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.
- 1759François Devienne was born — French flute player and composer. source 267 years ago
- 1797Franz Schubert was born. 229 years ago
- 1798Christine Genast was born — German actress, singer and pianist. source 228 years ago
- 1894Isham Jones was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 132 years ago
- 1927Norm Prescott was born — American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios. source 99 years ago
- 1930Al De Lory was born — American composer, conductor, and producer. source 96 years ago
- 1937Philip Glass was born — American composer. source 89 years ago
- 1976Evert Taube died — Swedish author and composer. source 50 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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