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.
- 1760Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg was born — German composer and conductor. source 266 years ago
- 1895Benjamin Godard died — French violinist and composer. source 131 years ago
- 1905Kārlis Baumanis died — Latvian composer. source 121 years ago
- 1910Jean Martinon was born — French conductor and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1938Elza Ibrahimova was born — Azerbaijani composer. source 88 years ago
- 1941Frank Bridge died. 85 years ago
- 1978Don Gillis died — American composer and conductor. source 48 years ago
- 2011María Elena Walsh died — Argentine author and composer. source 15 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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