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September 1808 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Sep 15 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1866)

Deaths in Music

  • Sep 26 Pavel Vranicky, Moravian-Austrian composer (Oberon – The Fairy King), and conductor, dies at 51
  • Sep 27 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 79

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