15.09.1811, Osice - 05.05.1892, Prague
Jan Nepomuk Škroup (15 September 1811, Osice – 5 May 1892, Prague; Czech pronunciation: [ʃkroup]) was a Czech composer, conductor, and choirmaster. His brother František Škroup was also a successful composer, known today as the composer of the Czech national anthem, "Kde domov můj?" ("Where is my home?"). His father, Dominik Škroup, and other brother, Ignác Škroup, were also composers.
15.09.1858, Pest - 12.03.1937, Budapest
Jenő Hubay, Jenő Hubay von Szalatna, Hungarian: szalatnai Hubay Jenő (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈhubɒi ˈjɛnøː]; 15 September 1858 – 12 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (pronounced [ˈɔʏɡeːn ˈhuːbɐ]), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.
15.09.1863, Auburndale - 18.12.1919, Cedarhurst
Horatio William Parker (September 15, 1863 – December 18, 1919) was an American composer, organist and teacher. He was a central figure in musical life in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 19th century, and is best remembered as the undergraduate teacher of Charles Ives while the composer attended Yale University.
15.09.1870, Dnipro - 16.01.1945, Moscow
Lev Petrovich Steinberg (ru: Штейнберг, Лев Петрович) (Yekaterinoslav 3 September 1870 – Moscow 16 January 1945), was an influential Russian conductor and composer. Born on September 3 (15), 1870 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine). In 1893 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory . He took a piano course with A.G. Rubinstein and K.K. Fan-Ark, in the class of composition theory with N.F.Solovyov (previously studied with N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov), in harmony - with A.K. Lyadov ... In 1892, during the traditional summer symphony concerts in Druskininkai, Grodno province, he made his debut as a conductor. In 1899 - in St. Petersburg, he conducted operas at the Kononov Hall, the Mariinsky Theater . He worked as a symphonic and opera conductor in theaters in Moscow (1902), Saratov (1903), Kharkov (1910-1913), Kiev (1911-1914) and other cities. In 1914, at the invitation of S. P. Diaghilev, he appeared in Russian Seasons abroad (Paris and London). Later he performed in Bern, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin . After the revolution, in 1917-1924 he worked in the theaters of Kiev (now the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater named after T. Shevchenko), in 1924-1926 - in the Ukrainian State Capital Opera (now the Kharkiv Lysenko Opera and Ballet Theater), in 1926-1928 - at the Sverdlovsk State Opera House. AV Lunacharsky (now the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater) and in Baku . Participated in the organization of theaters and philharmonic societies in Kiev and Odessa . From 1928 he lived in Moscow. In 1928-1941 and 1943-1945 - conductor of the Bolshoi Theater and artistic director of the symphony orchestra of the Central House of the Red Army . Among the completed recordings - the first in history full version of "The Tsar's Bride " by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov [1] . In 1937-1938 he taught conducting at the Moscow Conservatory (professor). In 1943 he headed and created the Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic, which he directed until the end of his life. He died on January 16, 1945, in Moscow. Buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
15.09.1877, Soresina - ?27.06.1929, ?25.06.1929, Gaggiano
Arturo Cadore (15 September 1877 – 25 June 1929) was an Italian composer and organist. Born in Soresina (Province of Cremona), he primarily composed operettas and parlor songs, and comic operas. He is also known for having completed Amilcare Ponchielli's opera I Mori di Valenza which had been left unfinished when the composer died in 1886 and was premiered posthumously in 1914. In his later years he was the organist at the Chiesa di San Vittore in Olona (near Varese). Cadore died in Gaggiano at the age of 51.
15.09.1890, Geneva - 21.11.1974, Naarden
Frank Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer, who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.
15.09.1894, Senftenberg - ?23.11.1965, ?22.11.1965, Oberhaching
Herbert Windt (15 September 1894, Senftenberg, Brandenburg – 2 November 1965, Deisenhofen, now a part of Oberhaching, Bavaria) was a German composer who became one of the most significant film score composers of the Third Reich. He was best known for his collaborations with the director Leni Riefenstahl on films Triumph of the Will and Olympia.
15.09.1895, Perugia - 23.09.1938, Pittsfield
Aurelio Carlo Pietro Teodoro Giorni (15 September 1895 – 23 September 1938) was an Italian-American pianist and composer. After immigrating to the United States in 1914, he toured the nation as a soloist and with the Elshuco Trio. He composed chamber music, orchestral music, études, as well as a sonata for piano and violoncello.
15.09.1896, Lviv - 10.01.1963, Poznań
Tadeusz Szeligowski (13 September 1896 – 10 January 1963) was a Polish composer, educator, lawyer and music organizer. His works include the operas The Rise of the Scholars, Krakatuk and Theodor Gentlemen, the ballets The Peacock and the Girl and Mazepa ballets, two violin concertos, chamber and choral works. As a music teacher, Szeligowski was very well established in Vilnius, Lublin, Poznań and Warsaw. He was also a respected music writer who frequently wrote for journals and magazines specialized in music such as the Kurier Wileński, Tygodnik Wileński, Muzyka and the Kurier Poznański. His achievements include the creation of the Poznan´ Philharmonic, where he served as its first director between the years 1947–1949, and the founding of the Poznań Musical Spring, one of the most important festivals of contemporary music at the time.
15.09.1913, Montreal - ?29.04.2008, ?26.04.2008, Santa Barbara
Henry Dreyfuss Brant (September 15, 1913 – April 26, 2008) was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques.
15.09.1933, Burgos - 11.06.2014, Pamplona
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military service in the Spanish Army before graduating from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Frühbeck was principal conductor of various orchestras around the world, starting with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra from 1958 to 1962, then moving on to the Spanish National Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo and many others. Throughout his career Frühbeck de Burgos recorded on a number of labels. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and History Institución Fernán González. His honours include the 2011 Conductor of the Year award from Musical America.
15.09.1943, Mito - ,
Shin'ichirō Ikebe (Japanese: 池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shin'ichirō; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.