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.
- 1518Pierre de la Rue died — Belgian singer and composer. source 508 years ago
- 1758Johan Helmich Roman died — Swedish violinist and composer. source 268 years ago
- 1834Franjo Kuhač was born — Croatian conductor and composer. source 192 years ago
- 1873Georges Caussade was born — French composer. source 153 years ago
- 1873Daniel Gregory Mason was born — American composer and music critic. source 153 years ago
- 1894Anton Rubinstein died. 132 years ago
- 1908Albert Dietrich died — German composer and conductor. source 118 years ago
- 1929Raymond Lefèvre was born — French composer. source 97 years ago
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