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.
- 1480Antonio Squarcialupi died — Italian composer. source 546 years ago
- 1580Johann Stobäus was born — German lute player and composer. source 446 years ago
- 1623Jacopo Melani was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 403 years ago
- 1678Nicola Francesco Haym was born — Italian cellist and composer. source 348 years ago
- 1865Émile Jaques-Dalcroze was born — Swiss composer and educator. source 161 years ago
- 1898Hanns Eisler was born — German-Austrian soldier and composer. source 128 years ago
- 1915Paul Wachs died. 111 years ago
- 1924Louie Bellson was born — American drummer, composer, and bandleader. source 102 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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