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 7

  • 1713Nicola Sala was born — Italian composer and theorist. source 313 years ago
  • 1763Domenico Dragonetti was born — Italian bassist and composer. source 263 years ago
  • 1767Franz Sparry died — Austrian composer and director. source 259 years ago
  • 1833Antoni Radziwiłł died — Lithuanian composer and politician. source 193 years ago
  • 1858Anton Diabelli died — Austrian composer and publisher. source 168 years ago
  • 1899Robert Casadesus was born — French pianist and composer. source 127 years ago
  • 1908Percy Faith was born — Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader. source 118 years ago
  • 1914Ralph Flanagan was born — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 112 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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