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.
- 1874Gustav Holst was born — English composer and educator. source 152 years ago
- 1910Meinrad Schütter was born — Swiss composer. source 116 years ago
- 1912György Sándor was born — Hungarian pianist and composer. source 114 years ago
- 1932Don Preston was born — American keyboard player and composer. source 94 years ago
- 1944Alexander Koshetz died — Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer. source 82 years ago
- 1963Mamoru Samuragochi was born — Japanese composer. source 63 years ago
- 1977Kārlis Lācis was born — Latvian pianist and composer. source 49 years ago
- 1986Lindsey Stirling was born — American violinist and composer. source 40 years ago
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