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.
- 1845Leopold Auer was born — Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 181 years ago
- 1863Franz Gruber died. 163 years ago
- 1896Pavlos Carrer died — Greek composer. source 130 years ago
- 1897George Szell was born — Hungarian-American conductor and composer. source 129 years ago
- 1900Glen Gray was born — American saxophonist and bandleader. source 126 years ago
- 1902Georges Van Parys was born — French composer. source 124 years ago
- 1912Jacques Hélian was born — French bandleader. source 114 years ago
- 1928Charles Strouse was born — American composer. source 98 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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