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.
- 1152Jocelin of Soissons died — French theologian, philosopher and composer. source 874 years ago
- 1633Jean Titelouze died — French organist and composer (born 1562/3). source 393 years ago
- 1725Alessandro Scarlatti died — Italian composer and educator. source 301 years ago
- 1799Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf died — Austrian violinist and composer. source 227 years ago
- 1811Ferdinand Hiller was born — German composer and conductor. source 215 years ago
- 1889Loïsa Puget died. 137 years ago
- 1892Robert Franz died. 134 years ago
- 1925Luciano Berio was born — Italian composer and educator. source 101 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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