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.
- 1558Hermann Finck died — German organist and composer. source 468 years ago
- 1651Johann Krieger was born — German organist and composer. source 375 years ago
- 1736Antonio Caldara died — Italian composer. source 290 years ago
- 1842Calixa Lavallée was born — Canadian-American lieutenant and composer. source 184 years ago
- 1848Samuel A. Ward was born. 178 years ago
- 1916Eduard Strauss died — Austrian violinist and composer. source 110 years ago
- 1928Moe Koffman was born — Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer. source 98 years ago
- 1946Carrie Jacobs-Bond died. 80 years ago
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