Music history, daily
On This Day in Music
Composers born, composers lost, and pieces that met the world for the first time — and every name here is playable in the library.
- 1486Martin Agricola was born — German composer and theorist. source 540 years ago
- 1695Giuseppe Sammartini was born — Italian oboe player and composer. source 331 years ago
- 1702José de Nebra was born — Spanish composer. source 324 years ago
- 1803Henri Herz was born. 223 years ago
- 1831Rodolphe Kreutzer died — French violinist, composer, and conductor. source 195 years ago
- 1838Max Bruch was born — German composer and conductor. source 188 years ago
- 1856Giuseppe Martucci was born — Italian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 170 years ago
- 1872Alexander Scriabin was born. 154 years ago
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Every entry is drawn from our source-cited composer biographies and piece notes — dates come from published references, not from memory. Browse any composer to read the full biography, or the library to play their music.
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