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.
- 1844Henri Berger was born — German composer and bandleader. source 182 years ago
- 1910William Schuman was born — American composer and educator. source 116 years ago
- 1912David Raksin was born — American composer and educator. source 114 years ago
- 1928Nadežka Mosusova was born — Serbian composer. source 98 years ago
- 1937David Bedford was born — English keyboard player, composer, and conductor. source 89 years ago
- 1940Coriún Aharonián was born — Uruguayan composer and musicologist. source 86 years ago
- 1942Alberto Franchetti died — Italian composer and educator. source 84 years ago
- 1965Vishal Bhardwaj was born — Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. source 61 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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