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.
- 1584Michael Altenburg was born — German theologian and composer. source 442 years ago
- 1690Giovanni Legrenzi died — Italian organist and composer. source 336 years ago
- 1840Niccolò Paganini died. 186 years ago
- 1884Max Brod was born — Czech journalist, author, and composer. source 142 years ago
- 1888Louis Durey was born — French composer. source 138 years ago
- 1891Claude Champagne was born — Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer. source 135 years ago
- 1928Thea Musgrave was born — Scottish-American composer and educator. source 98 years ago
- 1930Eino Tamberg was born — Estonian composer and educator. source 96 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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