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.
- 1646Johann Theile was born — German organist and composer. source 380 years ago
- 1817Martin Körber was born — German pastor, composer, and conductor. source 209 years ago
- 1844Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart died — Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 182 years ago
- 1846Sophie Menter was born — German pianist and composer. source 180 years ago
- 1856Robert Schumann died. 170 years ago
- 1887Sigmund Romberg was born — Hungarian-American pianist and composer. source 139 years ago
- 1900Don Redman was born — American composer, and bandleader. source 126 years ago
- 1925Mikis Theodorakis was born — Greek composer. source 101 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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