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.
- 1701François Rebel was born — French violinist and composer. source 325 years ago
- 1747Alessandro Marcello died — Italian composer and educator. source 279 years ago
- 1762Johann Ernst Eberlin died — German organist and composer. source 264 years ago
- 1854Alfredo Catalani was born — Italian composer and academic. source 172 years ago
- 1902Guy Lombardo was born — Canadian-American violinist and bandleader. source 124 years ago
- 1912Virginia MacWatters was born — American soprano and actress. source 114 years ago
- 1940Maurice Jaubert died — French composer and conductor. source 86 years ago
- 1944Chico Buarque was born — Brazilian singer, composer, writer and poet. source 82 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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