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.
- 1703Johann Gottlieb Graun was born — German violinist and composer. source 323 years ago
- 1782Niccolò Paganini was born. 244 years ago
- 1927Dominick Argento was born — American composer and educator. source 99 years ago
- 1940Julius Eastman was born — American composer. source 86 years ago
- 1945Arild Andersen was born — Norwegian bassist and composer. source 81 years ago
- 1958David Hazeltine was born — American pianist and composer. source 68 years ago
- 1958Felix Wurman was born — American cellist and composer. source 68 years ago
- 1969Marek Napiórkowski was born — Polish jazz guitarist and composer. source 57 years ago
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