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.
- 1836Antônio Carlos Gomes was born — Brazilian composer. source 190 years ago
- 1904Niño Ricardo was born — Spanish guitarist and composer. source 122 years ago
- 1925Charles Chaynes was born — French composer. source 101 years ago
- 1925Nicolai Gedda was born — Swedish operatic tenor. source 101 years ago
- 1927Herbert Blomstedt was born — Swedish conductor. source 99 years ago
- 1937George Gershwin died — American pianist, songwriter, and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1960David Baerwald was born — American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician. source 66 years ago
- 2014Charlie Haden died — American bassist and composer. source 12 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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