931)
Nationality:
German
Born: November 29, 1866, Berlin Died: August 20, 1931, Potsdam (age 64)
Antoine Tisné (1932-1998)
Nationality:
French
Born: November 29, 1932, Lourdes Died: July 19, 1998, Paris (age 65)
Michael Festing (1705-1752)
Nationality:
English
Born: November 29, 1705, London Died: July 24, 1752, London (age 46)
Piet Ketting (1904-1984)
Nationality:
Dutch
Born: November 29, 1904, Haarlem Died: May 25, 1984, Rotterdam (age 79)
Guido Peters (1866-1937)
Nationality:
Austrian
Born: November 29, 1866, Graz Died: January 11, 1937, Vienna (age 70)
Arie Shapira (born 1943)
Nationality:
Israeli
Born: November 29, 1943, Afikim (age 77)
Richard Frank Donovan (1891-1970)
Nationality:
American
Born: November 29, 1891, New Haven, CT Died: August 22, 1970, Middletown, CT (age 78)
Antonio Montanari (1676-1737)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 29, 1676, Modena Died: April 2, 1737, Rome (age 60)
Friedrich Klose (1862-1942)
Nationality:
German
|
Swiss
Born: November 29, 1862, Karlsruhe Died: December 24, 1942, Ruvigliana, Lugano (age 80)
Valentino Bucchi (1916-1976)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 29, 1916, Florence Died: May 9, 1976, Rome (age 59)
Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 29, 1942, Turin (age 78)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Nationality:
Italian
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French
Born: November 29, 1632, Florence Died: March 22, 1687, Paris (age 54)
Antony Holborne (c.1545-1602)
Nationality:
English
Born: c.November 29, 1545 Died: December 1, 1602 (age 57)
Composers who died on November 29
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Nationality:
Austrian
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Moravian
Born: May 29, 1897, Brünn, Austria-Hungary (Brno, Czech Republic) Died: November 29, 1957, Hollywood, CA (age 60)
Giovanni Somis (1688-1775)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: November 11, 1688, Turin Died: November 29, 1775, Turin (age 87)
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1792)
Nationality:
German
Baptized: February 25, 1735, Grossen Behringen Died: November 29, 1792, Weimar (age 57)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: December 22, 1858, Lucca Died: November 29, 1924, Brussels (age 65)
Charles-Simon Catel (1773-1830)
Nationality:
French
Born: June 10, 1773, Laigle Died: November 29, 1830, Paris (age 57)
Heinz Tiessen (1887-1971)
Nationality:
German
Born: April 10, 1887, Königsberg Died: November 29, 1971, Berlin (age 84)
Fritz Brun (1878-1959)
Nationality:
Swiss
Born: August 18, 1878, Lucerne Died: November 29, 1959, Grosshöchstetten (age 81)
Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750-1813)
Nationality:
French
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German
Born: 1750, Dijon Died: November 29, 1813, Dresden (age 63)
Ernst Vogel (1926-1990)
Nationality:
Austrian
Born: March 1, 1926, Stockerau Died: November 29, 1990, Vöcklabruck (age 64)
Karl Otto Runólfsson (1900-1970)
Nationality:
Icelandic
Born: October 24, 1900, Reykjavík Died: November 29, 1970, Reykjavík (age 70)
Tomasz Kiesewetter (1911-1992)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: September 8, 1911, Sosnowiec Died: November 29, 1992, Lodz (age 81)
Andreas Ehrhardt (1823-1884)
Born: 1823 Died: November 29, 1884 (age 61)
Recently Added Composers
Vladimír Polívka (1896-1948)
Nationality:
Czech
Born: July 6, 1896, Prague Died: May 11, 1948, Prague (age 51)
Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy (1925-2013)
Nationality:
American
Born: March 27, 1925, Atlanta, Georgia Died: December 7, 2013, Ithaca, New York (age 88)
David Lampel (born 1959)
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: 1959 (age 60 or 61)
Silvia Colasanti (born 1975)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: 1975, Rome (age 44 or 45)
Françoise Choveaux (born 1953)
Nationality:
French
Born: 1953 (age 66 or 67)
Poldowski (1879-1932)
Nationality:
Polish
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Belgian
Born: May 16, 1879, Ixelles, Brussels Died: January 28, 1932, London (age 52)
Jonathan Leshnoff (born 1973)
Nationality:
American
Born: September 8, 1973, New Brunswick, New Jersey (age 47)
Carl Eppert (1882-1961)
Nationality:
American
Born: November 5, 1882, Carbon, Indiana Died: October 1, 1961, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (age 78)
Hugh Aitken (1924-2012)
Nationality:
American
Born: September 7, 1924, New York City Died: December 24, 2012 (age 88)
Roberto Escobar (1926-2011)
Nationality:
Chilean
Born: May 11, 1926, Santiago Died: 2011 (age 84 or 85)
Carlos Estrada (1909-1970)
Nationality:
Uruguayan
Born: September 15, 1909, Montevideo Died: May 7, 1970, Montevideo (age 60)
Ernest van der Eyken (1913-2010)
Nationality:
Belgian
Born: July 23, 1913, Antwerp Died: February 6, 2010, Brussels (age 96)
Jacob Christian Fabricius (1840-1919)
Nationality:
Danish
Born: September 3, 1840, Århus Died: June 8, 1919, Copenhagen (age 78)
Jacob Fabricius (1949-1997)
Nationality:
Danish
Born: 1949 Died: 1997 (age 47 or 48)
Eberhard Eyser (born 1932)
Nationality:
Swedish
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German
Born: August 1, 1932, Kwidzyn, Poland (formerly Marienwerder, West Prussia / Germany) (age 88)
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