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.
- 1474Guillaume Du Fay died — French composer and music theorist. source 552 years ago
- 1759Franz Krommer was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 267 years ago
- 1804Julius Benedict was born — German-English conductor and composer. source 222 years ago
- 1867Charles Koechlin was born — French composer and educator. source 159 years ago
- 1881Theobald Boehm died — German flute player and composer. source 145 years ago
- 1953Lyle Mays was born — American keyboardist and composer. source 73 years ago
- 1953Richard Stone was born — American composer. source 73 years ago
- 1955Arthur Honegger died — French-Swiss composer and academic. source 71 years ago
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