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.
- 1013Hermann of Reichenau was born — German composer, mathematician, and astronomer. source 1013 years ago
- 1591Jacobus Gallus died — Slovenian composer. source 435 years ago
- 1670Giovanni Bononcini was born — Italian cellist and composer. source 356 years ago
- 1821Pauline Viardot was born — French soprano and composer. source 205 years ago
- 1872Julius Fučík was born — Czech composer and conductor of military bands. source 154 years ago
- 1949Vítězslav Novák died — Czech composer and educator. source 77 years ago
- 1988Joly Braga Santos died — Portuguese composer and conductor. source 38 years ago
- 2026Chen Gang died — Chinese composer. source
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