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.
- 1745Carl Stamitz was born — German violinist and composer. source 281 years ago
- 1828Mauro Giuliani died — Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer. source 198 years ago
- 1829Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born. 197 years ago
- 1846Oscar Hammerstein I was born — American businessman and composer. source 180 years ago
- 1858Heinrich Berté was born — Slovak-Austrian composer. source 168 years ago
- 1905Red Nichols was born — American cornet player, composer, and bandleader. source 121 years ago
- 1910Mary Lou Williams was born — American pianist and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1945Keith Jarrett was born — American pianist and composer. source 81 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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