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.
- 1662Henry Lawes died — English composer. source 364 years ago
- 1775Giuseppe Baini was born — Italian priest, composer, and critic. source 251 years ago
- 1835Muthuswami Dikshitar died — Indian poet and composer. source 191 years ago
- 1917Dizzy Gillespie was born — American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader. source 109 years ago
- 1921Malcolm Arnold was born — English composer. source 105 years ago
- 1921Jim Shumate was born — American fiddler and composer. source 105 years ago
- 1943Ron Elliott was born — American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer. source 83 years ago
- 1953Marc Johnson was born — American bassist, composer, and bandleader. source 73 years ago
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