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.
- 1620Johannes Nucius died — German composer and theorist. source 406 years ago
- 1699Johann Adolph Hasse was born — German singer and composer. source 327 years ago
- 1738Turlough O'Carolan died — Irish harp player and composer. source 288 years ago
- 1881Béla Bartók was born — Hungarian pianist and composer. source 145 years ago
- 1918Claude Debussy died. 108 years ago
- 1926Riz Ortolani was born — Italian composer and conductor. source 100 years ago
- 1929Cecil Taylor was born — American pianist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1930David Burge was born — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 96 years ago
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