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.
- 1580Richard Farrant died — English playwright and composer. source 446 years ago
- 1623Thomas Weelkes died — English organist and composer. source 403 years ago
- 1645Andreas Werckmeister was born — German organist, composer, and theorist. source 381 years ago
- 1703Nicolas de Grigny died — French organist and composer. source 323 years ago
- 1748Joachim Albertini was born — Italian-Polish composer. source 278 years ago
- 1764Franz Xaver Gerl was born — Austrian singer and composer. source 262 years ago
- 1796Carl Loewe was born — German singer, composer, and conductor. source 230 years ago
- 1813Charles-Valentin Alkan was born — French pianist and composer. source 213 years ago
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