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.

June 16

  • 1804Johann Adam Hiller died — German composer and conductor. source 222 years ago
  • 1838Frederic Archer was born — English organist, composer, and conductor. source 188 years ago
  • 1899Helen Traubel was born — American operatic soprano. source 127 years ago
  • 1914Eleanor Sokoloff was born — American pianist and teacher. source 112 years ago
  • 1939Billy "Crash" Craddock was born — American singer-songwriter. source 87 years ago
  • 1946Tom Harrell was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 80 years ago
  • 1947Tom Malone was born — American trombonist, composer, and producer. source 79 years ago
  • 1986Maurice Duruflé died — French organist and composer. source 40 years ago

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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