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.
- 1648Johann Michael Bach was born — German composer. source 378 years ago
- 1861Vincent Novello died — English composer and publisher. source 165 years ago
- 1874Reynaldo Hahn was born — Venezuelan composer and conductor. source 152 years ago
- 1875Albert Ketèlbey was born — English pianist, composer, and conductor. source 151 years ago
- 1919Ruggero Leoncavallo died — Italian composer and educator. source 107 years ago
- 1975Dmitri Shostakovich died — Russian pianist and composer. source 51 years ago
- 1988Giacinto Scelsi died — Italian composer. source 38 years ago
- 2004Tony Mottola died — American guitarist and composer. source 22 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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