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.
- 1932Oliver Nelson was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 94 years ago
- 1945Anthony Braxton was born — American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer. source 81 years ago
- 1951Serge Koussevitzky died — Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor. source 75 years ago
- 1954Raphael Ravenscroft was born — English saxophonist and composer. source 72 years ago
- 1971Shoji Meguro was born — Japanese director and composer. source 55 years ago
- 1977Roman Miroshnichenko was born — Ukrainian guitarist and composer. source 49 years ago
- 2004Steve Lacy died — American saxophonist and composer. source 22 years ago
- 2011Andreas P. Nielsen died — Danish author and composer. source 15 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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