New Year's Greetings and Composer Anniversaries
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Happy New Year! We are looking forward to celebrating the anniversaries of the following musicians and other people that you can find in the RISM online catalog. We’ve listed their names, dates, and function in the catalog:
We will start with Ambrosius, our oldest birthday boy…
c= circa
a= before
p= after
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+= died
Born 1675 years ago
Ambrosius 340c-397 text author
Born 1525 years ago
Musaeus 490c-530c poet
Born 1475 years ago
Gregorius I., Papa 540c-604 text author
Born 1175 years ago
Notker Balbulus 840c-912 composer, text author
Born 925 years ago
Bernhard von Clairvaux 1090-1153 text author
Born 750 years ago
Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 poet
Born 675 years ago
Chaucer, Geoffrey 1340c-1400 text author
Born 650 years ago
Forest, John 1365c-1446 composer
Born 625 years ago
Dunstaple, John 1390c-1453 composer
Fontaine, Pierre 1390c-1450c composer
Died 625 years ago
Hāfez 1326-1390 poet
Born 600 years ago
Poetzlinger, Hermannus 1415c-1469 previous owner
Died 600 years ago
Hus, Jan 1369-1415 text author
Born 575 years ago
Lapicida, Erasmus 1440p-1547 composer
Schedel, Hartmann 1440-1514 previous owner
Died 575 years ago
Petrus Dresdensis 1440+ text author
Born 550 years ago
Cara, Marchetto 1465c-1525 composer
Davy, Richard 1465c-1538 composer
Stappen, Crispinus van 1465c-1532 composer
Tritonius, Petrus 1465c-1525c composer
Virdung, Sebastian 1465c-1518c composer
Died 550 years ago
Volkart von Heringen, Rudolf 1465+ composer
Born 525 years ago
Albrecht, Herzog von Preußen 1490-1568 text author
Boscán Almogáver, Juan 1490c-1542 poet
Galliculus, Johannes 1490c-1520p composer
Heintz, Wolff 1490c-1552c composer
Maistre Jhan 1490c-1541p composer
More, William 1490c-1565 composer
Sebastian z Felsztyna 1490a-1543p composer
Sermisy, Claudin de 1490c-1562 composer
Taverner, John 1490c-1545 composer
Waldis, Burkhard 1490c-1557c composer
Willaert, Adrian 1490c-1562 composer
Born 500 years ago
Certon, Pierre 1515c-1572 composer
Guyot de Châtelet, Jean 1515c-1588 composer
Jambe de Fer, Philibert 1515c-1566c composer
Lobwasser, Ambrosius 1515-1585 hymn text writer
Maillard, Jean 1515c-1570c composer
Othmayr, Caspar 1515-1553 composer
Parsons, William 1515c-1563p composer
Rainerio, Antonio Francesco 1515-1560 poet
Rore, Cipriano de 1515c-1565 composer
Sheppard, John 1515c-1560c composer
Stigel, Johann 1515-1562 author
Died 500 years ago
Grefinger, Wolfgang 1470p-1515p composer
Pipelare, Matthaeus 1450c-1515c composer
Born 475 years ago
Baccusi, Ippolito 1540c-1609 composer
Bianco, Pietro Antonio 1540c-1611 composer
Byrd, William 1540c-1623 composer
Castro, Jean de 1540c-1600c composer
Chaynée, Jean de 1540c-1577 composer
Daman, William 1540c-1591 composer
Dragoni, Giovanni Andrea 1540c-1598 composer
East, Thomas 1540c-1608 publisher
Faignient, Noé 1540c-1600c composer
Ferretti, Giovanni 1540c-1609p composer
Fossa, Johannes de 1540c-1603 composer
Gardano, Angelo 1540c-1611 publisher
Hoffmann, Eucharius 1540c-1588 composer
Karl, Erzherzog von Österreich 1540-1590 dedicatee
Lange, Gregor 1540c-1587 composer
Lauro, Domenico 1540-1607p composer
Maschera, Fiorenzo 1540c-1584c composer
Menta, Francesco 1540c* composer
Metallo, Grammatio 1540c-1615p composer
Regnart, Jacob 1540c-1599 composer
