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.
- 1054Hermann of Reichenau died — German composer, mathematician, and astronomer. source 972 years ago
- 1605Manuel Mendes died — Portuguese composer and educator. source 421 years ago
- 1646Duarte Lobo died — Portuguese composer and educator. source 380 years ago
- 1667Jean-Louis Lully was born — French composer. source 359 years ago
- 1761F.L.Æ. Kunzen was born — German-Danish composer and conductor. source 265 years ago
- 1859Julius Klengel was born — German cellist and composer. source 167 years ago
- 1873María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui was born — Cuban pianist and composer. source 153 years ago
- 1885Artur Lemba was born — Estonian pianist, composer, and educator. source 141 years ago
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