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.
- 1729Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre died — French harpsichord player and composer. source 297 years ago
- 1805Napoléon Coste was born — French guitarist and composer. source 221 years ago
- 1885Guilhermina Suggia was born — Portuguese cellist. source 141 years ago
- 1922George Walker was born — American composer. source 104 years ago
- 1923Jacques Berthier was born — French organist and composer. source 103 years ago
- 1923Elmo Hope was born — American pianist and composer. source 103 years ago
- 1932Hugh Wood was born — English composer. source 94 years ago
- 1942Frank Mills was born — Canadian pianist and composer. source 84 years ago
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