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.
- 1907Roger Wolfe Kahn was born — American bandleader and composer. source 119 years ago
- 1908Geirr Tveitt was born — Norwegian pianist and composer. source 118 years ago
- 1913Vinicius de Moraes was born — Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer. source 113 years ago
- 1943Robin Holloway was born — English composer and academic. source 83 years ago
- 1962Bendik Hofseth was born — Norwegian saxophonist and composer. source 64 years ago
- 1967Yoko Shimomura was born — Japanese pianist and composer. source 59 years ago
- 1976Jostein Gulbrandsen was born — Norwegian guitarist and composer. source 50 years ago
- 1995Harilaos Perpessas died — Greek pianist and composer. source 31 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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