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.
- 1677Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari was born. 349 years ago
- 1879Cyril Scott was born — English poet and composer. source 147 years ago
- 1898Vincent Youmans was born — American composer and producer. source 128 years ago
- 1921Engelbert Humperdinck died — German composer and educator. source 105 years ago
- 1924Bud Powell was born — American pianist and composer. source 102 years ago
- 1929Calvin Jones was born — American pianist, composer, and educator. source 97 years ago
- 1933Pasquale Mario Costa died. 93 years ago
- 1935Alan Gray died — English composer and organist. 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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