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2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer

1996 Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80

1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

1983 Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65

1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow

1966 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd cello concert

1959 U.S. premier of D Sjostakovitch's 1st Cello concert

1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad

1952 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56

1941 Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto'

1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century

1922 Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records

1919 Elgars "Cello concerto op 85" premieres in Queen's Hall London

1917 Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto

1915 Jane Cowan, cello teacher

1895 Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello


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