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.
- 1521Josquin des Prez died — Flemish composer. source 505 years ago
- 1611Tomás Luis de Victoria died — Spanish composer (born c. 1548). source 415 years ago
- 1746J. K. F. Fischer died. 280 years ago
- 1886Rebecca Clarke was born — English viola player and composer. source 140 years ago
- 1926George Brecht was born — American-German chemist and composer. source 100 years ago
- 1937Alice Coltrane was born — American pianist and composer. source 89 years ago
- 1959Frode Fjellheim was born — Norwegian pianist and composer. source 67 years ago
- 2005Giorgos Mouzakis died — Greek trumpet player and composer. source 21 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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