Classical Guitar Composers
I always wanted to have calendar like that and could not find it nowhere…so here it is! Source is mostly Wikipedia plus some guitar dictionaries, please help me if there are errors or if I forgot a great guitar composer.. list will be updated!!
January
* 1.1.1796 Felix Horetzky
* 4.1.1882 Angel Barrios
* 5.1.1917 Reginald Smith-Brindle
† 12.1.1626 John Dowland
† 15.1.1949 Joaquin Turin
† 16.1.1853 Matteo Carcassi
† 18.1.1923 Alfredo Cottin
† 19.1.1830 Wenzelaus Matiegka
* 26.1.1907 Maria Luis Anido
* 26.1.1949 Jorge Cardoso
February
† 3.2.1882 José Broca
* 10.2.1770 Fernando Carulli
* 14.2.1778 Fernando Sor (?)
† 17.2.1841 Fernando Carulli
† 17.2.1883 Napoleon Cost
* 18.2.1882 Angel Barrios
† 19.2.1813 Leonhard von Call
* 20.2 1947 Carlo Domeniconi
† 20.2.1626 John Dowland ( funeral date)
† 20.2.1996 Tori Takemitsu
† 21.2.1848 Simon Molitor
† 22.2.1938 Miguel Llobet
* 28.2.1956 Nikita Koshkin
March
* 1.3.1939 Leo Brouwer
* 2.3.1913 Celedonio Romero
* 3.3.1891 Federico Moreno-Torroba
* 5.3.1887 Heitor Villa-Lobos
† 5.3.1953 Daniel Fortea
† 7.3.1916 José Ferrer
† 8.3.1983 William Walton
† 12.3.1950 Heinrich Albert
† 16.3.1968 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
* 17.3.1924 Stephen Dodgson
* 18.3.1835 José Ferrer
† 19.3.1767 Leonhard von Call
† 24.3.1916 Enrique Granados
* 29.3.1902 William Walton
* 29.3.1936 Richard Rodney Bennett
* 31.3.1776 Joseph Küffner
April
† 1.4.1580 Alonso Mudarra
* 3.4.1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
* 4.4.1640 Gaspar Sanz
* 7.4.1886 Emilio Pujol
† 7.4.1858 Anton Diabelli
* 8.4.1784 Dioniso Aguado
† 24.4.1948 Manuel Maria Ponce
† 27.4.1860 Leonhard Schulz
* 28.4.1882 Daniel Fortea
May
† 3.5.1996 Dimitri Fampas
* 5.5.1885 Agustin Barrios
† 6.5.1872 Giulio Regondi
† 8.5.1829 Mauro Giuliani
† 8.5.1996 Celedonio Romero
* 9.5.1931 Jorge Morel
* 12.5.1805 Jan Nepomucem de Bobrowicz
† 18.5.1909 Isaac Albeniz
* 23.5.1912 Jean Francaix
* 29.5.1860 Isaac Albeniz
June
† 3.6.1849 Francois de Fossa
* 4.6.1774 Francisco Molino
† 4.6.1996 Maria Luisa Anido
* 11.6.1897 Alexandre Tansman
* 11.6.1880 Ferdinand Rebay
† 16.6.1840 Joseph Kreutzer
* 27.6.1806 Napoleon Coste
† 28.6.1979 Paul Dessau
July
* 1.7.1926 Hans Werner Henze
† 2.7.1844 Karl Ludwig Blum
* 6.7.1773 Wenzeslaus Matiegka
† 6.7.1999 Joaquin Rodrigo
† 10.7.1839 Fernando Sor
* 16.7.1870 Heinrich Albert
* 27.7.1781 Mauro Giuliani
* 27.7.1867 Enrique Granados
August
† 5.8.1877 Luigi Legnani
* 8.8.1945 Stepan Rak
* 16.8.1795 Heinrich Marschner
* 17.8.1806 Johann Kaspar Mertz
† 17.8.1944 Agustin Barrios
* 31.8.1775 Francois de Fossa
September
* 6.9.1781 Anton Diabelli
† 9.9.1856 Joseph Küffner
† 9.9.2003 Reginald Smith Brindle
† 12.9.1982 Federico Moreno Torroba
* 21.9.1805 José Broca
† 25.9.1997 Jean Francaix
October
* 2.10.1919 John Duarte
† 6.10.1870 Felix Horetzky
* 8.10.1930 Tori Takemitsu
† 11.10.1936 Antonio José
* 12.10.1686 Sylvius Leopold Weiss
† 14.10.1856 Johann Kaspar Mertz
† 15.10.1750 Sylvius Leopold Weiss
* 16.10.1878 Miguel Llobet
* 19.10.1955 Roland Dyens
* 25.10.1832 Julian Arcas
* 27.10.1782 Niccolo Paganini
† 27.10.2012 Hans Werner Henze
November
* 2.11.1901 Joaquin Rodrigo
† 2.11.1981 Jan Nepomucem de Bobrowicz
* 3.11.1766 Simon Molitor
† 6.11.1953 Ferdinand Rebay
* 7.11.1790 Luigi Legnani
* 11.11.1790 Joseph Kreutzer
† 14.11.1946 Manuel de Falla
† 15.11.1980 Emilio Pujol
† 15.11.1986 Alexandre Tansman
† 17.11.1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos
* 21.11.1852 Francisco Tarrega
* 22.11.1913 Benjamin Britten
* 23.11.1876 Manuel de Falla
† 27.11.1964 Angel Barrios
December
† 4.12.1976 Benjamin Britten
* 7.12.1957 Maximo Diego Pujol
* 8.12.1886 Manuel Maria Ponce
* 9.12.1882 Joaquin Turina
* 12.12.1902 Antonio José
† 14.12.1861 Heinrich Marschner
† 15.12.1909 Francisco Tarrega
* 18.12.1894 Paul Dessau
† 20.12.1849 Dionisio Aguado
* 22.12.1921 Dimitri Fampas
† 23.12.2004 John Duarte
† 24.12.2012 Richard Rodney Bennett