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.
- 1545John Taverner died — English organist and composer. source 481 years ago
- 1553Luca Marenzio was born — Italian composer. source 473 years ago
- 1706Baldassare Galuppi was born — Italian harpsichord player and composer. source 320 years ago
- 1817Etienne Nicolas Méhul died — French pianist and composer. source 209 years ago
- 1893Charles Gounod died. 133 years ago
- 1928Maurice El Mediouni was born — Algerian pianist and composer. source 98 years ago
- 1946Howard Shore was born — Canadian composer, conductor, and producer. source 80 years ago
- 1961Wynton Marsalis was born — American trumpet player, composer, and educator. source 65 years ago
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