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Musicians Born in 1817

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  • Jan 18 Jacques Gregoir, Belgian pianist and composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1876)
  • Feb 2 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, Spanish composer (Father of the modern Sardana), born in Alcalá la Real, Spain (d. 1875)
  • Feb 3 Emile Prudent, French pianist and composer, born in Angoulême, France (d. 1863)
  • Feb 22 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, born in Copenhagen (d. 1890)
  • Mar 24 Aimé Maillart, French opera composer (Les Dragons de Villars), born in Montpellier, Hérault, France (d. 1871)
  • Mar 28 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1880)
  • Apr 2 Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1897)
  • May 2 Zikmund Kolešovský, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1868)
  • May 11 (Francesca) "Fanny" Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (Rosida), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1909)
  • May 31 Édouard Deldevez, French violinist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1897)
  • Jul 17 Ignace Leybach, French pianist and composer, born in Gambsheim, Alsace, France (d. 1891)
  • Aug 13 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, born in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (d. 1886)
  • Sep 21 Charles Balmer, German composer, born in Gottingen, Germany (d. 1892)
  • Sep 23 Léon Kreutzer, French composer and music critic, born in Paris France (d. 1868)
  • Oct 2 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, born in Lidköping, Sweden (d. 1901)
  • Oct 5 Eduard Franck, German composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1893)
  • Oct 27 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899)
  • Nov 12 Carlo Pedrotti, Italian composer, associate of Verdi, born in Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1893)
  • Nov 12 Martin Gustav Nottebohm, German composer, born in Lüdenscheid, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1882)


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