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.
- 1685George Frideric Handel was born — German-English organist and composer. source 341 years ago
- 1704Georg Muffat died — French organist and composer. source 322 years ago
- 1867Amy Elsie Horrocks was born. 159 years ago
- 1897Woldemar Bargiel died — German composer and educator. source 129 years ago
- 1934Edward Elgar died. 92 years ago
- 1944Florian Fricke was born — German keyboard player and composer. source 82 years ago
- 1950John Greaves was born — Welsh bass guitarist and composer. source 76 years ago
- 1974Harry Ruby died — American composer and screenwriter. source 52 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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