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.
- 1663Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow was born — German organist and composer. source 363 years ago
- 1719Leopold Mozart was born — Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 307 years ago
- 1778Johann Nepomuk Hummel was born — Austrian pianist and composer. source 248 years ago
- 1805Fanny Hensel was born. 221 years ago
- 1831Ignaz Pleyel died — Austrian-French composer and piano builder. source 195 years ago
- 1900Aaron Copland was born — American composer, conductor, and educator. source 126 years ago
- 1927Narciso Yepes was born — Spanish guitarist and composer. source 99 years ago
- 1932Charles Hylton Stewart died — English organist and composer. source 94 years ago
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