On This Day

October 1802 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Oct 7 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German violinist and composer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1869)

Deaths in Music

  • Oct 22 Samuel Arnold, English composer, dies at 62
  • Oct 29 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer, dies at 95

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