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.

February 29

  • 1592Alessandro Striggio died — Italian composer and diplomat (born 1536/1537). source 434 years ago
  • 1792Gioachino Rossini was born — Italian composer. source 234 years ago
  • 1904Jimmy Dorsey was born — American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. source 122 years ago
  • 1932Reri Grist was born — American soprano and actress. source 94 years ago
  • 1960Khaled was born — Algerian singer-songwriter. source 66 years ago
  • 1964Mervyn Warren was born — American tenor, composer and producer. source 62 years ago
  • 1968Gareth Farr was born — New Zealand composer and percussionist. source 58 years ago
  • 1984Lena Raine was born — American video game composer and producer. source 42 years ago

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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