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.
- 1459Paul Hofhaimer was born — Austrian organist and composer. source 567 years ago
- 1750Johann Gottfried Vierling was born — German organist and composer. source 276 years ago
- 1868Juventino Rosas was born — Mexican violinist and composer. source 158 years ago
- 1886Wilhelm Furtwängler was born — German conductor and composer. source 140 years ago
- 1913Witold Lutosławski was born — Polish composer and conductor. source 113 years ago
- 1929Benny Golson was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1944Luise Greger died. 82 years ago
- 1996Jonathan Larson died — American playwright and composer. source 30 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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