Music history, daily
On This Day in Music
Composers born, composers lost, and pieces that met the world for the first time — and every name here is playable in the library.
- 1543Francesco Canova da Milano died — Italian composer. source 483 years ago
- 1726Domenico Zipoli died — Italian organist and composer. source 300 years ago
- 1732František Brixi was born — Czech organist and composer. source 294 years ago
- 1837Mily Balakirev was born — Russian pianist and composer. source 189 years ago
- 1905Michael Tippett was born — English composer and conductor. source 121 years ago
- 1915Karl Goldmark died — Hungarian violinist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1941Mischa Levitzki died — Russian-American pianist and composer. source 85 years ago
- 1944Péter Eötvös was born — Hungarian composer and conductor. source 82 years ago
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