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.
- 1687Constantijn Huygens died — Dutch poet and composer. source 339 years ago
- 1818Antonio Capuzzi died — Italian violinist and composer. source 208 years ago
- 1881Modest Mussorgsky died — Russian pianist and composer. source 145 years ago
- 1890Paul Whiteman was born — American violinist, composer, and bandleader. source 136 years ago
- 1906Murray Adaskin was born — Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 120 years ago
- 1923Thad Jones was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 103 years ago
- 1930Robert Ashley was born — American composer. source 96 years ago
- 1943Sergei Rachmaninoff died. 83 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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