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.
- 1756Joseph Martin Kraus was born — German-Swedish composer and educator. source 270 years ago
- 1787Carl Friedrich Abel died — German viol player and composer. source 239 years ago
- 1819Jacques Offenbach was born — German-French cellist and composer. source 207 years ago
- 1869Joseph Ascher died. 157 years ago
- 1891Giannina Arangi-Lombardi was born — Italian soprano. source 135 years ago
- 1896Wilfrid Pelletier was born — Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 130 years ago
- 1928Eric Dolphy was born — American saxophonist, flute player, and composer. source 98 years ago
- 1969Bishnu Prasad Rabha died — Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician. source 57 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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