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.
- 1818Charles Gounod was born. 208 years ago
- 1882Igor Stravinsky was born — Russian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 144 years ago
- 1902Sammy Fain was born — American pianist and composer. source 124 years ago
- 1927Martin Böttcher was born — German composer and conductor. source 99 years ago
- 1941Johan Wagenaar died — Dutch organist and composer. source 85 years ago
- 1947George S. Clinton was born — American composer and songwriter. source 79 years ago
- 1957Uģis Prauliņš was born — Latvian composer. source 69 years ago
- 1967Eric Stefani was born — American keyboard player and composer. source 59 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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