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.
- 1660Johann Kuhnau was born — German organist and composer. source 366 years ago
- 1670Leonora Baroni died — Italian composer. source 356 years ago
- 1672André Cardinal Destouches was born — French composer. source 354 years ago
- 1706Louis de Cahusac was born — French playwright and composer. source 320 years ago
- 1708Johann Georg Reutter was born — Austrian organist and composer. source 318 years ago
- 1815Robert Volkmann was born — German organist, composer, and conductor. source 211 years ago
- 1900Leo Robin was born — American composer and songwriter. source 126 years ago
- 1926Randy Weston was born — American jazz pianist and composer. source 100 years ago
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