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.
- 1788Theodore Hook was born — English composer and educator. source 238 years ago
- 1870Arthur Pryor was born — American trombonist, composer, and bandleader. source 156 years ago
- 1875Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was born — Lithuanian painter and composer. source 151 years ago
- 1915Grigory Frid was born — Russian pianist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1924Ray Wetzel was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 102 years ago
- 1926Bill Smith was born — American clarinet player and composer. source 100 years ago
- 1929Serge Garant was born — Canadian composer and conductor. source 97 years ago
- 1933Leonardo Balada was born — Spanish-American composer and educator. source 93 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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