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.
- 1741Henri-Joseph Rigel was born — German-French composer. source 285 years ago
- 1864Miina Härma was born — Estonian organist, composer, and conductor. source 162 years ago
- 1885Alban Berg was born — Austrian composer and educator. source 141 years ago
- 1951David Pomeranz was born — American singer, musician, and composer. source 75 years ago
- 1960Ernő Dohnányi died — Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 66 years ago
- 1976Percy Faith died — Canadian composer and conductor. source 50 years ago
- 2009Orlando "Cachaíto" López died — Cuban bassist and composer. source 17 years ago
- 2018Jóhann Jóhannsson died — Icelandic composer. source 8 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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