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.
- 1881Henri Vieuxtemps died — Belgian violinist and composer. source 145 years ago
- 1890Ted Lewis was born — American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader. source 136 years ago
- 1902Jimmie Lunceford was born — American saxophonist and bandleader. source 124 years ago
- 1903Aram Khachaturian was born — Armenian composer and conductor. source 123 years ago
- 1915Vincent Persichetti was born — American pianist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1926Klaus Tennstedt was born — German conductor. source 100 years ago
- 1935Grant Green was born — American jazz guitarist and composer. source 91 years ago
- 1939Louis Andriessen was born — Dutch pianist and composer. source 87 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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