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.
- 1605Giacomo Carissimi was born — Italian priest and composer. source 421 years ago
- 1666Jean-Féry Rebel was born — French violinist and composer. source 360 years ago
- 1759Jacques Widerkehr was born — French cellist and composer. source 267 years ago
- 1819Franz von Suppé was born — Austrian composer and conductor. source 207 years ago
- 1907Miklós Rózsa was born — Hungarian-American composer and conductor. source 119 years ago
- 1918Tony Mottola was born — American guitarist and composer. source 108 years ago
- 1936Ottorino Respighi died — Italian composer and conductor. source 90 years ago
- 1937Keiko Abe was born — Japanese marimba player and composer. source 89 years ago
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