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.
- 1730Jackson of Exeter was born — English organist and composer. source 296 years ago
- 1860Isaac Albéniz was born — Spanish pianist and composer. source 166 years ago
- 1862Franz Mirecki died — Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher. source 164 years ago
- 1873Rudolf Tobias was born — Estonian organist and composer. source 153 years ago
- 1897Erich Wolfgang Korngold was born — Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 129 years ago
- 1910Mily Balakirev died — Russian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 116 years ago
- 1915Karl Münchinger was born — German conductor and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1922Iannis Xenakis was born — Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist. source 104 years ago
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