Riccio, Teodoro 1540c-1601c composer
Sales, Franz 1540c-1599 composer
Serranus, Johann Baptista 1540-1600 composer
Stevenson, Robert 1540c-1600c composer
Tonsor, Michael 1540c-1607c composer
Zucchini, Gregorio 1540p-1616p composer
Died 475 years ago
Böschenstein, Johann 1472-1540 composer
Hessus, Helius Eobanus 1488-1540 author
Layolle, Francesco de 1492-1540c composer
Matthäus, Erzbischof von Salzburg 1468-1540 dedicatee
Wüst, Paul 1470c-1540c composer
Born 450 years ago
Bartei, Girolamo 1565c-1618c composer
Cavendish, Michael 1565c-1628 composer
Cebà, Ansaldo 1565-1623 poet
Christenius, Johann 1565c-1626 composer
Kirbye, George 1565c-1634 composer
Molinaro, Simone 1565c-1615c composer
Platzgummer, Johann 1565-1647 composer
Warrock, Thomas 1565c-1610p composer
Woodson, Leonard 1565c-1641c composer
Died 450 years ago
Buus, Jacob 1500c-1565 composer
Frisius, Johannes 1505-1565 composer
Jachet de Berchem 1505c-1565c composer
Köler, David 1532c-1565 composer
Mathesius, Johannes 1504-1565 composer
More, William 1490c-1565 composer
Perissone, Cambio 1520c-1565c composer
Rore, Cipriano de 1515c-1565 composer
Born 425 years ago
Brome, Richard 1590c-1652 dramatist
Casati, Girolamo 1590c-1657p composer
Cesare, Giovanni Martino 1590c-1667 composer
Colander, Anton 1590-1621 composer
Machado, Manuel 1590c-1646 composer
Mico, Richard 1590c-1661 composer
Praetorius, Bartholomeus 1590c-1623 composer
Ratti, Lorenzo 1590c-1630 composer
Rautenstein, Julius Ernst 1590p-1654c composer
Schop, Johann 1590c-1667 composer
Vanini, Bernardino 1590c-1666 composer
Vitali, Filippo 1590c-1653 composer
Weissel, Georg 1590-1635 pastor, hymn text writer
Died 425 years ago
Amon, Blasius 1560c-1590 composer
Karl, Erzherzog von Österreich 1540-1590 dedicatee
Neusidler, Melchior 1531-1590 composer
Sixtus V., Papa 1521-1590 dedicatee
Spontoni, Alessandro 1549-1590c composer
Trombetti, Ascanio 1544-1590 composer
Zarlino, Gioseffo 1517-1590 composer
Born 400 years ago
Bach, Heinrich 1615-1692 composer
Baldini, Sebastiano 1615-1685 poet
Caproli, Carlo 1615c-1673c composer
Cooke, Henry 1615c-1672 composer
Gibbons, Christopher 1615-1676 composer
Grossi, Giovanni Antonio 1615-1684 composer
Stamegna, Nicolò 1615c-1685 composer
Tenaglia, Antonio Francesco 1615c-1661p composer
Rosa, Salvator 1615-1673 composer
Died 400 years ago
Alberti, Innocenzo 1535c-1615 composer
Bassani, Orazio 1550c-1615 composer
Calvisius, Sethus 1556-1615 composer
Jeffries, Matthew 1558c-1615c composer
Molinaro, Simone 1565c-1615c composer
Vulpius, Melchior 1570c-1615 composer
Zieleński, Mikołaj 1550c-1615c composer
Born 375 years ago
Behn, Aphra 1640-1689 author
Boretti, Giovanni Antonio 1640c-1672 composer
Crowne, John 1640c-1703c author
Diessener, Gerhard 1640c-1683p composer
Draghi, Giovanni Battista 1640c-1708 composer
Gaz, Josep 1656-1713 composer
Geist, Christian 1640c-1711 composer
Laelius, Matthias 1640c-1682p writer
Leopold I., römisch-deutscher Kaiser 1640-1705 composer, dedicatee
Lorenzani, Paolo 1640-1713 composer
Mannelli, Carlo 1640-1697 composer
Noris, Matteo 1640-1714 librettist
Schütz, Johann Jacob 1640-1690 Jurist, author
Shadwell, Thomas 1640c-1692 poet, dramatist
Strungk, Nicolaus Adam 1640-1700 composer
Died 375 years ago
Altenburg, Michael 1584-1640 composer
Caccini, Francesca 1587-1640c composer
Capece, Alessandro 1575c-1640c composer
Farnaby, Giles 1563c-1640 composer
Fleming, Paul 1609-1640 poet
