| Born |
Died |
Composer |
| May 1 |
| 1 May 1872 |
8 May 1960 |
Hugo Alfvén |
| 1 May 1895 |
7 July 1968 |
Leo Sowerby |
| 1 May 1899 |
1968 |
Jón Leifs |
| 8 September 1841 |
1 May 1904 |
Antonín Dvorák |
| 20 February 1897 |
1 May 1977 |
Johannes Weyrauch |
| 6 June 1903 |
1 May 1978 |
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian |
| May 2 |
| 2 May 1660 |
22 October 1725 |
Alessandro Scarlatti |
| 2 May 1754 |
11 February 1806 |
Vicente Martín y Soler |
| 2 May 1861 |
14 December 1938 |
Maurice Emmanuel |
| 5 September 1791 |
2 May 1864 |
Giacomo Meyerbeer |
| 19 July 1887 |
2 May 1953 |
Walter Rummel |
| May 3 |
| 3 May 1745 |
19 February 1790 |
Johann Baptist Krumpholz |
| 3 May 1886 |
30 May 1971 |
Marcel Dupré |
| 12 August 1644 |
3 May 1704 |
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber |
| 24 July 1803 |
3 May 1856 |
Adolphe Charles Adam |
| 28 July 1896 |
3 May 1966 |
Boris Vladimirovich Savel'ev |
| 2 February 1888 |
3 May 1970 |
Candelario Huízar |
| May 4 |
| 4 May 1860 |
2 August 1945 |
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek |
| 7 August 1881 |
4 May 1955 |
Georges Enescu |
| May 5 |
| 5 May 1708 |
22 April 1776 |
Johann Adolf Scheibe |
| 5 May 1819 |
4 June 1872 |
Stanislav Moniuszko |
| 5 May 1869 |
22 May 1949 |
Hans Pfitzner |
| 4 April 1752 |
5 May 1837 |
Nicola Antonio Zingarelli |
| 26 January 1934 |
5 May 1998 |
Ton Bruynèl |
| May 6 |
| 6 May 1858 |
7 June 1948 |
Georges Hüe |
| 1535 |
6 May 1596 |
Giaches de Wert |
| May 7 |
| 7 May 1704 |
8 August 1759 |
Karl Heinrich Graun |
| 7 May 1833 |
3 April 1897 |
Johannes Brahms |
| 7 May 1840 |
6 November 1893 |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 7 May 1901 |
12 June 1988 |
Marcel Poot |
| 7 May 1908 |
7 October 1981 |
Wouter Paap |
| 7 May 1936 |
13 December 1981 |
Cornelius Cardew |
| 12 April 1722 |
7 May 1793 |
Pietro Nardini |
| 19 May 1616 |
7 May 1667 |
Johann Jacob Froberger |
| 16 January 1728 |
7 May 1800 |
Nicoló Piccinni |
| 26 June 1747 |
7 May 1818 |
Leopold Kozeluh |
| 18 August 1750 |
7 May 1825 |
Antonio Salieri |
| 8 February 1810 |
7 May 1836 |
Norbert Burgmüller |
| 5 June 1909 |
7 May 1970 |
John Raynor |
| May 8 |
| 8 May 1745 |
9 November 1801 |
Carl Stamitz |
| 8 May 1829 |
18 December 1869 |
Louis Moreau Gottschalk |
| 1 May 1872 |
8 May 1960 |
Hugo Alfvén |
| 27 July 1781 |
8 May 1829 |
Mauro Giuliani |
| 23 April 1858 |
8 May 1944 |
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth |
| 12 November 1897 |
8 May 1985 |
Karl Marx |
| 29 January 1924 |
8 May 1990 |
Luigi Nono |
| 15 February 1907 |
8 May 1991 |
Jean Langlais |
| 2 March 1913 |
8 May 1996 |
Celedonio Romero |
