You know about anniversary years, right? In 2009, we celebrate Purcell, Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn. In honor of Purcell's year, one of his best known compositions for choir:
Here's a longer list of composers we celebrate in 2009:
Johann Albrechtsberger
200th anniversary of death 1736–1809
Carl Heinrich Graun
250th anniversary of death 1703–1759
Georg Friedrich Händel
250th anniversary of death 1685–1759
Joseph Haydn
200th anniversary of death 1732–1809
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
200th anniversary of birth 1809–1847
Henry Purcell
350th anniversary of birth 1659–1695
Franz Xaver Richter
300th anniversary of birth 1709–1789
Louis Spohr
150th anniversary of death 1784–1859
Friday, January 30, 2009
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