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.
- 1612Hans Leo Hassler died. 414 years ago
- 1671Tomaso Albinoni was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 355 years ago
- 1810Robert Schumann was born. 216 years ago
- 1894Erwin Schulhoff was born — Czech composer and pianist. source 132 years ago
- 1899Eugène Lapierre was born — Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator. source 127 years ago
- 1911Edmundo Rivero was born — Argentine singer-songwriter. source 115 years ago
- 1939Bill Watrous was born — American comedian, actress, and television host. source 87 years ago
- 1984Gordon Jacob died — English composer and academic. source 42 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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