| May 9 |
| 9 May 1740 |
5 June 1816 |
Giovanni Paisiello |
| 9 May 1814 |
1889 |
Adolf Henselt |
| 9 May 1855 |
13 September 1932 |
Julius Röntgen |
| 9 May 1865 |
9 October 1937 |
Auguste De Boeck |
| 1637 |
9 May 1707 |
Dietrich Buxtehude |
| 7 March 1663 |
9 May 1745 |
Tomaso Antonio Vitali |
| 23 July 1916 |
9 May 1979 |
Ben Weber |
| May 10 |
| 10 May 1697 |
22 October 1764 |
Jean Marie Leclair |
| 10 May 1855 |
28 August 1914 |
Anatolii Lyadov |
| 10 May 1888 |
28 December 1971 |
Max Steiner |
| 13 January 1683 |
10 May 1760 |
Christoph Graupner |
| 16 February 1709 |
10 May 1770 |
Charles Avison |
| 30 October 1775 |
10 May 1840 |
Catterino Cavos |
| May 11 |
| 11 May 1791 |
19 November 1825 |
Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek (Worzischek) |
| 11 May 1882 |
3 September 1964 |
Joseph Marx |
| 11 May 1895 |
3 December 1978 |
William Grant Still |
| 9 June 1810 |
11 May 1849 |
Otto Nicolai |
| 19 March 1873 |
11 May 1916 |
Max Reger |
| 30 November 1884 |
11 May 1947 |
Anders Johan Ture Rangström |
| May 12 |
| 12 May 1739 |
20 August 1813 |
Johann Baptist Vanhal |
| 12 May 1755 |
3 March 1824 |
Giovanni Battista Viotti |
| 12 May 1842 |
13 August 1912 |
Jules Massenet |
| 12 May 1845 |
4 November 1924 |
Gabriel Fauré |
| 12 May 1903 |
26 December 1989 |
Lennox Berkeley |
| 29 January 1782 |
12 May 1871 |
Daniel François Esprit Auber |
| 2 March 1824 |
12 May 1884 |
Bedrich Smetana |
| 16 July 1858 |
12 May 1931 |
Eugène Ysaÿe |
| May 13 |
| 13 May 1842 |
22 November 1900 |
Arthur Sullivan |
| 13 May 1847 |
26 November 1925 |
Johannes Haarklou |
| May 14 |
| 14 May 1892 |
13 October 1966 |
Arthur Vincent Lourié |
| 14 May 1900 |
appr. 1943 |
Dutch Leo Smit |
| 14 May 1924 |
1988 |
Joly Braga Santos |
| May 15 |
| 15 May 1567 |
29 November 1643 |
Claudio Monteverdi |
| 31 May 1875 |
15 May 1952 |
Italo Montemezzi |
| 11 December 1758 |
15 May 1832 |
Karl Friedrich Zelter |
| May 16 |
| We have no composers listed as
having been born or having died on this day. |
| May 17 |
| 17 May 1866 |
1 July 1925 |
Erik Satie |
| 17 May 1901 |
10 July 1983 |
Werner Egk |
| 17 May 1923 |
17 June 1983 |
Peter Mennin |
| 14 November 1805 |
17 May 1847 |
Fanny Cécile Mendelssohn |
| 1808 |
17 May 1880 |
Henri Cohen |
| 1 October 1865 |
17 May 1935 |
Paul Dukas |
| May 18 |
| 18 May 1830 |
2 January 1915 |
Carl Goldmark |
| 18 May 1854 |
9 December 1924 |
Bernard Zweers |
| 18 May 1901 |
12 June 1989 |
Henri Sauguet |
| 18 May 1905 |
18 February 1959 |
Eric H Zeisl |
| 29 May 1860 |
18 May 1909 |
Isaac Albéniz |
| 2 September 1661 |
18 May 1733 |
Georg Böhm |
| 7 July 1860 |
18 May 1911 |
Gustav Mahler |
| 29 June 1908 |
