Composer anniversaries

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Anniversaries 2024

   
Johann Sebastian Bach1724/25Leipzig cantata cycle II
Anton Bruckner 1824–1894 200th anniversary
Giacomo Carissimi 1605–1674 350th anniversary of death
Peter Cornelius 1824–1874 200th anniversary & 150th anniversary of death
Gabriel Fauré 1845–1924 100th anniversary of death
Niccolò Jommelli 1714–1774 250th anniversary of death
Reinhard Keiser 1674–1739 350th anniversary
David Pohle 1624–1695 400th anniversary
Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924 100th anniversary of death
Arnold Schönberg 1874–1951 150th anniversary
Charles Villiers Stanford 1852–1924 100th anniversary of death
Richard Strauss1864–194975th anniversary of death
Heinz Martin Lonquich
1937–2014
10th anniversary of death
Knut Nystedt
1915–2014
10th anniversary of death

















Anniversaries 2025



Giovanni Palestrina
1525–1594
500th anniversary
Andreas Hammerschmidt
1611–1675
350 anniversary of death
Johann Philipp Krieger
1649–1725
300th anniversary of death
Arnold Melchior Brunckhorst
1670–1725
300th anniversary of death
Alessandro Scarlatti
1660–1725
300th anniversary of death
Antonio Salieri
1750–1825
200th anniversary of death
Georges Bizet
1838–1875
150th anniversary of death
Dimitri Stepanowitsch Bortniansky
1751–1825
200th anniversary of death
Eduard Mörike
1804–1875
150th anniversary of death
John Rutter
born 1945
80th anniversary
Bob Chilcott
born 1955
70th anniversary
Maurice Ravel1875–1937150th anniversary



Anniversaries 2026



Carl Maria von Weber
1786–1826
20th anniversary of death
Zsolt Gárdonyi
born 1946
80th anniversary
  • 1723/24: J. S. Bach

    Leipzig Year I

  • 2024: Anton Bruckner