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.
- 1857Emilie Zumsteeg died. 169 years ago
- 1858Hans Rott was born — Austrian organist and composer. source 168 years ago
- 1898Morris Stoloff was born — American composer and musical director. source 128 years ago
- 1910Walter Scharf was born — American pianist and composer. source 116 years ago
- 1914Jack Delano was born — American photographer and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1930Lionel Bart was born — English composer. source 96 years ago
- 1973Gian Francesco Malipiero died — Italian composer and educator. source 53 years ago
- 1989John Ogdon died — English pianist and composer. source 37 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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