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.
- 1551Giulio Caccini was born — Italian composer. source 475 years ago
- 1585Heinrich Schütz was born — German organist and composer. source 441 years ago
- 1772Jean-Joseph de Mondonville died — French violinist and composer. source 254 years ago
- 1834Walter Kittredge was born — American violinist and composer. source 192 years ago
- 1834François-Adrien Boieldieu died — French composer. source 192 years ago
- 1845Salomon Kalischer was born — German pianist, composer, and physicist. source 181 years ago
- 1848Pierre De Geyter was born — Belgian composer. source 178 years ago
- 1870Louis Vierne was born — French organist and composer. source 156 years ago
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