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.
- 1638Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 388 years ago
- 1789Jacques Duphly died — French harpsichord player and composer. source 237 years ago
- 1857Carl Czerny died — Austrian pianist and composer. source 169 years ago
- 1930Leopold Auer died — Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 96 years ago
- 1934Harrison Birtwistle was born — English composer and academic. source 92 years ago
- 1959Ernest Bloch died — Swiss-American composer and academic. source 67 years ago
- 1981Petros Klampanis was born — Greek bassist and composer. source 45 years ago
- 2013Noël Lee died — Chinese-American pianist and composer. source 13 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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