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.

April 5

  • 1595John Wilson was born — English composer and educator. source 431 years ago
  • 1617Alonso Lobo died — Spanish composer. source 409 years ago
  • 1727Pasquale Anfossi was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 299 years ago
  • 1784Louis Spohr was born — German violinist, composer, and conductor. source 242 years ago
  • 1852Franz Eckert was born — German composer and musician. source 174 years ago
  • 1869Albert Roussel was born — French composer. source 157 years ago
  • 1885Dimitrie Cuclin was born — Romanian composer. source 141 years ago
  • 1912Carlos Guastavino was born — Argentine composer. source 114 years ago

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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