| Born |
Died |
Composer |
| December 1 |
| 1 December 1709 |
12 September 1789 |
Franz Xaver Richter |
| 1 December 1729 |
28 July 1802 |
Giuseppe Sarti |
| 1 December 1847 |
4 June 1907 |
Agathe Backer Grøndahl |
| 1 December 1908 |
2 June 1984 |
Georgios Kasassoglou |
| 31 December 1894 |
1 December 1950 |
Ernest John Moeran |
| 15 August 1725 |
1 December 1813 |
Gioseffo Ferdinando Bertoni |
| 4 October 1917 |
1 December 1998 |
Albert de Klerk |
| December 2 |
| 2 December 1730 |
14 February 1790 |
Capel Bond |
| 2 December 1854 |
21 June 1935 |
Hendrika van Tussenbroek |
| 14 March 1815 |
2 December 1880 |
Josephine Lang |
| 27 March 1851 |
2 December 1931 |
Vincent d'Indy |
| 14 November 1900 |
2 December 1990 |
Aaron Copland |
| December 3 |
| 3 December 1729 |
20 December 1783 |
Padre Antonio Soler |
| 3 December 1883 |
15 September 1945 |
Anton Webern |
| 3 December 1896 |
27 March 1979 |
Boleslaw Szabelski |
| 3 December 1914 |
23 August 1962 |
Irving Fine |
| 11 January 1856 |
3 December 1941 |
Christian Sinding |
| 27 February 1867 |
3 December 1942 |
Berger Wilhelm Olof Peterson |
| 11 May 1895 |
3 December 1978 |
William Grant Still |
| December 4 |
| 4 December 1660 |
29 June 1744 |
André Campra |
| 4 December 1879 |
19 February 1941 |
Herbert Hamilton Harty |
| 21 December 1940 |
4 December 1993 |
Frank Zappa |
| 15 March 1864 |
4 December 1935 |
Johan Halvorsen |
| 22 November 1913 |
4 December 1976 |
Benjamin Britten |
| December 5 |
| 5 December 1687 |
17 September 1762 |
Francesco Geminiani |
| 5 December 1870 |
18 July 1949 |
Vitezslav Novak |
| 5 December 1895 |
2 July 1952 |
Henriëtte Bosmans |
| 15 April 1688 |
5 December 1758 |
Johann Friedrich Fasch |
| 27 January 1756 |
5 December 1791 |
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart |
| 2 August 1905 |
5 December 1963 |
Karl Amadeus Hartmann |
| December 6 |
| 6 December 1550 |
19 February 1605 |
Orazio Vecchi |
| 17 February 1796 |
6 December 1867 |
Giovanni Pacini |
| 22 November 1900 |
6 December 1971 |
Hugo Godron |
| December 7 |
| 7 December 1637 |
21 November 1710 |
Bernardo Pasquini |
| 7 December 1863 |
2 August 1945 |
Pietro Mascagni |
| 7 December 1887 |
1 October 1964 |
Ernst Toch |
| 7 December 1910 |
28 October 2001 |
Gerard Hengeveld |
| December 8 |
| 8 December 1811 |
30 March 1864 |
Louis Schindelmeisser |
| 8 December 1865 |
20 September 1957 |
Jean Sibelius |
| 8 December 1882 |
24 April 1948 |
Manuel Ponce |
| 8 December 1890 |
28 August 1959 |
Bohuslav Martinu |
| 6 January 1850 |
8 December 1924 |
Xaver Scharwenka |
| 12 September 1868 |
8 December 1933 |
Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys |
| December 9 |
| 9 December 1745 |
4 January 1798 |
Giuseppe Giordani |
| 18 May 1854 |
9 December 1924 |
Bernard Zweers |
| 23 March 1844 |
9 December 1925 |
Eugene Gigout |
| December 10 |
| 10 December 1822 |
8 November 1890 |
César Auguste Franck |
| 10 December 1894 |
28 June 1979 |
Paul Dessau |
| 10 December 1908 |
28 April 1992 |
Olivier Messiaen |
| 10 December 1913 |
1996 |
Morton Gould |
| 1545 |
10 December 1618 |
