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.
- 1361Philippe de Vitry died — French composer and poet. source 665 years ago
- 1588Johann Andreas Herbst was born — German composer and theorist. source 438 years ago
- 1656Thomas Tomkins died — Welsh-English composer. source 370 years ago
- 1732Giuseppe Demachi was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 294 years ago
- 1799Chevalier de Saint-Georges died — Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor. source 227 years ago
- 1810Otto Nicolai was born — German composer and conductor. source 216 years ago
- 1865Albéric Magnard was born — French composer and educator. source 161 years ago
- 1865Carl Nielsen was born — Danish violinist, composer, and conductor. source 161 years ago
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