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.
- 1502Francesco Corteccia was born — Italian composer. source 524 years ago
- 1741François-Hippolyte Barthélémon was born — French-English violinist and composer. source 285 years ago
- 1867Enrique Granados was born — Spanish pianist and composer. source 159 years ago
- 1872Stanislav Binički was born — Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue.. source 154 years ago
- 1875Aleksander Kunileid died — Estonian composer and educator. source 151 years ago
- 1877Ernő Dohnányi was born — Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 149 years ago
- 1912Vernon Elliott was born — English bassoon player, composer, and conductor. source 114 years ago
- 1924Otar Taktakishvili was born — Georgian composer and conductor. source 102 years ago
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