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.
- 1741Antonio Vivaldi died. 285 years ago
- 1750J. S. Bach died. 276 years ago
- 1838Bernhard Crusell died — Finnish composer. source 188 years ago
- 1893Rued Langgaard was born — Danish organist and composer. source 133 years ago
- 1914Carmen Dragon was born — American conductor and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1915Frankie Yankovic was born — American polka musician. source 111 years ago
- 1954Nnenna Freelon was born — American jazz singer, composer, and arranger. source 72 years ago
- 1969Frank Loesser died — American composer. source 57 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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