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.
- 1506Alexander Agricola died — Flemish composer (born c. 1445). source 520 years ago
- 1728Marin Marais died — French viol player and composer. source 298 years ago
- 1736Johann Christoph Kellner was born — German organist and composer. source 290 years ago
- 1875Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born. 151 years ago
- 1882Marion Bauer was born — American composer and critic. source 144 years ago
- 1890Jacques Ibert was born — French composer and educator. source 136 years ago
- 1907Joseph Joachim died — Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 119 years ago
- 1909Hugo Winterhalter was born — American composer and bandleader. source 117 years ago
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