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.
- 1645August Kühnel was born. 381 years ago
- 1823Francisco Asenjo Barbieri was born — Spanish clarinetist, composer, and musicologist. source 203 years ago
- 1832Ivan Zajc was born — Croatian composer, conductor, and director. source 194 years ago
- 1835Wenzel Müller died — Austrian composer and conductor. source 191 years ago
- 1902David Buttolph was born — American film composer. source 124 years ago
- 1907Lawrence Brown was born — American trombonist and composer. source 119 years ago
- 1920Charlie Shavers was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 106 years ago
- 1920Peeter Süda died — Estonian organist and composer. source 106 years ago
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