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.
- 1728Niccolò Piccinni was born — Italian composer and educator. source 298 years ago
- 1872Henri Büsser was born — French organist, composer, and conductor. source 154 years ago
- 1886Amilcare Ponchielli died — Italian composer and academic. source 140 years ago
- 1891Léo Delibes died — French pianist and composer. source 135 years ago
- 1905Ernesto Halffter was born — Spanish composer and conductor. source 121 years ago
- 1943Gavin Bryars was born — English bassist and composer. source 83 years ago
- 1943Brian Ferneyhough was born — British composer. source 83 years ago
- 1948John Carpenter was born — American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. source 78 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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