On This Day in Music

• 1669Antonio Bertali died — Italian violinist and composer. source 357 years ago
• 1683Johann David Heinichen was born — German composer and theorist. source 343 years ago
• 1764Johann Mattheson died — German lexicographer and composer. source 262 years ago
• 1811Ann Mounsey Bartholomew was born. 215 years ago
• 1833Jean-Baptiste Accolay was born — Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 193 years ago
• 1882Artur Schnabel was born — Polish pianist and composer. source 144 years ago
• 1888Herms Niel was born — German soldier, trombonist, and composer. source 138 years ago
• 1903Nicolas Nabokov was born — Russian-American composer and educator. source 123 years ago

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