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.
- 1683Christoph Graupner was born — German harpsichord player and composer. source 343 years ago
- 1838Ferdinand Ries died — German pianist and composer. source 188 years ago
- 1848Richard Eilenberg was born. 178 years ago
- 1864Stephen Foster died. 162 years ago
- 1866Vasily Kalinnikov was born — Russian bassoon player and composer. source 160 years ago
- 1904Richard Addinsell was born — English composer. source 122 years ago
- 1904Nathan Milstein was born — Ukrainian-American violinist and composer. source 122 years ago
- 1926Melba Liston was born — American trombonist and composer. source 100 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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