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.
- 1608Pomponio Nenna died — Italian composer. source 418 years ago
- 1654Agostino Steffani was born — Italian composer and diplomat. source 372 years ago
- 1657Philipp Heinrich Erlebach was born — German composer. source 369 years ago
- 1831Maria Szymanowska died — Polish composer and pianist. source 195 years ago
- 1883Alfredo Casella was born — Italian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 143 years ago
- 1934Don Ellis was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 92 years ago
- 1952Herbert Murrill died — English organist and composer. source 74 years ago
- 1971Leroy Robertson died — American composer and educator. source 55 years ago
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