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.
- 1632Giovanni Battista Vitali was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 394 years ago
- 1732Johann Christian Kittel was born — German organist and composer. source 294 years ago
- 1850George Henschel was born — German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor. source 176 years ago
- 1920Rolande Falcinelli was born — French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. source 106 years ago
- 1921Oscar Feltsman was born — Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer. source 105 years ago
- 1929André Mathieu was born — Canadian pianist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1956Gustave Charpentier died — French composer. source 70 years ago
- 1968Tommy Tallarico was born — American video game music composer. source 58 years ago
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