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.
- 1652Johann Philipp Förtsch was born — German composer. source 374 years ago
- 1812Emilie Mayer was born. 214 years ago
- 1847Fanny Hensel died. 179 years ago
- 1864Eleanor Everest Freer was born. 162 years ago
- 1885Otto Klemperer was born — German composer and conductor. source 141 years ago
- 1897Sidney Bechet was born — American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer. source 129 years ago
- 1900Walter Rehberg was born — Swiss pianist and composer. source 126 years ago
- 1900Leo Smit was born — Dutch pianist and composer. source 126 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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