The American Musicological Society was formally incorporated on this day in 1934.

June 3, 2019 by Scott Davis

Georges Bizet marries Genevieve Halevy on June 3rd in 1869 (onthisday).

June 3, 2019 by Scott Davis

British conductor Sir Mark Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland on this day in 1947.

June 2, 2019 by Scott Davis

English composer Edward Elgar was born in Lower Broadheath on this day in 1857.

June 2, 2019 by Scott Davis

Mikhail Glinka, the “Father of Russian Music,” was born in Novospasskoye on this day in 1804.

June 1, 2019 by Scott Davis

“Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima,” by Krzysztof Penderecki, was first performed on Warsaw Radio on this day in 1961.

May 31, 2019 by Scott Davis