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.
- 1683Jean-Joseph Mouret was born — French composer and conductor. source 343 years ago
- 1715John Alcock was born — English organist and composer. source 311 years ago
- 1861Francisco González Bocanegra died — Mexican poet and composer. source 165 years ago
- 1916Alberto Ginastera was born — Argentinian pianist and composer. source 110 years ago
- 1926Victor Bouchard was born — Canadian pianist and composer. source 100 years ago
- 1928Tommy Tycho was born — Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 98 years ago
- 1947Frank Mantooth was born — American pianist and composer. source 79 years ago
- 1954Francis Lickerish was born — English guitarist and composer. source 72 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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