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.
- 1661Francesco Gasparini was born — Italian composer and educator. source 365 years ago
- 1697Nicolaus Bruhns died — German organist and composer. source 329 years ago
- 1797Philip Hayes died — English organist and composer. source 229 years ago
- 1809Fredrik Pacius was born — German composer and conductor. source 217 years ago
- 1816Johannes Verhulst was born — Dutch composer and conductor. source 210 years ago
- 1873Max Reger was born — German pianist, composer, and conductor. source 153 years ago
- 1885Attik was born — Greek composer. source 141 years ago
- 1900Charles-Louis Hanon died — French pianist and composer. source 126 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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