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.
- 1553Cristóbal de Morales died — Spanish composer. source 473 years ago
- 1746William Billings was born — American composer and educator. source 280 years ago
- 1832Charles Crozat Converse was born — American lawyer and composer. source 194 years ago
- 1835Felix Draeseke was born — German composer and educator. source 191 years ago
- 1913Raimond Valgre was born — Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer. source 113 years ago
- 1918Hubert Parry died. 108 years ago
- 1928José Messias was born — Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic. source 98 years ago
- 1948Stephen Rucker was born — American composer. source 78 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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