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.
- 1613Carlo Gesualdo died — Italian lute player and composer. source 413 years ago
- 1672Nicolas de Grigny was born — French organist and composer. source 354 years ago
- 1698François Francoeur was born — French violinist and composer. source 328 years ago
- 1824Jaime Nunó was born — Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director. source 202 years ago
- 1841Antonín Dvořák was born. 185 years ago
- 1868Seth Weeks was born — American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader. source 158 years ago
- 1894Willem Pijper was born — Dutch composer and critic. source 132 years ago
- 1949Richard Strauss died. 77 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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