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.
- 1659Antonio Veracini was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 367 years ago
- 1712John Stanley was born — English organist and composer. source 314 years ago
- 1728Johann Gottfried Müthel was born — German pianist and composer. source 298 years ago
- 1734François-Joseph Gossec was born — French composer and conductor. source 292 years ago
- 1738Jean-François Dandrieu died. 288 years ago
- 1751Tomaso Albinoni died — Italian violinist and composer. source 275 years ago
- 1826Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga died — Spanish-French composer. source 200 years ago
- 1828Ede Reményi was born — Hungarian violinist and composer. source 198 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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