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.
- 1605Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy was born — French writer and composer. source 421 years ago
- 1621Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck died — Dutch organist and composer. source 405 years ago
- 1679Jan Dismas Zelenka was born — Czech viol player and composer. source 347 years ago
- 1729Pierre van Maldere was born — Belgian violinist and composer. source 297 years ago
- 1750Sylvius Leopold Weiss died — German lute player and composer. source 276 years ago
- 1923Bert Kaempfert was born — German conductor and composer. source 103 years ago
- 1946Granville Bantock died. 80 years ago
- 1950Károly Horváth was born — Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer. source 76 years ago
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