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.
- 1870Michael William Balfe died — Irish violinist and composer. source 156 years ago
- 1874Charles Ives was born — American composer. source 152 years ago
- 1901Frank Churchill was born — American film composer. source 125 years ago
- 1948Sandra Dickinson was born — American-English actress and composer. source 78 years ago
- 1954Steve Orich was born — American composer and conductor. source 72 years ago
- 1955Thomas Newman was born — American composer and conductor. source 71 years ago
- 1961Audun Kleive was born — Norwegian drummer and composer. source 65 years ago
- 2012Przemysław Gintrowski died — Polish poet and composer. source 14 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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