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.
- 1603Philippe de Monte died — Flemish composer and educator. source 423 years ago
- 1623William Byrd died — English composer (born c. 1540). source 403 years ago
- 1694Louis-Claude Daquin was born — French organist and composer. source 332 years ago
- 1826Stephen Foster was born. 200 years ago
- 1878Ellen Dickson died. 148 years ago
- 1882Joseph Brackett died — American composer and author. source 144 years ago
- 1895Irving Caesar was born — American songwriter and composer. source 131 years ago
- 1921Gabrielle Ferrari died. 105 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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