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.
- 1859Willy Hess was born — German violinist and educator. source 167 years ago
- 1901Gerald Finzi was born — English composer and academic. source 125 years ago
- 1912Woody Guthrie was born — American singer-songwriter and guitarist. source 114 years ago
- 1922Käbi Laretei was born — Estonian-Swedish concert pianist. source 104 years ago
- 1926Harry Dean Stanton was born — American actor, musician, and singer. source 100 years ago
- 1932Del Reeves was born — American country singer-songwriter. source 94 years ago
- 1939Karel Gott was born — Czech singer-songwriter and actor. source 87 years ago
- 1945Jim Gordon was born — American rock drummer and convicted murderer. source 81 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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