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.
- 1811Franz Liszt was born. 215 years ago
- 1832August Labitzky was born — Czech composer and conductor. source 194 years ago
- 1859Louis Spohr died — German violinist and composer. source 167 years ago
- 1865Borghild Holmsen was born — Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic. source 161 years ago
- 1905Joseph Kosma was born — Hungarian-French pianist and composer. source 121 years ago
- 1906Kees van Baaren was born — Dutch composer and educator. source 120 years ago
- 1928Clare Fischer was born — American pianist, composer and arranger. source 98 years ago
- 1937Manos Loïzos was born — Egyptian-Greek composer. source 89 years ago
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