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.
- 1585Hernando Franco died — Spanish composer. source 441 years ago
- 1632Jean-Baptiste Lully was born — Italian-French composer and manager. source 394 years ago
- 1695Giovanni Paolo Colonna died — Italian organist, composer, and educator. source 331 years ago
- 1793Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born — Swedish poet, composer, and critic. source 233 years ago
- 1815Johann Peter Salomon died — German violinist, composer, and conductor. source 211 years ago
- 1829Anton Rubinstein was born. 197 years ago
- 1925Gigi Gryce was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 101 years ago
- 1932Gato Barbieri was born — Argentinian saxophonist and composer. source 94 years ago
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