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.
- 1697Johann Joachim Quantz was born — German flute player and composer. source 329 years ago
- 1861Charles Martin Loeffler was born — German-American violinist and composer. source 165 years ago
- 1862Walter Damrosch was born — German-American conductor and composer. source 164 years ago
- 1869Charlotte Alington - aka Claribel Barnard died. 157 years ago
- 1935Tubby Hayes was born — English saxophonist and composer. source 91 years ago
- 1936Horst Jankowski was born — German pianist and composer. source 90 years ago
- 1963Francis Poulenc died — French pianist and composer. source 63 years ago
- 1974Olav Roots died — Estonian pianist and composer. source 52 years ago
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