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.
- 1555Lodovico Zacconi was born — Italian composer and theorist. source 471 years ago
- 1672Francesco Antonio Bonporti was born — Italian priest and composer. source 354 years ago
- 1690Giovanni Antonio Giay was born — Italian composer. source 336 years ago
- 1697Francesco Antonio Vallotti was born — Italian organist and composer. source 329 years ago
- 1704Carlos Seixas was born — Portuguese harpsichord player and composer. source 322 years ago
- 1864Richard Strauss was born. 162 years ago
- 1910Carmine Coppola was born — American flute player and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1920Shelly Manne was born — American 'West Coast' jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader. source 106 years ago
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