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.
- 1587Stefano Landi was born — Italian composer and educator. source 439 years ago
- 1630William Brade died — English violinist and composer. source 396 years ago
- 1677Nicola Fago was born — Italian composer and teacher. source 349 years ago
- 1770Anton Reicha was born — Bohemian composer and flautist. source 256 years ago
- 1770Giuseppe Tartini died — Italian violinist and composer. source 256 years ago
- 1879Frank Bridge was born. 147 years ago
- 1889Karl Davydov died — Russian cellist and composer. source 137 years ago
- 1913Felix Draeseke died — German composer and academic. source 113 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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