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.
- 1761Antonín Vranický was born — Czech violinist and composer. source 265 years ago
- 1775Antoni Radziwiłł was born — Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician. source 251 years ago
- 1899Carlos Chávez was born — Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. source 127 years ago
- 1964Christian Wilhelm Berger was born — Romanian organist, composer and educator. source 62 years ago
- 1965Lukas Ligeti was born — Austrian-American drummer and composer. source 61 years ago
- 2005David Diamond died — American pianist and composer. source 21 years ago
- 2012Graeme Bell died — Australian pianist, composer and bandleader. source 14 years ago
- 2012Jože Humer died — Slovenian composer and translator. source 14 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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