Massinger, Philip 1583-1640 author
Tomasi, Biagio 1585c-1640 composer
Born 350 years ago
Anne, Queen of England 1665-1714 dedicatee
Aufschnaiter, Benedict Anton 1665-1742 composer
Bishop, John 1665c-1737 composer
Bruhns, Nicolas 1665-1697 composer
Neukirch, Benjamin 1665-1729 poet
Pariati, Pietro 1665-1733 librettist, poet
Pietragrua, Carlo Luigi 1665c-1726 composer
Witt, Christian Friedrich 1665-1717 composer
Zanatta, Domenico 1665c-1748 composer
Died 350 years ago
Capricornus, Samuel 1628-1665 composer
Felipe IV., Rey de España 1605-1665 dedicatee
Merula, Tarquinio 1595-1665 composer
Seidel, Samuel 1610c-1665 composer
Born 325 years ago
Babell, William 1690c-1723 composer
Baccelli, Matteo Pantaleone 1690-1766c composer
Barsanti, Francesco 1690-1772 composer
Bellinzani, Paolo Benedetto 1690c-1757 composer
Bodinus, Johann Christoph 1690-1727 composer, writer
Borosini, Francesco 1690c-1749p singer
Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio 1690c-1757 composer
Chelleri, Fortunato 1690-1757 composer
Collin de Blamont, François 1690-1760 composer
Deuring, Benedict 1690-1768 composer
Frese, Jacob 1690c-1729 poet
Giay, Giovanni Antonio 1690-1764 composer
Jakob Ernst, Erzbischof von Salzburg 1690-1747
Kayser, Margaretha Susanna 1690-1774 singer
Krebs, Johann Tobias 1690-1762 composer, organist
Meck, Joseph 1690-1758 composer
Muffat, Gottlieb 1690-1770 composer
Roseingrave, Thomas 1690c-1766 composer
Santlow, Hester 1690c-1773 dancer, actor
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich 1690-1749 composer
Tessarini, Carlo 1690c-1766p composer
Veracini, Francesco Maria 1690-1768 composer
Weisgärber, Paweł 1690-1765 writer
Woodcock, Robert 1690-1728 composer
Died 325 years ago
Düben, Gustav 1628c-1690 composer, writer
Gabrielli, Domenico 1659-1690 composer
Legrenzi, Giovanni 1626-1690 composer
Rittler, Philipp Jakob 1639c-1690 composer
Born 300 years ago
Abos, Girolamo 1715-1760 composer
Alcock, John 1715-1806 composer
Doles, Johann Friedrich 1715-1797 composer
Fiorillo, Ignazio 1715-1787 composer
Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott 1715-1769 poet
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph 1715-1777 composer
Died 300 years ago
Hoffmann, Melchior 1679c-1715 composer
Tate Nahum 1652-1715 librettist
Ziani, Marc’Anrtonio 1653-1715 composer
Born 275 years ago
Angerer, Edmund 1740-1794 composer
Aranaz y Vides, Pedro 1740-1820 composer
Arnold, Samuel 1740-1802 composer
Bellman, Carl Michael 1740-1795 composer
Claudius, Matthias 1740-1815 poet
Eichner, Ernst 1740-1777 composer
Gatti, Luigi 1740-1817 composer
Haueisen, Wolfgang Nicolaus 1740-1804 composer
Jacobi, Johann Georg 1740-1814 author
Jannacconi, Giuseppe 1740-1816 composer
Paisiello, Giovanni 1740-1816 composer
Webbe, Samuel 1740-1816 composer
Died 275 years ago
Giacomelli, Geminiano 1692c-1740 composer
Karl VI., römisch-deutscher Kaiser 1685-1740
Lotti, Antonio 1666-1740 composer
Ottoboni, Pietro 1667-1740 author
Turner, William 1651-1740 composer
Born 250 years ago
Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Emil Friedrich I. Fürst zu 1765-1837
Beschort-Zuber, Therese 1765* singer
Brandes, Minna 1765-1788 composer
Brun, Friederike 1765-1835 author
Nikolaus II., Fürst Esterházy de Galántha 1765-1833
Eybler, Joseph Leopold 1765-1846 composer
Gregorius XVI., Papa 1765-1846 Papst
Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich 1765-1814 composer
