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.
- 1597Elias Ammerbach died — German organist and composer. source 429 years ago
- 1711Giuseppe Bonno was born — Austrian composer. source 315 years ago
- 1715Georg Christoph Wagenseil was born — Austrian organist and composer. source 311 years ago
- 1782Daniel Auber was born — French composer. source 244 years ago
- 1801Johannes Bernardus van Bree was born — Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor. source 225 years ago
- 1852Frederic Hymen Cowen was born. 174 years ago
- 1862Frederick Delius was born. 164 years ago
- 1876Havergal Brian was born — English composer. source 150 years ago
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