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.
- 1682Valentin Rathgeber was born — German organist and composer. source 344 years ago
- 1868Franz Berwald died — Swedish composer and surgeon. source 158 years ago
- 1889Grigoraș Dinicu was born — Romanian violinist and composer. source 137 years ago
- 1895Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born — Italian-American composer and educator. source 131 years ago
- 1895Zez Confrey was born — American pianist and composer. source 131 years ago
- 1897Johannes Brahms died. 129 years ago
- 1898Maria Lindsay died. 128 years ago
- 1901Richard D'Oyly Carte died — English composer and talent agent. source 125 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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