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.
- 1673Antonio de Literes was born — Spanish composer. source 353 years ago
- 1677Antonio Maria Bononcini was born — Italian cellist and composer. source 349 years ago
- 1717Johann Stamitz was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 309 years ago
- 1726Michel Richard Delalande died — French organist and composer. source 300 years ago
- 1757Ignaz Pleyel was born — Austrian-French pianist and composer. source 269 years ago
- 1850Richard Heuberger was born — Austrian composer and critic. source 176 years ago
- 1904Manuel Rosenthal was born — French conductor and composer. source 122 years ago
- 1905Eduard Tubin was born — Estonian composer and conductor. source 121 years ago
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