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.
- 1653Arcangelo Corelli was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 373 years ago
- 1732Louis Marchand died — French organist and composer. source 294 years ago
- 1820Henri Vieuxtemps was born — Belgian violinist and composer. source 206 years ago
- 1841Ferdinando Carulli died — Italian guitarist and composer. source 185 years ago
- 1862Edward German was born. 164 years ago
- 1887Leevi Madetoja was born — Finnish composer and critic. source 139 years ago
- 1924Oskar Merikanto died — Finnish composer. source 102 years ago
- 1925Ron Goodwin was born — English composer and conductor. source 101 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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