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.
- 1518Loyset Compère died — French composer. source 508 years ago
- 1761Yevstigney Fomin was born — Russian pianist and composer. source 265 years ago
- 1888Armand J. Piron was born — American violinist, composer, and bandleader. source 138 years ago
- 1908Orlando Cole was born — American cellist and educator. source 118 years ago
- 1917Roque Cordero was born — Panamanian composer and educator. source 109 years ago
- 1925Mal Waldron was born — American pianist and composer. source 101 years ago
- 1929Bill Evans was born — American pianist and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1937David Behrman was born — American composer and producer. source 89 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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