Giulio Caccini |
| 11 March 1897 |
10 December 1965 |
Henry Dixon Cowell |
| December 11 |
| 11 December 1758 |
15 May 1832 |
Karl Friedrich Zelter |
| 11 December 1803 |
8 March 1869 |
Hector Berlioz |
| December 12 |
| 20 December 1872 |
12 December 1956 |
Lorenzo Perosi |
| 12 January 1921 |
12 December 1999 |
American Leo Smit |
| December 13 |
| 13 December 1850 |
21 January 1941 |
Iver Holter |
| 16 February 1878 |
13 December 1951 |
Selim Palmgren |
| 7 May 1936 |
13 December 1981 |
Cornelius Cardew |
| December 14 |
| 14 December 1738 |
3 February 1814 |
Jan Evangelista Antonin Kozeluh |
| 14 December 1789 |
25 July 1831 |
Maria Szymanowska |
| 14 December 1873 |
12 July 1953 |
Joseph Jongen |
| 8 March 1714 |
14 December 1788 |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
| 22 November 1780 |
14 December 1849 |
Konradin Kreutzer |
| 16 August 1795 |
14 December 1861 |
Heinrich Marschner |
| 2 May 1861 |
14 December 1938 |
Maurice Emmanuel |
| December 15 |
| 15 December 1657 |
18 June 1726 |
Michel Richard de Lalande |
| 20 June 1756 |
15 December 1792 |
Joseph Martin Kraus |
| 21 November 1852 |
15 December 1909 |
Francisco Tárrega |
| 25 November 1896 |
15 December 1989 |
Virgil Thomson |
| 3 October 1946 |
15 December 1996 |
Tristan Keuris |
| December 16 |
| 16 December 1770 |
26 March 1827 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
| 16 December 1775 |
8 October 1834 |
François Adrien Boieldieu |
| 16 December 1882 |
6 March 1967 |
Zoltán Kodály |
| 16 December 1915 |
5 January 1998 |
Georgi Vasilievich Sviridov |
| 25 March 1699 |
16 December 1783 |
Johann Adolf Hasse |
| 9 October 1835 |
16 December 1921 |
Camille Saint-Saëns |
| December 17 |
| 17 December 1749 |
11 January 1801 |
Domenico Cimarosa |
| 17 December 1906 |
27 November 1994 |
Fernando Lopes Graça |
| appr. 1490 |
17 December 1562 |
Adriaan Willaert |
| 17 September 1795 |
17 December 1870 |
Saverio Rafaele Mercadente |
| 30 October 1894 |
17 December 1930 |
Peter Warlock |
| 1 January 1907 |
17 December 2000 |
Erich Schmid |
| December 18 |
| 18 December 1861 |
23 January 1908 |
Edward MacDowell |
| 8 May 1829 |
18 December 1869 |
Louis Moreau Gottschalk |
| December 19 |
| 19 December 1676 |
26 October 1749 |
Louis Nicolas Clérembault |
| 19 December 1882 |
14 January 1949 |
Joaquin Turina |
| 19 December 1901 |
30 August 1953 |
Dimiter Nenov |
| 19 December 1917 |
5 January 1992 |
Hans Federico Neuman |
| 11 June 1672 |
19 December 1749 |
Francesco Antonio Bonporti |
| December 20 |
| 20 December 1872 |
12 December 1956 |
Lorenzo Perosi |
| 20 December 1909 |
12 September 1996 |
Vagn Holmboe |
| 3 December 1729 |
20 December 1783 |
Padre Antonio Soler |
| 26 August 1887 |
20 December 1961 |
Luis Abraham Delgadillo |
| 8 August 1905 |
20 December 1974 |
André Jolivet |
| December 21 |
| 21 December 1850 |
15 October 1900 |
Zdenek Fibich |
| 21 December 1940 |
4 December 1993 |
Frank Zappa |
| 22 February 1817 |
21 December 1890 |
Niels Vilhelm Gade |
| 27 August 1886 |
21 December 1957 |
Eric Coates |
| 2 March 1892 |
21 December 1964 |
Thomas Nassi |
