Your daily dose of classical music history in an easy to take time capsule. A glance of what was going on in classical music history for each day of the year. Birth and death dates of composers and performers and first performances of famous works. CLASSICalmanac chronicles events in classical music history for every day of the year.

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Classical Almanac.