1882

Lazare Saminsky

(8 November 1882 [O.S. 27 October 1882] – 30 June 1959)

Russian composer and conductor

Here is his Hassidic Suite, Op. 24, No. 1-3, performed by cellist Julian Schwarz and pianist Marika Bournaki:

1883

Sir Arnold Bax

(8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953)

English composer, poet, and author

Portrait of Bax by Herbert Lambert, photogravure, circa 1922

Here is the first movement of his Cello Sonata, recorded by cellist Florence Hooten with Wilfred Parry:

1887

Yuri Shaporin

(8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1887 – 9 December 1966)

Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer and PAU (People’s Artist of the USSR)

Photo by Unknown Artist, 1948. Immediate source, Fair use.

Here are his Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.25, recorded by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Alexander Dedyukhin:

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1945

Arnold Rosner

(8 November 1945 – 8 November 2013)

American composer

Here is the 1st movement of his Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 89 “La divina commedia,” edited by Stephen Kates and recorded by cellist Maxine Neuman and pianist Margaret Kampmeier:

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1945

Judith Lang Zaimont

Happy birthday!

American composer

Here is her Sestina for solo cello, from her Tanya Poems, recorded by cellist Jason Calloway of the Amernet Quartet:

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