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.
- 1871Karl Tausig died — Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer. source 155 years ago
- 1914Eleanor Steber was born — American soprano and educator. source 112 years ago
- 1927Luise Adolpha Le Beau died. 99 years ago
- 1932Niccolò Castiglioni was born — Italian composer. source 94 years ago
- 1932Wojciech Kilar was born — Polish pianist and composer. source 94 years ago
- 1935Peter Schickele was born — American composer and educator. source 91 years ago
- 1967John Coltrane died — American saxophonist and composer. source 59 years ago
- 2012İlhan Mimaroğlu died — Turkish-American composer and producer. source 14 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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