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.
- 1690Ignazio Prota was born — Italian composer and educator. source 336 years ago
- 1750Charles Theodore Pachelbel died — German organist and composer. source 276 years ago
- 1815Halfdan Kjerulf was born — Norwegian journalist and composer. source 211 years ago
- 1841Alessandro Rolla died — Italian violinist and composer. source 185 years ago
- 1842Pierre Baillot died — French violinist and composer. source 184 years ago
- 1858Jenő Hubay was born — Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator. source 168 years ago
- 1863Horatio Parker was born — American organist, composer, and educator. source 163 years ago
- 1945Anton Webern died. 81 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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