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On this day in 1740 Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello was born.

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On this day in 1745 Bohemian composer Carl Philip Stamitz was born.

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On this day in 1833 German composer Johannes Brahms was born.

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On this day in 1858 French composer Georges-Adolph’s Hue was born.

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On this day in 1819 Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko was born.

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On this day in 1655 Italian instrument maker and inventor of the pianoforte Bartolomeo Cristofori was born.

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On this day in 1873 Russian composer Nikolai Tcherepnin was born.

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On this day in 1660 Italian composer, and father of Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti was born.

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On this day in 1872 Swedish composer and conductor Hugo Alfvén was born.

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On this day in 1870 Austrian-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár was born

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On this day in 1899 American pianist and composer “Duke” Ellington was born.

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On this day in 1891 American Delta blues musician Charley Patton was born.