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.
- 1713Arcangelo Corelli died — Italian violinist and composer. source 313 years ago
- 1792Lowell Mason was born — American composer and educator. source 234 years ago
- 1812Sigismond Thalberg was born. 214 years ago
- 1824Francisco González Bocanegra was born — Mexican poet and composer. source 202 years ago
- 1830Hans von Bülow was born — German pianist and composer. source 196 years ago
- 1896Jaromír Weinberger was born — Czech-American composer and academic. source 130 years ago
- 1924Benjamin Lees was born — Chinese-American soldier and composer. source 102 years ago
- 1998Michael Tippett died — English composer and conductor. source 28 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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