Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806) died on January 17, 1826.

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday, 27 January.

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806) died on January 17, 1826.

January 17, 1826

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806) died on January 17, 1826.

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday, 27 January.