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.
- 1609Michael Franck was born — German poet and composer of hymns. source 417 years ago
- 1621Georg Neumark was born — German poet and composer of hymns. source 405 years ago
- 1736Giovanni Battista Pergolesi died — Italian composer. source 290 years ago
- 1823William Henry Monk was born — English organist and composer. source 203 years ago
- 1881Fannie Charles Dillon was born — American composer. source 145 years ago
- 1885Giacomo Benvenuti was born — Italian composer and musicologist. source 141 years ago
- 1920John Addison was born — English-American soldier and composer. source 106 years ago
- 1930Tommy Flanagan was born — American pianist and composer. source 96 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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