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.
- 1534Giovanni de' Bardi was born — Italian soldier, composer, and critic. source 492 years ago
- 1594Biagio Marini was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 432 years ago
- 1748Christian Gottlob Neefe was born — German composer and conductor. source 278 years ago
- 1810Ole Bull was born — Norwegian violinist and composer. source 216 years ago
- 1909Grażyna Bacewicz was born — Polish violinist and composer. source 117 years ago
- 1927Robert Allen was born — American pianist and composer. source 99 years ago
- 1929Luc Ferrari was born — French pianist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1952Adela Verne died — English pianist and composer. source 74 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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