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.
- 1737Michael Haydn was born — Austrian singer and composer. source 289 years ago
- 1851Gabrielle Ferrari was born. 175 years ago
- 1885Vittorio Gui was born — Italian conductor, composer, and critic. source 141 years ago
- 1904Richard Mohaupt was born — German composer and Kapellmeister. source 122 years ago
- 1910Lehman Engel was born — American composer and conductor. source 116 years ago
- 1910Rolf Liebermann was born — Swiss-French composer and manager. source 116 years ago
- 1914Mae Boren Axton was born — American composer and educator. source 112 years ago
- 1918Cachao López was born — Cuban-American bassist and composer. source 108 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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