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.
- 1682Alessandro Stradella died — Italian composer. source 344 years ago
- 1707Carlo Goldoni was born — Italian playwright and composer. source 319 years ago
- 1852Thomas Moore died — Irish poet and lyricist. source 174 years ago
- 1873Enrico Caruso was born — Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star.. source 153 years ago
- 1877Erich von Hornbostel was born — Austrian musicologist and scholar. source 149 years ago
- 1890Myra Hess was born — English pianist and educator. source 136 years ago
- 1906Anton Arensky died — Russian pianist and composer. source 120 years ago
- 1932Faron Young was born — American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. source 94 years ago
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