Events in Music
Music Premiere
Dec 17 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished Symphony" premieres in Vienna with Johann von Herbeck conducting
Birthdays in Music
Jean Sibelius
Dec 8 Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia), born in Tavastehus, Finland (d. 1957)
- Dec 13 Gustav Luders, German-American composer, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1913)
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