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.
- 1640Gaspar Sanz was born — Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest. source 386 years ago
- 1676Giuseppe Maria Orlandini was born — Italian composer. source 350 years ago
- 1752Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli was born — Italian composer. source 274 years ago
- 1760Juan Manuel Olivares was born — Venezuelan organist and composer. source 266 years ago
- 1762Stephen Storace was born — English actor and composer. source 264 years ago
- 1785Bettina von Arnim was born — German author, illustrator, and composer. source 241 years ago
- 1905Eugène Bozza was born — French composer and conductor. source 121 years ago
- 1922Elmer Bernstein was born — American composer and conductor. source 104 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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