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.

October 13

  • 1562Claudin de Sermisy died — French composer. source 464 years ago
  • 1680François Roberday died. 346 years ago
  • 1900Gerald Marks was born — American composer. source 126 years ago
  • 1922Gilberto Mendes was born — Brazilian composer. source 104 years ago
  • 1927Lee Konitz was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 99 years ago
  • 1936Chitti Babu was born — Indian veena player and composer. source 90 years ago
  • 1958Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells was born — American bassist and composer. source 68 years ago
  • 1979Rebecca Clarke died — English viola player and composer. source 47 years ago

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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