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.
- 1571Thomas Lupo was born — English viol player and composer. source 455 years ago
- 1868Granville Bantock was born. 158 years ago
- 1877Virginia Gabriel died. 149 years ago
- 1893Alfredo Catalani died — Italian composer and academic. source 133 years ago
- 1921Karel Husa was born — Czech-American composer and conductor. source 105 years ago
- 1930Veljo Tormis was born — Estonian composer and educator. source 96 years ago
- 1935Rahsaan Roland Kirk was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 91 years ago
- 1969Joseph Kosma died — Hungarian-French composer. source 57 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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