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.
- 1857Julien Tiersot was born — French musicologist and composer. source 169 years ago
- 1864Stephan Krehl was born — German composer. source 162 years ago
- 1880Jan Kubelík was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 146 years ago
- 1884Victor Massé died — French composer. source 142 years ago
- 1914Annie Fischer was born — Hungarian pianist and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1918George Rochberg was born — American composer and educator. source 108 years ago
- 1942Matthias Bamert was born — Swiss composer and conductor. source 84 years ago
- 1968Kenji Ito was born — Japanese pianist and composer. source 58 years ago
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