“Messiah,” by George Frideric Handel, was premiered in London at the Covent Garden Theatre on this day in 1743.

March 23, 2019 by Scott Davis

English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in London on this day in 1948.

March 22, 2019 by Scott Davis

German composer and musician J. S. Bach was born on this day in 1685 in Eisenach.

March 21, 2019 by Scott Davis

Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on this day in 1839.

March 21, 2019 by Scott Davis

German composer Hermann Finck was born in Pirna, Germany, on this day in 1527.

March 21, 2019 by Scott Davis

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on this day in 1873.

March 20, 2019 by Scott Davis