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.
- 1875Maurice Ravel was born — French pianist, composer, and conductor. source 151 years ago
- 1943Chris White was born — English singer-songwriter and bass player. source 83 years ago
- 1944Townes Van Zandt was born — American singer-songwriter and guitarist. source 82 years ago
- 1945Arthur Lee was born — American singer-songwriter and musician. source 81 years ago
- 1946Matthew Fisher was born — English musician, songwriter, and producer. source 80 years ago
- 1946Peter Wolf was born — American singer-songwriter and musician. source 80 years ago
- 1983Igor Markevitch died — Ukrainian conductor and composer. source 43 years ago
- 2006Gordon Parks died — American photographer, director, and composer. source 20 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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