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.
- 1836Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle died — French soldier and composer. source 190 years ago
- 1928Jacob Druckman was born — American composer and academic. source 98 years ago
- 1934Dave Grusin was born — American pianist and composer. source 92 years ago
- 1937Reggie Workman was born — American bassist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1956Clifford Brown died — American trumpet player and composer. source 70 years ago
- 2013Henrik Otto Donner died — Finnish trumpet player and composer. source 13 years ago
- 2014Mary Rodgers died — American composer and author. source 12 years ago
- 2025Lalo Schifrin died — Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 1 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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