anticipating 2012 anniverseries

[Balapoel]

I doubt we'll see much interest for most of these, but for the record:

200 year birthdays
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Friedrich von Flotow
Karl Graedener
Emilie Mayer
Julius Rietz
Johann Rufinatscha
Sigismond Thalberg

100 year birthdays
Arkady Filippenko
Jean Francaix

200 year deaths
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Joseph Woelfl

100 year deaths
Mykola Lysenko
Jules Massenet
Robert Hermann
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

[Delicious Manager]

I manage chamber ensembles in the UK. Some will be recognising anniversaries in 2012, most notably Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Jean Françaix, as they are the composers who wrote works appropriate to the groups.

[Latvian]

Here are a few more names to consider, some more "sung" or "unsung" than others:

100 year birthdays:
Adamic, Bojan (1912-1995)                  Slovenian
Auster, Lydia (1912-1993)                  Estonian
Barlow, Wayne (1912-1996)                  American
Baštiks, Viktors (1912-2001)                  Latvian-American
Boldyrev, Igor (1912-1980)                  Russian
Brown, Rayner (1912-1999)                  American
Cage, John (1912-1992)                  American
Canby, Edward Tatnall (1912-1998)               American
Celibidache, Sergiu (1912-1996)               Rumanian-German
Contreras, Salvador (1912-1982)               Mexican
Dahl, Ingolf (1912-1970)                  German-American
Desenclos, Alfred (1912-1971)                               French
Escher, Rudolf (1912-1980)                  Dutch
Escudero, Francisco (1912-2002)               Spanish
Fasang, Árpád (1912-2001)                  Hungarian
Gillis, Don (1912-1978)                  American
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy (1912-1990)               Australian-American
Guastavino, Carlos (1912-2000)               Argentinian
Hadjiev, Parashkev (1912-1992)               Bulgarian
Hajibeyov, Niyazi (1912-1984)                               Azerbaijani
Hughes, Robert (1912-2007)                  Scottish-Australian
Ichikawa, Toshiharu (1912-1998)               Japanese
Ivanov-Kramskoi, Alexander (1912-1973)            Russian
Jones, Daniel (1912-1993)                  Welsh
Jørgensen, Erik (1912-2005)                  Danish
Jurovský, Šimon (1912-1963)                  Slovak
Karamanuk, Sirvart (1912-2008)               Armenian-Turkish
Letelier, Alfonso (1912-1994)                  Chilean-American
Levitin, Yuri (1912-1996)                  Russian
Markevitch, Igor (1912-1983)                  Russian-French
Martinet, Jean-Louis (1912-                  French
Marttinen, Tauno (1912-2008)                               Finnish
Matveyev, Mikhail (1912-                  Russian
Mermoud, Robert (1912-2005)                               Swiss
Miller, Frank (1912-1986)                  American
Moncayo García, Pablo (1912-1958)               Mexican
Montsalvatge [Bassols], Xavier (1912-2002)            Spanish
Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-1997)               American-Mexican
Nejedlý, Vít (1912-1945)                  Czech
Opitz, Erich (1912-2001)                  Austrian
Pentland, Barbara (1912-2000)               Canadian
Perrenoud, Jean-Frédéric (1912-1988)               Swiss
Raksin, David (1912-2004)                  American
Roberts, Myron (1912-2004)                  American
Salmanov, Vadim (1912-1978)                  Russian
Scott, Tom (1912-1961)                  American
Söderlundh, Lille Bror (1912-1957)               Swedish
Stehman, Jacques (1912-1975)               Belgian
Strategier, Herman (1912-1988)               Dutch
Šturms, Arnolds (1912-1999)                  Latvian-American
Tolonen, Jouko (1912-1986)                  Finnish
Weisgall, Hugo (1912-1997)                  Czech-American
Yevlakhov, Orest (1912-1973)                  Russian
Zebre, Demetrij (1912-1970)                  Slovenian
Zich, Jaroslav (1912-2001)                  Czech

100 year deaths:
Blockx, Jan (1851-1912)                  Belgian
Hasselmans, Alphonse (1845-1912)               Belgian-French
Tinel, Edgar (1854-1912)                  Belgian

[Delicious Manager]

I forgot to mention that 'my' percussion ensemble will be doing special concerts to honour John Cage's 100th birthday.

[ahinton]

Mostly pretty much unsung, I'd say; by the way, Martinet died on 20 December 2010 and Murtazin died in 1994.

[Alan Howe]

I forgot to mention that 'my' percussion ensemble will be doing special concerts to honour John Cage's 100th birthday.

I shall spend 4'33'' on September 5th 2012 mulling over all the things more worthwhile than paying any attention at all to John Cage...

[Delicious Manager]

I forgot to mention that 'my' percussion ensemble will be doing special concerts to honour John Cage's 100th birthday.

I shall spend 4'33'' on September 5th 2012 mulling over all the things more worthwhile than paying any attention at all to John Cage...

Ouch! Harsh! have you heard any of the preludes for prepared piano? Many of them are quite delightful.

[reineckeforever]

Delicious...what pieces will you play with percussion ensemble?
I am interested especially in unsung music and also contemporary music (conducting a group)
bye, Andrea

[Latvian]

Mostly pretty much unsung, I'd say; by the way, Martinet died on 20 December 2010 and Murtazin died in 1994.

Thanks for the update on Martinet -- I wondered whether he could truly be still alive, but found no evidence to the contrary on the Web.

By the way, who is Murtazin? Unless I'm having a little mental blackout and don't remember him from my list, I don't believe I even know who he is...

[eschiss1]

I think Levitin was more Ukrainian/Soviet than Russian but not sure...
Was Jean Françaix (1912-1997) mentioned? also Wolfgang Büttner (1912-1990)...

[Delicious Manager]

Delicious...what pieces will you play with percussion ensemble?
I am interested especially in unsung music and also contemporary music (conducting a group)
bye, Andrea

2nd Construction
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Credo in US (not one of my favourites!)
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