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.
- 1636Esaias Reusner was born — German lute player and composer. source 390 years ago
- 1842Carl Millöcker was born — Austrian composer and conductor. source 184 years ago
- 1847Joachim Andersen was born — Danish flautist, composer and conductor. source 179 years ago
- 1895Malcolm Sargent was born — English organist, composer and conductor. source 131 years ago
- 1899Duke Ellington was born — American pianist, composer and bandleader. source 127 years ago
- 1905Ignacio Cervantes died — Cuban pianist and composer. source 121 years ago
- 1917Florence Farr died — British actress, composer and director. source 109 years ago
- 1920Harold Shapero was born — American composer. source 106 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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