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.
- 1594Paolo Bellasio died — Italian organist and composer. source 432 years ago
- 1835Henryk Wieniawski was born — Polish violinist and composer. source 191 years ago
- 1889Noble Sissle was born — American jazz composer, singer, lyricist and playwright. source 137 years ago
- 1894Jimmy McHugh was born — American composer. source 132 years ago
- 1895Carl Orff was born — German composer and educator. source 131 years ago
- 1908Phoebe Knapp died — American organist and composer. source 118 years ago
- 1915Milt Buckner was born — American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer. source 111 years ago
- 1931Jerry Herman was born — American musical theater composer. source 95 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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