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.
- 1835Camille Saint-Saëns was born. 191 years ago
- 1900Heinrich von Herzogenberg died — Austrian composer and conductor. source 126 years ago
- 1918Bebo Valdés was born — Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader. source 108 years ago
- 1920Yusef Lateef was born — American saxophonist, composer, and educator. source 106 years ago
- 1928Einojuhani Rautavaara was born — Finnish composer and educator. source 98 years ago
- 1934Abdullah Ibrahim was born — South African pianist and composer. source 92 years ago
- 1960Kenny Garrett was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 66 years ago
- 1969PJ Harvey was born — English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer. source 57 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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