Composer and music theorist Martin Agricola – first to set Martin Luther's chorale "Ein feste Burg" in four parts – was born in Poland on this day in 1486.

January 6, 2019 by Scott Davis

Princess Ida, Gilbert and Sullivan's eighth comic opera collaboration was premiered in London on this day in 1884.

January 5, 2019 by Scott Davis

Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" was premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Cassiano on this day in 1649.

January 5, 2019 by Scott Davis

Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born on this day in 1710.

January 4, 2019 by Scott Davis

"Don Pasquale," Gaetano Donizetti's opera buffa, was premiered at Paris's Théâtre-Italien on this day in 1843.

January 3, 2019 by Scott Davis

German composer and conductor Friedrich Schneider was born on this day in 1786.

January 3, 2019 by Scott Davis