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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 21
- in 1912, conductor Georg Solti was born in Budapest
- in 1777, composer Catterino Cavos was born in Venice
- in 1908, violinist, conductor, and teacher Alexander Schneider was born in Vilnius
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 22
- in 1811, the composer, pianist, conductor and organist Franz Liszt was born in Raiding
- in 1809, the composer Federico Ricci was born in Naples
- in 1997, the violinist Robert Soetens died in Paris
- in 1859, the composer, violinist and conductor Louis Spohr died in Kassel
- in 1973, the cellist, composer and conductor Pablo Casals died in San Juan
- in 1962, the composer and pianist Samuil Feinberg died in Moscow
- in 1970, the pianist and composer Samson François died in Paris
- in 1979, the conductor, organist, composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger died in Paris
- in 1934, the bass and baritone Donald McIntyre was born in Auckland
- in 1764, the violinist and composer Jean-Marie Leclair died in Paris
- in 2019, the conductor and harpsichordist Raymond Leppard died in Indianapolis
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the most famous conductor Bernard Haitink died yesterday, October 21, 2021, he was 92 years old
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 23rd
- in 1773, the composer Pietro Generali was born in Rome
- in 1801, the composer Albert Lortzing was born in Berlin
- in 1923, the composer Ned Rorem was born in Richmond
- in 1921, the composer İlhan Usmanbaş was born in Istanbul
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 24
- in 1925, composer Luciano Berio was born in Imperia
- in 1725, composer Alessandro Scarlatti died in Naples
- in 1945, choir director Duain Wolfe was born in Hammond
- in 1955, soprano Cheryl Studer was born in Midland
- in 1799, composer and violinist Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf died in Deštná
- in 1929, composer George Crumb was born in Charleston
- in 1948, composer Franz Lehár died in Bad Ischl
- in 1959, conductor Yakov Kreizberg was born in Saint Petersburg
- in 1952, composer Frederick Jacobi died in New York
- in 1811, composer, conductor and music critic Ferdinand Hiller was born in Frankfurt am Main
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 25
- in 1838, composer and pianist Georges Bizet was born in Paris
- in 2013, conductor and pianist Lawrence Leighton Smith died in Colorado Springs
- in 1825, composer and conductor Johann Strauss II was born in Vienna
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 26
- in 1685, the harpsichordist and composer Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples
- in 1999, the pianist and harpsichordist Christiane Jaccottet died in Rivaz
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 27
- in 2012 the composer Hans Werner Henze dies in Dresden
- in 1954 the composer Franco Alfano dies in Sanremo
- in 1782 the violinist, violist, guitarist and composer Niccolò Paganini is born in Genoa
- in 1938 the soprano Alma Gluck is born in New York
- in 1907 the organist, harpsichordist and composer Helmut Walcha is born in Leipzig
- in 1926 the musicologist Alan Tyson is born in Glasgow
- in 1940 the composer, pianist, singer and dancer Julius Eastman is born in New York
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 28
- in 1639 the composer and singer Stefano Landi dies in Rome
- in 1841 the composer and opera composer Francesco Morlacchi dies in Innsbruck
- in 1949 the violinist Ginette Neveu dies in São Miguel
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 29
- in 2003 the tenor Franco Corelli dies in Milan
- in 1675 the composer and organist Andreas Hammerschmidt dies in Zittau
- in 1939 the tenor Giulio Crimi dies in Rome
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 30
- in 1896, conductor, pianist and teacher Antonino Votto was born in Piacenza
- in 1934, flautist and conductor Frans Brüggen was born in Amsterdam
- in 1778, composer Davide Perez died in Lisbon
- in 1957, violinist and conductor Shlomo Mintz was born in Moscow
- in 1967, violinist Leōnidas Kavakos was born in Athens
- in 2003, tenor Franco Bonisolli died in Monte Carlo
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The celebrated violinist Renato Zanettovich died on October 29, 2021; he was 100 years and 3 months old
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ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER 31
- in 1744 the composer Leonardo Leo dies in Naples
- in 1942 the organist, composer and pedagogue Daniel Roth is born in Mulhouse
- in 1965 the soprano Emily Magee is born in New York
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 1ST
- in 1934, the composer William Mathias was born in Whitland
- in 1902, the conductor Eugen Jochum was born in Babenhausen
- in 1846, the violinist Franz Anton Ries was born in Bad Godesberg
- in 1963, the journalist, pianist and writer Elsa Maxwell died in New York
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 2
- in 1946, conductor, composer and essayist Giuseppe Sinopoli was born in Venice
- in 1739, composer and violinist Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was born in Vienna
- in 1954, soprano Marie McLaughlin was born in Wishaw
- in 1976, cellist Daniel Müller-Schott was born in Munich
- in 1948, composer and teacher Dmitri Smirnov was born in Minsk
- in 1894, soprano Rosina Penco died in Bagni della Porretta
- in 1858, composer Valerio Valeri died in Rieti
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the celebrated pianist Nelson Freire died on October 31, 2021, he was 77 years old
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 3
- in 1801, the composer Vincenzo Bellini was born in Catania
- in 1587, the composer and organist Samuel Scheidt was born in Halle
- in 1842, the violinist, pianist, and composer Franz Joseph Clement died in Vienna
- in 1911, the composer Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in Hailar
- in 1976, the conductor Dean Dixon died in Zurich
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 4
- in 1906, pianist Ornella Puliti Santoliquido was born in Sesto Fiorentino
- in 1847, composer, conductor, pianist and organist Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy died in Leipzig
- in 1924, composer and organist Gabriel Fauré died in Paris
- in 1975, soprano Erin Wall was born in Calgary
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 5
- in 2012 the composer Elliott Carter dies in New York
- in 1921 the pianist Georges Cziffra is born in Budapest (today the centenary of his birth)
- in 1666 the composer, singer and organist Attilio Ariosti is born in Bologna
- in 1989 the pianist and composer Vladimir Horowitz dies in New York
- in 2010 the mezzo-soprano and soprano Shirley Verrett dies in Ann Arbor
- in 1940 the tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson is born in Tackley
- in 1954 the pianist and composer Geoffrey Tozer is born in Mussoorie
- in 1911 the soprano Maria Stader is born in Budapest
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ANNIVERSARIES NOVEMBER 6
- in 1965 the composer Edgar Varèse dies in New York
- in 1893 the composer Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij dies in Saint Petersburg
- in 1961 the conductor Daniele Gatti is born in Milan
- in 1672 the composer and organist Heinrich Schütz dies in Dresden
- in 1795 the composer and maestro di cappella Jiří Antonín Benda dies in Bad Köstritz
- in 2016 the pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis dies in Budapest
- in 1968 the conductor and violinist Charles Münch dies in Richmond
- in 1957 the mezzo-soprano Guillemette Laurens is born in Fontainebleau
- in 1971 the conductor François-Xavier Roth is born in Neuilly-sur-Seine
- in 1939 the oboist, composer and conductor Maurice Bourgue is born in Avignon
