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.
- 1744André Campra died. 282 years ago
- 1870Joseph Carl Breil was born — American tenor, composer, and director. source 156 years ago
- 1881Curt Sachs was born — German-American composer and musicologist. source 145 years ago
- 1893Aarre Merikanto was born — Finnish composer and educator. source 133 years ago
- 1908Leroy Anderson was born — American composer and conductor. source 118 years ago
- 1910Frank Loesser was born — American composer and conductor. source 116 years ago
- 1911Bernard Herrmann was born — American composer and conductor. source 115 years ago
- 1912José Pablo Moncayo was born — Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor. source 114 years ago
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