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.
- 1453John Dunstaple died — English composer. source 573 years ago
- 1625Johann Rudolph Ahle was born — German organist, composer, and theorist. source 401 years ago
- 1679Domenico Sarro was born — Italian composer and educator. source 347 years ago
- 1726Johann Hartmann was born — Danish composer. source 300 years ago
- 1818Franz Gruber composed the music to “Silent Night”. 208 years ago
- 1879Anna Bochkoltz died — German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer. source 147 years ago
- 1881Charles Wakefield Cadman was born — American composer and critic. source 145 years ago
- 1893Harry Warren was born — American pianist and composer. source 133 years ago
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