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.
- 1676John Weldon was born — English organist and composer. source 350 years ago
- 1737Giuseppe Millico was born — Italian soprano, composer, and educator. source 289 years ago
- 1832Ferdinand Laub was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 194 years ago
- 1833Ferdinand Hérold died — French pianist and composer. source 193 years ago
- 1903Boris Blacher was born — German composer and playwright. source 123 years ago
- 1915Ernest de Munck died — Belgian cellist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1990Alberto Semprini died — English pianist, composer, and conductor. source 36 years ago
- 2013Frank Pooler died — American conductor and composer. source 13 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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