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.
- 1749Jean-Frédéric Edelmann was born — French pianist and composer. source 277 years ago
- 1869Hans Pfitzner was born — German composer and conductor. source 157 years ago
- 1937Delia Derbyshire was born — English musician, arranger and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1942Tammy Wynette was born — American singer-songwriter and guitarist. source 84 years ago
- 1948Bill Ward was born — English drummer and songwriter. source 78 years ago
- 1955Jon Butcher was born — American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer. source 71 years ago
- 1965Nikos Gounaris died — Greek tenor and composer. source 61 years ago
- 2006Naushad Ali died — Indian composer and producer. source 20 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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