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.
- 1727William Croft died — English organist and composer. source 299 years ago
- 1738Leopold Hofmann was born — Austrian composer and conductor. source 288 years ago
- 1892Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was born — English pianist, composer, and critic. source 134 years ago
- 1910Pierre Schaeffer was born — French composer and producer. source 116 years ago
- 1953James Horner was born — American composer and conductor. source 73 years ago
- 1972Oscar Levant died — American actor, pianist, and composer. source 54 years ago
- 1996Sergiu Celibidache died — Romanian conductor and composer. source 30 years ago
- 2007Tikhon Khrennikov died — Russian pianist and composer. source 19 years ago
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