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.
- 1643Christoph Demantius died — German composer and poet. source 383 years ago
- 1748Georg Michael Telemann was born — German composer and theologian. source 278 years ago
- 1908Lionel Hampton was born — American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor. source 118 years ago
- 1930Dwight Gustafson was born — American composer and conductor. source 96 years ago
- 1938Johnny Tillotson was born — American singer-songwriter. source 88 years ago
- 2001Giuseppe Sinopoli died — Italian conductor and composer. source 25 years ago
- 2004Lizzy Mercier Descloux died — French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter. source 22 years ago
- 2007Andrew Hill died — American pianist, composer, and bandleader. source 19 years ago
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