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.
- 1478Johannes Pullois died — Franco-Flemish composer (born c. 1420?). source 548 years ago
- 1507Jean Molinet died — French poet and composer. source 519 years ago
- 1802Corona Schröter died. 224 years ago
- 1854Moritz Moszkowski was born. 172 years ago
- 1891Roy Agnew was born — Australian pianist and composer. source 135 years ago
- 1900Ernst Krenek was born — Austrian-American composer and educator. source 126 years ago
- 1905Constant Lambert was born — English composer and conductor. source 121 years ago
- 1924Heinrich Berté died — Slovak-Austrian composer. source 102 years ago
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