1834 Amilcare Ponchielli (31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) Italian opera composer – Here is his “Dance of the Hours” arranged by E and E Cello Music:  1938 Wieland Kuijken Happy birthday! Belgian cellist, baroque cellist, and viola da gamba player Here is an interview with him at

1866 Bruno Steindel (29 August 1866 – 4 May 1949) German-American cellist – Here is a 1917 recording of him performing the solo in Franz von Suppé’s Poet and Peasant Overture with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederick Stock:  1881 Edvin Kallstenius (29 August 1881 – 22 November

1754 Peter Winter (baptized 28 August 1754 – 17 October 1825) German composer, violinist, and conductor – Here is his Concertino for Clarinet, Cello, and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, recorded by clarinettist Jost Michaels, cellist Irene Güdel, and the Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks conducted by Karl Ristenpart:  1852 Johannes

1872 Ludwig Lebell (27 August 1872 – 17 September 1954) Austrian-British cellist and composer – 1886 Rebecca Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) British-American composer and violist Here is her Rhapsody for Cello and Piano performed by cellist Lionel Handy and pianist Jennifer Hughes:  Your Turn Know

1925 Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (26 August 1925 – 3 January 2010) Chilean composer – Here is the first movement of his Cello Sonata No. 3, recorded by cellist Carlos Prieto and pianist Edison Quintana:  1927 Edward (Russell) Bisha (26 August 1927 – 4 May 1991) American-Canadian cellist 1994 Anastasia Kobekina

1902 Stefan Wolpe (25 August 1902 – 4 April 1972) German-American composer – Here are his Drei kleinere Kanons for viola and cello, recorded by members of the Ensemble Recherche:  1914 Alexei Haieff (25 August 1914 – 1 March 1994) Russian-American composer Here is the first movement of his

1837 Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) French composer, organist, and music teacher – Here is his Cello Sonata in D Major performed by cellist Benôit Loiselle and pianist Stéphane Lemelin:  1879 Gérard Hekking (24 August 1879 – 5 June 1942) French Cellist Here is some

1854 Moritz Moszkowski (23 August 1854 – 4 March 1925) German composer, pianist, and teacher – Here is his “Guitarre” in G Major, Op. 45 No. 2 (arranged for cello and piano), played by cellist Maurice Gendron and pianist Peter Gallion:  1867 Alexei Davidov (23 August 1867 – 6

1862 Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) French composer – Here is his Sonata for Cello and Piano performed by cellist Heinrich Schiff pianist Francesco Piemontesi:  1923 Lawrence Leonard (22 August 1923 – 4 January 2001) British cellist, conductor, writer, composer, and teacher 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen