Wow! It's a day of birthdays!

My goodness February 23rd is clearly a day to be born if you wish to become a composer!

1648 - Composer John Blow was born.

1685 - Composer George Frideric Handel was born.

1730 - Composer Christian Joseph Lidarti was born.

1811 - Composer George Washington Hewitt was born.

1848 - Composer Thomas Paine Westendorf was born.

1873 - Composer Dmitri Arakishvili was born.

1876 - Composer Wadi' Sabra was born.

1876 - Composer Edgar Istel was born.

1886 - Composer Albert Edward Sammons was born.

1887 - Composer Oskar Frederik Lindberg was born.

1924 - Composer Lejaren Hiller was born.

1927 - Composer Ivan Hrusovsky was born.

It's a great opportunity to familiarise yourself with their music and what better place than to visit the Chandos site where you can listen to audio samples.  Listen to the organ music of John Blow on Chan 0553  , Handel Classics on CHAN 241-15 and Oskar Lindberg on CHAN 9543  To discover the other composers mentioned why not head over to The Classical Shop where you can choose from a plethora of independent labels.  

Are there other composers you can think of who were born on this day?  Let me know - and also let us know what you think of the above recordings.