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.
- 1483Hans Buchner was born — German Renaissance composer. source 543 years ago
- 1564Hans Leo Hassler was born — German organist and composer. source 462 years ago
- 1685Domenico Scarlatti was born. 341 years ago
- 1694Johan Helmich Roman was born — Swedish composer and academic. source 332 years ago
- 1747Ivan Mane Jarnović was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 279 years ago
- 1795Nikolaos Mantzaros was born — Greek composer and theorist. source 231 years ago
- 1874Peter Cornelius died. 152 years ago
- 1913Charlie Barnet was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 113 years ago
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