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.
- 1687Johann Adam Birkenstock was born — German violinist and composer. source 339 years ago
- 1690Francesco Maria Veracini was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 336 years ago
- 1701Johan Agrell was born — Swedish-German pianist and composer. source 325 years ago
- 1743Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni died — Italian organist and composer. source 283 years ago
- 1824Maria Theresia von Paradis died. 202 years ago
- 1836Emil Hartmann was born — Danish organist and composer. source 190 years ago
- 1859Victor Herbert was born — Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor. source 167 years ago
- 1902Salomon Jadassohn died. 124 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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