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.
- 1557Jacques Mauduit was born — French composer. source 469 years ago
- 1615Heinrich Bach was born — German organist and composer. source 411 years ago
- 1887Nadia Boulanger was born — French composer and educator. source 139 years ago
- 1896Antônio Carlos Gomes died — Brazilian composer. source 130 years ago
- 1897Milt Franklyn was born — American composer. source 129 years ago
- 1921Korla Pandit was born — American pianist and composer. source 105 years ago
- 1925Leo Fall died — Czech-Austrian composer. source 101 years ago
- 1926Eric Gross was born — Austrian-Australian pianist and composer. source 100 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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