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.
- 1684Francesco Manfredini was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 342 years ago
- 1763Étienne Méhul was born — French pianist and composer (died 1817).. source 263 years ago
- 1872Clara Mathilda Faisst was born. 154 years ago
- 1915Dolf van der Linden was born — Dutch conductor and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1936Hermeto Pascoal was born — Brazilian accordion player and composer. source 90 years ago
- 1937Bernie McGann was born — Australian saxophonist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1974Darius Milhaud died — French composer and educator. source 52 years ago
- 2015James Horner died — American composer and conductor. source 11 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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