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.
- 1585Andrea Gabrieli died. 441 years ago
- 1820Geo. F. Root was born. 206 years ago
- 1887Paul Kochanski was born — Polish violinist and composer. source 139 years ago
- 1915Robert Strassburg was born — American composer, conductor, and educator. source 111 years ago
- 1927Piet Kee was born — Dutch organist and composer. source 99 years ago
- 1943David Maslanka was born — American composer and academic. source 83 years ago
- 1952Simon Bainbridge was born — English composer and educator. source 74 years ago
- 1969Dimitris Sgouros was born — Greek pianist and 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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