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.

July 22

  • 1651Ferdinand Tobias Richter was born — Austrian organist and composer. source 375 years ago
  • 1909Licia Albanese was born — Italian-American soprano and actress. source 117 years ago
  • 1913Gorni Kramer was born — Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader. source 113 years ago
  • 1936Don Patterson was born — American organist. source 90 years ago
  • 1949Alan Menken was born — American pianist and composer. source 77 years ago
  • 1995Armaan Malik was born — Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter. source 31 years ago
  • 2004Illinois Jacquet died — American saxophonist and composer. source 22 years ago
  • 2006Dika Newlin died — American composer, singer-songwriter, and pianist. source 20 years ago

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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