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On this day, April 27th

Born:

• Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-American composer, in 1894.
• Krzystzof Komeda, Polish composer, in 1931.
• Petar Ozgijan, Croatian composer, in 1932.
• Friedrich von Flotow, German composer, in 1812.
• Jan Rychlík, Czech composer, in 1916.

Died:

• Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss composer, in 1871.
• Richard Redhead, English composer, in 1901.
• Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian composer, in 2007. Rostropovich was one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century.
• Elinor Remick Warren, American composer, in 1991.
• Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer, in 1950.

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