18 May 1975 |
Leroy Anderson |
| 18 February 1915 |
18 May 1979 |
David van de Woestijne |
| May 19 |
| 19 May 1616 |
7 May 1667 |
Johann Jacob Froberger |
| 19 May 1884 |
29 June 1966 |
Arthur Meulemans |
| 17 January 1712 |
19 May 1786 |
John Stanley |
| 20 October 1874 |
19 May 1954 |
Charles Ives |
| May 20 |
| 20 May 1903 |
25 April 1951 |
Jerzy Fitelberg |
| 13 February 1713 |
20 May 1751 |
Domingo Terradellas |
| 13 September 1819 |
20 May 1896 |
Clara Schumann |
| May 21 |
| 18 April 1819 |
21 May 1895 |
Franz von Suppé |
| 27 April 1861 |
21 May 1926 |
Georgi Lvovitch Catoire |
| May 22 |
| 22 May 1813 |
13 February 1883 |
Richard Wagner |
| 5 May 1869 |
22 May 1949 |
Hans Pfitzner |
| 28 May 1896 |
22 May 1977 |
Marius Monnikendam |
| May 23 |
| 23 May 1794 |
10 March 1870 |
Ignaz Moscheles |
| 23 May 1901 |
14 February 1986 |
Edmund Rubbra |
| 23 May 1912 |
25 September 1997 |
Jean Françaix |
| May 24 |
| We have no composers listed as
having been born or having died on this day. |
| May 25 |
| 25 May 1889 |
10 January 1972 |
Sverre Jordan |
| 21 September 1874 |
25 May 1934 |
Gustav Holst |
| May 26 |
| 26 May 1893 |
13 June 1962 |
Eugene Goossens |
| 26 May 1898 |
16 March 1990 |
Ernst Bacon |
| 26 May 1925 |
29 April 1997 |
Willem Hendrik Zwart |
| 7 July 1914 |
26 May 1993 |
Cor de Groot |
| May 27 |
| 27 May 1799 |
17 April 1862 |
Jacques François Halévy |
| 27 May 1822 |
24 June 1882 |
Joseph Joachim Raff |
| 27 May 1888 |
3 July 1979 |
Louis Durey |
| 27 May 1891 |
21 December 1965 |
Claude Champagne |
| 12 August 1626 |
27 May 1690 |
Giovanni Legrenzi |
| 27 October 1782 |
27 May 1840 |
Nicoló Paganini |
| May 28 |
| 28 May 1896 |
22 May 1977 |
Marius Monnikendam |
| 14 November 1719 |
28 May 1787 |
Leopold Mozart |
| 19 February 1743 |
28 May 1805 |
Luigi Boccherini |
| 26 February 1770 |
28 May 1836 |
Anton Reicha |
| May 29 |
| 29 May 1860 |
18 May 1909 |
Isaac Albéniz |
| 29 May 1897 |
29 November 1957 |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 29 May 1922 |
4 February 2001 |
Iannis Xenakis |
| 22 January 1727 |
29 May 1799 |
Claude Benigne Balbastre |
| 2 January 1837 |
29 May 1910 |
Milii Balakirev |
| May 30 |
| 3 May 1886 |
30 May 1971 |
Marcel Dupré |
| 10 June 1902 |
30 May 1969 |
Gaston Brenta |
| May 31 |
| 31 May 1656 |
15 August 1728 |
Marin Marais |
| 31 May 1875 |
15 May 1952 |
Italo Montemezzi |
| 31 March 1732 |
31 May 1809 |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
| 18 July 1830 |
31 May 1909 |
Marie Auguste Durand |
| 22 April 1868 |
31 May 1948 |
José Vianna da Motta |
| 16 November 1926 |
31 May 1996 |
Ton de Leeuw |
| 7 July 1921 |
31 May 1998 |
Stanislaw Michal Wislocki |