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.
- 1715Franz Sparry was born — Austrian composer and educator. source 311 years ago
- 1848Ludvig Schytte was born — Danish pianist, composer, and educator. source 178 years ago
- 1868Lucy Booth was born — English composer. source 158 years ago
- 1906Paul Sacher was born — Swiss conductor and philanthropist. source 120 years ago
- 1935Alexander Mackenzie died. 91 years ago
- 1964Noriyuki Iwadare was born — Japanese composer. source 62 years ago
- 2014Dennis Kamakahi died — American guitarist and composer. source 12 years ago
- 2014Idris Sardi died — Indonesian violinist and composer. source 12 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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