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.
- 1657Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni was born — Italian organist and composer. source 369 years ago
- 1823Jean-Baptiste Bréval died — French cellist and composer. source 203 years ago
- 1844N. Rimsky-Korsakov was born. 182 years ago
- 1882Gian Francesco Malipiero was born — Italian composer and educator. source 144 years ago
- 1908Loulou Gasté was born — French composer. source 118 years ago
- 1927John Kander was born — American pianist and composer. source 99 years ago
- 1937Mel Bonis died. 89 years ago
- 1951Bill Frisell was born — American guitarist and composer. source 75 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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