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.
- 1517Heinrich Isaac died — Flemish composer. source 509 years ago
- 1566Antonio de Cabezón died — Spanish organist and composer. source 460 years ago
- 1634Domenico Freschi was born — Italian priest and composer. source 392 years ago
- 1827Ludwig van Beethoven died. 199 years ago
- 1906Rafael Méndez was born — Mexican trumpet player and composer. source 120 years ago
- 1925Pierre Boulez was born — French pianist, composer, and conductor. source 101 years ago
- 1925James Moody was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 101 years ago
- 1929Charles Dumont was born — French singer and composer. source 97 years ago
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