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.
- 1468Juan del Encina was born — Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (probable;. source 558 years ago
- 1675Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 351 years ago
- 1742Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco died — Italian violinist and composer. source 284 years ago
- 1773Johann Joachim Quantz died — German flute player and composer. source 253 years ago
- 1861Anton Arensky was born — Russian pianist, composer, and educator. source 165 years ago
- 1885George Butterworth was born. 141 years ago
- 1926Charles Wood Irish composer died. source 100 years ago
- 1934Van Cliburn was born — American pianist and composer. source 92 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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