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.
- 1639Stefano Landi died — Italian composer and educator. source 387 years ago
- 1693Šimon Brixi was born — Czech composer. source 333 years ago
- 1733Franz Ignaz von Beecke was born — German composer. source 293 years ago
- 1755Joseph Bodin de Boismortier died — French composer. source 271 years ago
- 1768Michel Blavet died — French flute player and composer. source 258 years ago
- 1896Howard Hanson was born — American composer, conductor, and educator. source 130 years ago
- 1914Richard Heuberger died — Austrian composer and critic. source 112 years ago
- 1922Gershon Kingsley was born — German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 104 years ago
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