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.
- 1567Claudio Monteverdi was born — Italian priest and composer. source 459 years ago
- 1609Giovanni Croce died — Italian composer and educator. source 417 years ago
- 1759Maria Theresia von Paradis was born. 267 years ago
- 1808Michael William Balfe was born — Irish composer and conductor. source 218 years ago
- 1813Stephen Heller was born. 213 years ago
- 1827Maria Lindsay was born. 199 years ago
- 1912Arthur Berger was born — American composer and educator. source 114 years ago
- 1914Norrie Paramor was born — English composer, producer, and conductor. source 112 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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