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.
- 1832Muzio Clementi died. 194 years ago
- 1844Pablo de Sarasate was born — Spanish violinist and composer. source 182 years ago
- 1892Arthur Honegger was born — French composer and educator. source 134 years ago
- 1903Bix Beiderbecke was born — American cornet player, pianist, and composer. source 123 years ago
- 1910Carl Reinecke died — German pianist, composer, and conductor. source 116 years ago
- 1931Georges Dor was born — Canadian author, playwright, and composer. source 95 years ago
- 1977E. Power Biggs died — English-American organist and composer. source 49 years ago
- 1992Giorgos Zampetas died — Greek bouzouki player and composer. source 34 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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