A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Death icon
July 20, 1752: Johann Christoph Pepusch dies in London, aged 85 years.
back to top
Today in Music and History: November 23
1889: Two inventors, Louis Glass and William Arnold, install a coin-operated cylinder phonograph in the Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco. It is, essentially, the first jukebox and proves to be very popular.
©2019 Music and History