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.
- 1693Gregor Werner was born — Austrian composer. source 333 years ago
- 1861Julián Felipe was born — Filipino composer and educator. source 165 years ago
- 1875Julián Carrillo was born — Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor. source 151 years ago
- 1878Walter Kollo was born — German composer and conductor. source 148 years ago
- 1896Joseph Barnby died. 130 years ago
- 1903Augusta Mary Anne Holmès died. 123 years ago
- 1908Paul Misraki was born — Turkish-French composer and historian. source 118 years ago
- 1932Poldowski died. 94 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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