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.
- 1621Kryštof Harant died — Czech soldier and composer. source 405 years ago
- 1732Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach was born — German pianist and composer. source 294 years ago
- 1786Charles Edward Horn was born — English opera singer and composer. source 240 years ago
- 1805Karl Friedrich Curschmann was born — German composer and singer. source 221 years ago
- 1893Alois Hába was born — Czech composer and educator. source 133 years ago
- 1899Pavel Haas was born — Czech composer. source 127 years ago
- 1908N. Rimsky-Korsakov died. 118 years ago
- 1932Lalo Schifrin was born — Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 94 years ago
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