| 27 May 1891 |
21 December 1965 |
Claude Champagne |
| December 22 |
| 22 December 1723 |
20 June 1787 |
Carl Friedrich Abel |
| 22 December 1874 |
11 February 1939 |
Franz Schmidt |
| 22 December 1885 |
6 November 1965 |
Edgar Varèse |
| 22 December 1894 |
15 April 1968 |
Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky |
| 22 December 1900 |
31 October 1995 |
Alan Bush |
| 16 October 1679 |
22 December 1745 |
Johann Jan Dismas Zelenka |
| 30 November 1895 |
22 December 1977 |
Johann Nepomuk David |
| 23 August 1900 |
22 December 1991 |
Ernst Krenek |
| December 23 |
| 23 December 1689 |
28 October 1755 |
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier |
| 23 December 1858 |
29 November 1924 |
Giacomo Puccini |
| December 24 |
| 24 December 1821 |
21 April 1891 |
Johannes Worp |
| 24 December 1821 |
7 July 1889 |
Giovanni Bottesini |
| appr. 1390 |
24 December 1453 |
John Dunstable |
| 29 April 1872 |
24 December 1932 |
Eyvind Alnæs |
| 9 February 1885 |
24 December 1935 |
Alban Berg |
| 30 September 1897 |
24 December 1966 |
Gaspar Cassadó |
| December 25 |
| 25 December 1711 |
8 October 1772 |
Jean Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville |
| 25 December 1728 |
16 June 1804 |
Johann Adam Hiller |
| December 26 |
| 26 December 1687 |
25 November 1755 |
Johann Georg Pisendel |
| 1780 |
26 December 1838 |
Franciszek Lessel |
| 28 August 1890 |
26 December 1937 |
Ivor Gurney |
| 12 May 1903 |
26 December 1989 |
Lennox Berkeley |
| December 27 |
| 27 December 1887 |
24 April 1936 |
Bernard van Dieren |
| 27 December 1907 |
1978 |
Willem van Otterloo |
| 19 April 1785 |
27 December 1858 |
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly |
| 5 September 1867 |
27 December 1944 |
Amy Marcy Beach |
| 12 October 1890 |
27 December 1955 |
Luís Freitas Branco |
| December 28 |
| 28 (bapt.) December 1731 |
20 January 1798 |
Johann Christian Cannabich |
| 28 December 1896 |
16 March 1985 |
Roger Huntington Sessions |
| 28 December 1899 |
7 June 1987 |
Sebastiano Caltebiano |
| 1670 |
28 December 1736 |
Antonio Caldara |
| 15 March 1835 |
28 December 1916 |
Eduard Strauss |
| 7 March 1875 |
28 December 1937 |
Maurice Ravel |
| 16 November 1895 |
28 December 1963 |
Paul Hindemith |
| 10 May 1888 |
28 December 1971 |
Max Steiner |
| 23 April 1900 |
28 December 1997 |
Henry Barraud |
| December 29 |
| 30 November 1753 |
29 December 1836 |
Johann Schenk |
| December 30 |
| 30 December 1853 |
24 February 1929 |
André Charles Messager |
| 30 December 1874 |
23 June 1956 |
Reinhold Moritzovich Glière |
| 30 December 1904 |
16 February 1987 |
Dmitri Kabalevsky |
| 20 September 1911 |
30 December 1971 |
Jan Mul |
| December 31 |
| 31 December 1894 |
1 December 1950 |
Ernest John Moeran |
| 31 December 1899 |
5 October 1940 |
Silvestre Revueltas |
| 20 February 1734 |
31 December 1809 |
Franz Ignaz Beck |
| 29 April 1842 |
31 December 1899 |
Karl Millöcker |
| 27 November 1867 |
31 December 1950 |
Charles Koechlin |
| 13 October 1879 |
31 December 1954 |
Peter van Anrooy |
| 27 September 1879 |
31 December 1970 |
Cyril Scott |