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.
- 1490Bernardo Pisano was born — Italian composer and priest. source 536 years ago
- 1687Sylvius Leopold Weiss was born — German lute player and composer. source 339 years ago
- 1800Francesco Florimo was born. 226 years ago
- 1872Ralph Vaughan Williams was born — English composer and educator. source 154 years ago
- 1946Daryl Runswick was born — English bassist and composer. source 80 years ago
- 1956Lorenzo Perosi died — Italian composer and painter. source 70 years ago
- 1962Chris Botti was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 64 years ago
- 1962Mads Eriksen was born — Norwegian guitarist and composer. source 64 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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