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.
- 1758François d'Agincourt died — French organist and composer. source 268 years ago
- 1856Henry Rowley Bishop died. 170 years ago
- 1870Franz Lehár was born — Hungarian composer. source 156 years ago
- 1883Luigi Russolo was born — Italian painter and composer. source 143 years ago
- 1910Levi Celerio was born — Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1926Shrinivas Khale was born — Indian composer. source 100 years ago
- 1967Philipp Kirkorov was born — Bulgarian-born Russian singer, composer and actor. source 59 years ago
- 2017Belchior died — Brazilian singer and composer. source 9 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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