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.
- 1820George Grove was born — English musicologist and historian. source 206 years ago
- 1831Salomon Jadassohn was born. 195 years ago
- 1879John Ireland was born — English composer and educator. source 147 years ago
- 1912Jules Massenet died — French composer. source 114 years ago
- 1922Tom Turpin died. 104 years ago
- 1938Dave "Baby" Cortez was born — American R&B pianist, organist, and composer. source 88 years ago
- 1961Koji Kondo was born — Japanese composer and sound director. source 65 years ago
- 1965Hayato Matsuo was born — Japanese composer and conductor. source 61 years ago
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