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.
- 1758Benedikt Schack was born — Czech tenor and composer. source 268 years ago
- 1779William Boyce died — English organist and composer. source 247 years ago
- 1825Virginia Gabriel was born. 201 years ago
- 1871Wilhelm Stenhammar was born — Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor. source 155 years ago
- 1875Erkki Melartin was born — Finnish composer. source 151 years ago
- 1887Eubie Blake was born — American pianist and composer. source 139 years ago
- 1893Nicanor Abelardo was born — Filipino pianist, composer and teacher. source 133 years ago
- 1994Witold Lutosławski died — Polish composer and conductor. source 32 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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