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.
- 1685G. F. Handel was born. 341 years ago
- 1748William Shield was born — English violinist and composer. source 278 years ago
- 1751Jan Křtitel Kuchař was born — Czech organist, composer, and educator. source 275 years ago
- 1774Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse was born — Danish organist and composer. source 252 years ago
- 1778Thomas Arne died — English composer and educator. source 248 years ago
- 1887Heitor Villa-Lobos was born — Brazilian guitarist and composer. source 139 years ago
- 1922Florence Ashton Marshall died. 104 years ago
- 1947Alfredo Casella died — Italian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 79 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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