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.
- 1585Thomas Tallis died — English composer (born c.1505). source 441 years ago
- 1687Jean Baptiste Senaillé was born — French violinist and composer. source 339 years ago
- 1804Ivan Mane Jarnović died — Italian violinist and composer. source 222 years ago
- 1876Manuel de Falla was born — Spanish pianist and composer. source 150 years ago
- 1925Johnny Mandel was born — American composer and conductor. source 101 years ago
- 1928Jerry Bock was born — American composer. source 98 years ago
- 1933Krzysztof Penderecki was born — Polish composer and conductor. source 93 years ago
- 1953Johan de Meij was born — Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor. source 73 years ago
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