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.
- 1894Arthur Freed was born — American composer and producer. source 132 years ago
- 1920Neil Chotem was born — Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor. source 106 years ago
- 1922Hoyt Curtin was born — American composer and producer. source 104 years ago
- 1947David Rosenboom was born — American composer and educator. source 79 years ago
- 1959Éric Serra was born — French composer and producer. source 67 years ago
- 1976Joey Newman was born — American composer and conductor. source 50 years ago
- 1979Norrie Paramor died — English composer, conductor, and producer. source 47 years ago
- 2006Richard Burmer died — American composer and engineer. source 20 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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