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.
- 1795Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach died — German harpsichord player and composer. source 231 years ago
- 1860Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient died — opera singer. source 166 years ago
- 1900Karl Ristenpart was born — German conductor. source 126 years ago
- 1908Stéphane Grappelli was born — French violinist. source 118 years ago
- 1911Norbert Schultze was born — German composer and conductor. source 115 years ago
- 1913Jimmy Van Heusen was born — American pianist and composer. source 113 years ago
- 1947Patrick Dewaere was born — French actor and composer. source 79 years ago
- 1981Gustavo Dudamel was born — Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor. source 45 years ago
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