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.
- 1599Cristofano Malvezzi died — Italian organist and composer. source 427 years ago
- 1815Ferdinand Praeger was born. 211 years ago
- 1886John J. Becker was born — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 140 years ago
- 1914Dimitris Dragatakis was born — Greek violinist and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1916Henri Dutilleux was born — French pianist, composer, and educator. source 110 years ago
- 1924J. J. Johnson was born — American trombonist and composer. source 102 years ago
- 1929Petr Eben was born — Czech composer, organist and choirmaster. source 97 years ago
- 1964Marc Blitzstein died — American pianist and composer. source 62 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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