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.
- 1775Giovanni Battista Sammartini died — Italian organist and composer. source 251 years ago
- 1795Alexander Griboyedov was born — Russian playwright, composer, and poet. source 231 years ago
- 1864Isaac Nathan died — English-Australian composer and journalist. source 162 years ago
- 1878Johanna Müller-Hermann was born — Austrian composer. source 148 years ago
- 1907Clémence de Grandval died. 119 years ago
- 1909Gene Krupa was born — American drummer, composer, and actor. source 117 years ago
- 1913Miriam Hyde was born — Australian pianist and composer. source 113 years ago
- 1925Ruth Slenczynska was born — American pianist and composer. source 101 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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