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On this day, March 12, 1837 French organist and composer Alexandre Guilmant was born.

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On this day, March 11, 1921 Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla was born.

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On this day, March 10, 1892 French-born composer and member of “Les Six” Arthur Oscar Honegger was born.

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On this day, March 9, 1910 American composer of “Adagio” for Strings Samuel Barber was born.

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On this day, March 8, 1714 German composer Carl Philip Emanuel Bach was born.

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On this day, March 7, 1659 English composer Henry Purcell was born.

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On this day, March 6, 1763 Swiss-born composer and clarinetist Jean Xavier Lefevre was born.

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On this day, March 5, 1887 Brazilian composer Hector Villa-Lobos was born.

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On this day, March 4, 1678 Venetian composer and violinist Antonio Lucia Vivaldi was born.

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On this day, March 3, 1899 Peruvian composer Pablo Chavez Aguilar was born.

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On this day, March 2, 1824 Bohemian composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana was born.

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On this day, March 1, 1810 Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin was born.