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.
- 1737Josef Mysliveček was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 289 years ago
- 1847Martin Pierre Marsick was born — Belgian violinist, composer, and educator. source 179 years ago
- 1910Samuel Barber was born — American pianist and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1930Ornette Coleman was born — American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer. source 96 years ago
- 1933Lloyd Price was born — American R&B singer-songwriter. source 93 years ago
- 1999Harry Somers died — Canadian pianist and composer. source 27 years ago
- 2000Jean Coulthard died — Canadian composer and educator. source 26 years ago
- 2004John Mayer died — Indian composer. source 22 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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