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.
- 1304Jehan de Lescurel died — French poet and composer. source 722 years ago
- 1586Paul Siefert was born — German composer and organist. source 440 years ago
- 1591John Blitheman died — English organist and composer. source 435 years ago
- 1741Andrea Luchesi was born — Italian organist and composer. source 285 years ago
- 1794Ignaz Moscheles was born — Czech pianist and composer. source 232 years ago
- 1837Józef Wieniawski was born — Polish pianist and composer. source 189 years ago
- 1910Artie Shaw was born — American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader. source 116 years ago
- 1912Jean Françaix was born — French pianist and composer. source 114 years ago
No entries for this date yet — the calendar fills in as the library grows. Try another day.
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.
Advertisement
Ad space — 970×250 · paste your AdSense unit here