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.
- 1711William Boyce was born — English organist and composer. source 315 years ago
- 1733François Couperin died. 293 years ago
- 1764Valentino Fioravanti was born — Italian organist and composer. source 262 years ago
- 1786Friedrich Kuhlau was born. 240 years ago
- 1885Herbert Stothart was born — American composer and conductor. source 141 years ago
- 1923Vasilije Mokranjac was born — Serbian composer and academic. source 103 years ago
- 1925Harry Somers was born — Canadian soldier and composer. source 101 years ago
- 1935Arvo Pärt was born — Estonian composer. source 91 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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