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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34
(1945)
Doric String Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 16
(1921-1923)
Doric String Quartet (score)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 16
(1921-1923)
Aron Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 16
(1921-1923)
Doric String Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26
(1933)
Jerusalem String Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26
(1933)
Doric String Quartet (score)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26
(1933)
Aron Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26
(1933)
Doric String Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26
(1933)
Flesch Quartet
Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Oboe Quintet (for oboe and string quartet)
(1966)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Lyric String Quartette (Musical Portraits of Three Friends)
((?) 1960)
Apollo Chamber Players
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Brass Quintet No. 2, Op. 132 (for 2 trumpets, horn and 2 trombones)
(1987)
Fine Arts Brass
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73 (for 2 trumpets, horn and 2 trombones)
(1961)
Fine Arts Brass
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Sonatina No. 17 (for violin and piano)
(1942)
Jenny Abel, Maria Bergmann
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Sonatina No. 17 (for violin and piano)
(1942)
Michael Davis, Nelson Harper
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Horn Trio, Op. 44 (for violin, horn and piano)
(1953)
Morgan Hastings, Adelle Fregoe, Timothy Chan
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Horn Trio, Op. 44 (for violin, horn and piano)
(1953)
New London Chamber Ensemble
Composers born on January 25
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: January 25, 1913, Warsaw Died: February 6, 1994, Warsaw (age 81)
Géza Frid (1904-1989)
Nationality:
Dutch
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Hungarian
Born: January 25, 1904, Máramarossziget Died: September 13, 1989, Beverwijk (age 85)
Julia Smith (1905-1989)
Nationality:
American
Born: January 25, 1905, Denton, TX Died: April 27, 1989, New York (age 84)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954)
Nationality:
German
Born: January 25, 1886, Berlin Died: November 30, 1954, Baden-Baden (age 68)
Bettina Skrzypczak (born 1962)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: January 25, 1962, Poznań (age 59)
Wladimir Pogojeff (1851-1935)
Nationality:
Russian
Born: January 25, 1851 Died: 1935 (age 83 or 84)
Julius Hijman (1901-1969)
Nationality:
Dutch
Born: January 25, 1901, Almelo Died: January 8, 1969, New York (age 68)
Peter Garland (born 1952)
Nationality:
American
Born: January 25, 1952, Portland, Maine (age 69)
Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (1914-2002)
Nationality:
Belgian
Born: January 25, 1914, Leopoldsburg Died: August 30, 2002 (age 88)
Jan Blockx (1851-1912)
Nationality:
Belgian
Born: January 25, 1851, Antwerp Died: May 26, 1912, Kapellenbos (age 61)
Marian Arkwright (1863-1922)
Nationality:
English
Born: January 25, 1863, Norwich Died: March 23, 1922, Highclere (age 59)
Olga Widawska-Kotulecki (born 1967)
Nationality:
Polish
Born: January 25, 1967, Kraków (age 54)
Composers who died on January 25
William Shield (1748-1829)
Nationality:
English
Born: March 5, 1748, Swalwell Died: January 25, 1829, London (age 80)
Leopold Jansa (1795-1875)
Nationality:
Bohemian
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Czech
Born: March 23, 1795, Wildenschwert Died: January 25, 1875, Vienna (age 79)
Emil Hlobil (1901-1987)
Nationality:
Czech
Born: October 11, 1901, Veselí nad Lužnicí Died: January 25, 1987, Prague (age 85)
Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
Nationality:
English
Born: January 23, 1878 Died: January 25, 1960, Barnes, London (age 82)
Emil Axman (1887-1949)
Nationality:
Czech
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Moravian
Born: June 3, 1887, Rataje u Kroměříže Died: January 25, 1949, Prague (age 61)
Simeon Pironkov (1927-2000)
Nationality:
Bulgarian
Born: June 18, 1927, Lom Died: January 25, 2000, Sofia (age 72)
Franz Weiss (1778-1830)
Nationality:
German
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Silesian
Born: January 18, 1778, Silesia Died: January 25, 1830, Vienna (age 52)
Gleb Taranov (1904-1989)
Nationality:
Ukrainian
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Russian
Born: June 15, 1904, Kiev Died: January 25, 1989, Kiev (age 84)
Nicole Lachartre (1934-1992)
Nationality:
French
Born: February 27, 1934, Paris Died: January 25, 1992, Versailles (age 57)
Robert Parsons (c.1535-c.1571)
Nationality:
English
Born: c.1535 Died: c.January 25, 1571 (age 36)
Recently Added Composers
Courtney Bryan
Nationality:
American
Frédéric d'Erlanger (1868-1943)
Nationality:
French
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German
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American
Born: May 29, 1868, Paris Died: April 23, 1943 (age 74)
Vasile Ijac (1899-1976)
Nationality:
Romanian
Born: 1899, Caransebeș Died: 1976 (age 76 or 77)
Ron Klimko (1936-2012)
Nationality:
American
Born: December 13, 1936, Lena, Wisconsin Died: March 18, 2012, McCall, Idaho (age 75)
Harold Charles King (1895-1984)
Nationality:
Dutch
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Swiss
Born: December 30, 1895, Winterthur Died: June 12, 1984, Amsterdam (age 88)
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 61 or 62)
Silvia Colasanti (born 1975)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: 1975, Rome (age 45 or 46)
Françoise Choveaux (born 1953)
Nationality:
French
Born: 1953 (age 67 or 68)
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)
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