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.
- 1714C. P. E. Bach was born. 312 years ago
- 1821Harriett Abrams died. 205 years ago
- 1869Hector Berlioz died — French composer, conductor, and critic. source 157 years ago
- 1911Alan Hovhaness was born — Armenian-American pianist and composer. source 115 years ago
- 1935George Coleman was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 91 years ago
- 1944Mathilde Kralik died. 82 years ago
- 1957Billy Childs was born — American pianist and composer. source 69 years ago
- 1957Othmar Schoeck died — Swiss composer and conductor. source 69 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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