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.
- 1847Ignacio Cervantes was born — Cuban pianist and composer. source 179 years ago
- 1886Franz Liszt died. 140 years ago
- 1911George Liberace was born — American violinist. source 115 years ago
- 1914Paul J. Christiansen was born — American conductor and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1918Hank Jones was born — American pianist, composer, and bandleader. source 108 years ago
- 1923Ahmet Ertegun was born — Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records. source 103 years ago
- 1958Suzanne Giraud was born — French music editor and composer. source 68 years ago
- 1967Tim Wright was born — Welsh composer. source 59 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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