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.
- 1762Samuel Adams Holyoke was born — American composer and educator. source 264 years ago
- 1775Bernhard Crusell was born — Finnish composer. source 251 years ago
- 1818Alexander Dreyschock was born — Czech pianist and composer. source 208 years ago
- 1844Friedrich Nietzsche was born — German composer, poet, and philosopher. source 182 years ago
- 1900Zdeněk Fibich died — Czech pianist and composer. source 126 years ago
- 1932Jaan Rääts was born — Estonian guitarist and composer. source 94 years ago
- 1946Palle Danielsson was born — Swedish bassist and composer. source 80 years ago
- 1955Fumio Hayasaka died — Japanese composer. source 71 years ago
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