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.
- 1642Johann Friedrich Alberti was born — German organist and composer. source 384 years ago
- 1791William Williams Pantycelyn died — Welsh composer and poet. source 235 years ago
- 1801Domenico Cimarosa died — Italian composer and educator. source 225 years ago
- 1856Christian Sinding was born — Norwegian pianist and composer. source 170 years ago
- 1875Reinhold Glière was born — Russian composer and academic. source 151 years ago
- 1902Maurice Duruflé was born — French organist and composer. source 124 years ago
- 1929Elfrida Andrée died — Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. source 97 years ago
- 1931Mary Rodgers was born — American composer and author. source 95 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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