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.
- 1757Domenico Scarlatti died. 269 years ago
- 1796Franz Berwald was born — Swedish surgeon and composer. source 230 years ago
- 1866Francesco Cilea was born — Italian composer and academic. source 160 years ago
- 1945Edward Gregson was born — English composer and educator. source 81 years ago
- 1946Andy Mackay was born — English oboe player and composer. source 80 years ago
- 1962Alain Lefèvre was born — Canadian pianist and composer. source 64 years ago
- 1983Georges Auric died — French composer. source 43 years ago
- 2002Clark Gesner died — American author and composer. source 24 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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