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.
- 1665Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was born — French harpsichord player and composer. source 361 years ago
- 1839Josef Rheinberger was born — Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer. source 187 years ago
- 1875Ferdinand Laub died — Czech violinist and composer. source 151 years ago
- 1900Alfred Newman was born — American composer and conductor. source 126 years ago
- 1924Stephen Dodgson was born — English composer and educator. source 102 years ago
- 1936Ladislav Kupkovič was born — Slovak composer and conductor. source 90 years ago
- 1999Ernest Gold died — Austrian-American composer. source 27 years ago
- 2006İstemihan Taviloğlu died — Turkish composer and educator. source 20 years ago
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