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.
- 1684Johann Gottfried Walther was born — German organist and composer. source 342 years ago
- 1711Ignaz Holzbauer was born — Austrian composer and educator. source 315 years ago
- 1848Francis Grierson was born — English-American pianist and composer. source 178 years ago
- 1857Karol Kurpiński died — Polish composer and conductor. source 169 years ago
- 1860Alberto Franchetti was born — Italian-American composer and educator. source 166 years ago
- 1883Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson was born — 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author. source 143 years ago
- 1885Uzeyir Hajibeyov was born — Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright. source 141 years ago
- 1899Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” was copyrighted. 127 years ago
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