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.
- 1762Francesco Manfredini died — Italian violinist and composer. source 264 years ago
- 1882Karol Szymanowski was born — Polish pianist and composer. source 144 years ago
- 1935Frederic Hymen Cowen died. 91 years ago
- 1947Leevi Madetoja died — Finnish composer and critic. source 79 years ago
- 1948Glenn Branca was born — American guitarist and composer. source 78 years ago
- 1953Rein Rannap was born — Estonian pianist and composer. source 73 years ago
- 1982Will Butler was born — American musician and composer. source 44 years ago
- 1985Nelson Riddle died — American composer, conductor, and bandleader. source 41 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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