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.
- 1709Giuseppe Torelli died — Italian violinist and composer. source 317 years ago
- 1741André Grétry was born — Belgian-French organist and composer. source 285 years ago
- 1764Joseph Leopold Eybler was born — Austrian composer and conductor. source 262 years ago
- 1849François Habeneck died — French violinist and conductor. source 177 years ago
- 1932John Williams was born — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 94 years ago
- 1937Joe Raposo was born — American pianist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1977Eivind Groven died — Norwegian composer and theorist. source 49 years ago
- 1994Raymond Scott died — American pianist and composer. 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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