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.
- 1837Théodore Dubois was born — French organist, composer, and educator. source 189 years ago
- 1841Theodore Hook died — English civil servant and composer. source 185 years ago
- 1919Niels Viggo Bentzon was born — Danish composer and pianist. source 107 years ago
- 1932Richard Meale was born — Australian pianist and composer. source 94 years ago
- 1938Mason Williams was born — American guitarist and composer. source 88 years ago
- 1948Jean Michel Jarre was born — French pianist, composer, and producer. source 78 years ago
- 1949Stephen Paulus was born — American composer and educator. source 77 years ago
- 1985Paul Creston died — American composer and educator. source 41 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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