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.
- 1696Johann Melchior Molter was born — German violinist and composer. source 330 years ago
- 1841Walter Parratt was born. 185 years ago
- 1908Jean Coulthard was born — Canadian composer and educator. source 118 years ago
- 1914Larry Adler was born — American harmonica player, composer, and actor. source 112 years ago
- 1929Jerry Goldsmith was born — American composer and conductor. source 97 years ago
- 1933Faramarz Payvar was born — Iranian musician and composer. source 93 years ago
- 1935Theodore Antoniou was born — Greek composer and conductor. source 91 years ago
- 1944Rufus Reid was born — American bassist and composer. source 82 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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