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Remember the music of Java [at the Universal Exhibition of 1889], which contained every nuance, even the ones we no longer have names for. There tonic and dominant had become empty shadows of use only to stupid children.
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
(1845)
Mendelssohn Quartet, Robert Mann
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
(1845)
Mandelring Quartet, Gunter Teuffel
George Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 4, No. 1
(1807-1810)
Mandelring Quartet
George Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quartet No. 9 in f minor, Op. 9, No. 3
(1815-c. 1816)
Mandelring Quartet
George Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quartet No. 7 in g minor, Op. 9, No. 1
(1815-c. 1816)
Mandelring Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
(1784)
Alfred Brendel, Heinz Holliger, Eduard Brunner, Hermann Baumann, Klaus Thunemann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
(1784)
Caspar Frantz, Chris Richards, Joost Bosdijk, Katy Woolley, Olivier Stankiewicz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
(1784)
André Previn, Vienna Wind Soloists
Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010)
Fantasia, Op. 60 (for clarinet and guitar)
Robert Fontaine, Ramon de Herrera
Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010)
Duo Variations, Op. 77 (for viola and guitar)
Jean Dupouy, Ramon de Herrera
Jean Rivier (1896-1987)
Grave et Presto for Saxophone Quartet
(1938)
Quatuor de Saxophones de Luxembourg
George Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 10, No. 3
(1815)
Quatuor Ruggieri
George Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quintet No. 15 in c minor, Op. 38, La balle (The Bullet)
(1829)
Ensemble Monsolo
Composers born on October 20
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Nationality:
American
Born: October 20, 1874, Danbury, CT Died: May 19, 1954, New York, NY (age 79)
Alexander Krein (1883-1951)
Nationality:
Russian
Born: October 20, 1883, Nizhniy-Novgorod Died: April 21, 1951, Staraya Ruza (age 67)
William Albright (1944-1998)
Nationality:
American
Born: October 20, 1944, Gary, IN Died: September 17, 1998, Ann Arbor, MI (age 53)
Ofer Ben-Amots (born 1955)
Nationality:
Israeli
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American
Born: October 20, 1955, Haifa (age 66)
Johann Amberg (1846-1928)
Nationality:
Danish
Born: October 20, 1846 Died: 1928 (age 81 or 82)
Elżbieta Sikora (born 1943)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: October 20, 1943, L′viv (age 78)
Elodie Lauten (1950-2014)
Nationality:
American
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French
Born: October 20, 1950, Paris, France Died: June 3, 2014 (age 63)
Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912-1972)
Nationality:
English
Born: October 20, 1912, Alfreton, Derbyshire Died: October 23, 1972 (age 60)
Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (1792-1852)
Nationality:
German
Born: October 20, 1792, Münster Died: November 18, 1852, Dresden (age 60)
Composers who died on October 20
Emanuel Moór (1863-1931)
Nationality:
Hungarian
Born: February 19, 1863, Kecskemét Died: October 20, 1931, Mt Pélerin (age 68)
Leander Schlegel (1844-1913)
Nationality:
Dutch
Born: February 2, 1844, Oegstgeest Died: October 20, 1913, Overveen (age 69)
Gabriel Grovlez (1879-1944)
Nationality:
French
Born: April 4, 1879, Lille Died: October 20, 1944, Paris (age 65)
Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)
Nationality:
Finnish
Born: November 13, 1921, Iisalmi Died: October 20, 1996, Järvenpää (age 74)
Adolf Mišek (1875-1955)
Nationality:
Czech
Born: August 29, 1875, Modletín Died: October 20, 1955, Prague (age 80)
August Adelburg (1830-1873)
Nationality:
Hungarian
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Croatian
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Italian
Born: November 1, 1830, Pera, Turkey Died: October 20, 1873, Vienna (age 42)
Michael Balfe (1808-1870)
Nationality:
Irish
Born: May 15, 1808, Dublin Died: October 20, 1870, Rowney Abbey (age 62)
Joseph Boulnois (1884-1918)
Nationality:
French
Born: January 28, 1884, Verneuil-en-Halatte Died: October 20, 1918, Chalaines (age 34)
Pierre Sancan (1916-2008)
Nationality:
French
Born: October 24, 1916, Mazamet Died: October 20, 2008, Paris (age 92)
Frederick Stock (1872-1942)
Nationality:
German
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American
Born: November 11, 1872, Jülich, Germany Died: October 20, 1942, Chicago (age 69)
Recently Added Composers
Richard Thiele (1847-1903)
Nationality:
German
Born: October 29, 1847, Berlin Died: April 25, 1903 (age 55)
Jeff Harrington (born 1955)
Nationality:
American
Born: December 28, 1955, Forest, Mississippi (age 65)
Percy Godfrey (1859-1945)
Nationality:
English
Born: August 16, 1859, Walton on Trent, Derbyshire Died: January 30, 1945, East Molesey, Surrey (age 85)
Jacques Herz (1791-1880)
Nationality:
French
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Austrian
Born: December 31, 1791, Frankfurt am Main Died: January 27, 1880, Nice (age 88)
Wojciech Sowiński (1805-1880)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: 1805, Łukaszówka, Podolia Died: March 5, 1880, Paris (age 75)
Ferdinand Lavaine (1814-1893)
Nationality:
French
Born: October 21, 1814, Lille Died: January 7, 1893 (age 78)
Moritz Scharf (1838-1908)
Born: January 13, 1838 Died: August 13, 1908 (age 70)
Joseph Street (1841-1908)
Born: 1841 Died: March 31, 1908 (age 67)
Auguste de Sayve (1790-1854)
Nationality:
French
Born: June 21, 1790, Grenoble Died: April 8, 1854 (age 63)
Peter Hope (born 1930)
Nationality:
English
Born: November 2, 1930 (age 90)
Ella Macens (born 1991)
Nationality:
Australian
Born: 1991 (age 29 or 30)
Michael Head (1900-1976)
Nationality:
English
Born: January 28, 1900, Eastbourne, England Died: August 24, 1976, Cape Town, South Africa (age 76)
David Garner (born 1954)
Nationality:
American
Born: August 4, 1954, Chicago (age 67)
Clara Wildschut (1906-1950)
Nationality:
Dutch
Born: June 11, 1906, Deventer Died: August 27, 1950 (age 44)
Helmut Wirth (1912-1989)
Nationality:
German
Born: October 12, 1912, Kiel Died: February 2, 1989, Hamburg (age 76)
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