Ryba, Jakub Šimon Jan 1765-1815 composer
Schuster, Johann Gottlob 1765-1839 cantor
Steibelt, Daniel Gottlieb 1765-1823 composer
Terziani, Pietro 1765-1831 composer
Died 250 years ago
Agrell, Johan Joachim 1701-1765 composer
Engelhardt, Hinrich Christoph 1694-1765 collector
Hurlebusch, Conrad Friedrich 1691-1765 composer
Molter, Johann Melchior 1696-1765 composer
Rolli, Paolo 1687-1765 librettist
Born 225 years ago
Aßmayer, Ignaz 1790-1862 composer
Beauplan, Amédée de 1790-1853 composer
Delavigne, Germain 1790-1868 author
Doubravský, František 1790-1867 composer
Lamartine, Alphonse de 1790-1869 author
Léopold I., Roi des Belges 1790-1865
Raimund, Ferdinand 1790-1836 author
Späth, Andreas 1790-1876 composer
Died 225 years ago
Bates, William 1720c-1790 composer
Nikolaus I. Joseph, Fürst Esterházy de Galántha 1714-1790
Meyer, Christian Ludwig 1736-1790 composer
Röllig, Johann Georg 1710-1790 composer
Van Helmont, Charles-Joseph 1715-1790 composer
Born 200 years ago
Aldega, Giovanni 1815-1862 composer
Brosig, Moritz 1815-1887 composer
Geibel, Emanuel 1815-1884 poet
Nagiller, Matthäus 1815-1874 composer
Schubiger, Anselm 1815-1888 composer
Died 200 years ago
Binder, August Sigmund 1761-1815 composer
Call, Leonhard von 1767-1815 composer
Claudius, Matthias 1740-1815 poet
Geisler, Johann Christian 1729-1815 composer
Holzmann, Joseph Alois 1762-1815 composer
Ryba, Jakub Šimon Jan 1765-1815 composer
Born 175 years ago
Baumbach, Rudolf 1840-1905 author
Čajkovskij, Pëtr Il’ič 1840-1893 composer
Gaugler, Theodor 1840-1892 composer
Haller, Michael 1840-1915 composer
Liepmannsohn, Leo 1840-1915 bookseller
Ricordi, Giulio 1840-1912 publisher
Died 175 years ago
Bierey, Gottlob Benedict 1772-1840 composer
Bonfichi, Paolo 1769-1840 composer
Frauenberger, Ernest 1769-1840 composer
Friedrich Wilhelm III., König von Preußen 1770-1840 composer
Paganini, Nicolò 1782-1840 composer
Schiedermayr, Johann Baptist 1779-1840 composer
Thibaut, Anton Friedrich Justus 1772-1840 writer on music
Born 150 years ago
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovič 1865-1936 composer
Jacques-Dalcroze, Emile 1865-1950 composer
Nielsen, Carl 1865-1931 composer
Sibelius, Jean 1865-1957 composer
Werner, Arno 1865-1955 collector
Died 150 years ago
(Mélesville) Duveyrier, Anne-Honoré Joseph 1787-1865 author
Kellner, Edmund Andreas 1808-1865 theologian
Körner, Gotthilf Wilhelm 1809-1865 composer
Pasta, Giuditta 1797-1865 singer
Romani, Felice 1788-1865 librettist
Born 125 years ago
Busch, Fritz 1890-1951 conductor
Diener, Olga 1890-1963 composer
Died 125 years ago
Augusta, deutsche Kaiserin 1811-1890 composer
Franck, César 1822-1890 composer
Gade, Niels Wilhelm 1817-1890 composer
Hornstein, Robert von 1833-1890 composer
Keller, Gotfried 1819-1890 author
Kestner, Hermann 1810-1890 composer
Lachner, Franz Paul 1803-1890 composer
Muth, Franz Alfred 1839-1890 author
Schafhäutl, Karl Emil 1803-1890 music theorist
Died 100 years ago
Abert, Johann Joseph 1832-1915 composer
Bungert, August 1845-1915 composer
Cummings, William Hayman 1831-1915 composer
Goldmark, Karl 1830-1915 composer
Haller, Michael 1840-1915 composer
Liepmannsohn, Leo 1840-1915 bookseller
Schöpf, Franz 1836-1915 composer
Skrjabin, Aleksandr Nikolaevič 1872-1915 composer
Stehle, Johann Gustav Eduard 1839-1915 composer
Waldteufel, Emil 1837-1915 composer
Category: Musical anniversaries