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.
- 1568Jacques Arcadelt died — Dutch singer and composer. source 458 years ago
- 1669Antonio Cesti died — Italian organist and composer. source 357 years ago
- 1871Alexander von Zemlinsky was born — Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher. source 155 years ago
- 1929Henri Berger died — German composer and bandleader. source 97 years ago
- 1953Kazumi Watanabe was born — Japanese guitarist and composer. source 73 years ago
- 1965Constantine Koukias was born — Greek-Australian flute player and composer. source 61 years ago
- 1990Leonard Bernstein died — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 36 years ago
- 2002Norbert Schultze died — German composer and conductor. source 24 years ago
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