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.
- 1673Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was born — French flute player and composer. source 353 years ago
- 1861Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska died — Polish composer and pianist (born 1829 or 1834). source 165 years ago
- 1915Luther Orlando Emerson died — American musician, composer and music publisher. source 111 years ago
- 1915Rudi Stephan died — German composer. source 111 years ago
- 1921John Ritchie was born — New Zealand composer and educator. source 105 years ago
- 1942Jean-Luc Ponty was born — French violinist and composer. source 84 years ago
- 1944Mike Post was born — American composer and producer. source 82 years ago
- 1945Kyriakos Sfetsas was born — Greek composer and poet. source 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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