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.
- 1619Barbara Strozzi was born — Italian composer and singer-songwriter. source 407 years ago
- 1886Edward Ballantine was born — American composer and academic. source 140 years ago
- 1895Geo. F. Root died. 131 years ago
- 1910Adoniran Barbosa was born — Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor. source 116 years ago
- 1931Bix Beiderbecke died — American cornet player, pianist, and composer. source 95 years ago
- 1937Baden Powell de Aquino was born — Brazilian guitarist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1937Charlie Haden was born — American bassist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1940Egil Kapstad was born — Norwegian pianist and composer. source 86 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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