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.
- 1451Franchinus Gaffurius was born — Italian composer and theorist. source 575 years ago
- 1676Francesco Cavalli died — Italian organist and composer. source 350 years ago
- 1786Michael Arne died — English organist and composer. source 240 years ago
- 1800Ludwig Ritter von Köchel was born — Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher. source 226 years ago
- 1883Napoléon Coste died — French guitarist and composer. source 143 years ago
- 1888Stephen Heller died. 138 years ago
- 1930Kenny Wheeler was born — Canadian-English trumpet player and composer. source 96 years ago
- 1940Trevor Nunn was born — English director and composer. source 86 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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