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.
- 1696Francesca Cuzzoni was born — Italian operatic soprano. source 330 years ago
- 1888Satie completed the three Gymnopédies. 138 years ago
- 1900Anis Fuleihan was born — Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 126 years ago
- 1928Serge Gainsbourg was born — French singer-songwriter, actor, and director. source 98 years ago
- 1938Booker Little was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 88 years ago
- 1939Marvin Gaye was born — American singer-songwriter. source 87 years ago
- 2002Levi Celerio died — Filipino composer and songwriter. source 24 years ago
- 2021Simon Bainbridge died — British composer. source 5 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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