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.
- 1548Carpentras died — French composer. source 478 years ago
- 1594Orlande de Lassus died — Flemish composer and educator. source 432 years ago
- 1691Jan Francisci was born — Slovak organist and composer. source 335 years ago
- 1730Antonio Sacchini was born — Italian composer and educator. source 296 years ago
- 1763Simon Mayr was born — German composer and educator. source 263 years ago
- 1848Max Erdmannsdörfer was born — German conductor and composer. source 178 years ago
- 1929Cy Coleman was born — American pianist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1943Harold Wheeler was born — American composer, conductor, and producer. source 83 years ago
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