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.

January 18

  • 1751Ferdinand Kauer was born — Austrian pianist and composer. source 275 years ago
  • 1835César Cui was born — Russian general, composer, and critic. source 191 years ago
  • 1841Emmanuel Chabrier was born. 185 years ago
  • 1903Berthold Goldschmidt was born — German pianist and composer. source 123 years ago
  • 1904Anthony Galla-Rini was born — American accordion player and composer. source 122 years ago
  • 1913Giannis Papaioannou was born — Greek composer. source 113 years ago
  • 1943Dave Greenslade was born — English keyboard player and composer. source 83 years ago
  • 1944Kei Ogura was born — Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. source 82 years ago

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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