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.
- 1815Dan Emmett was born — American composer. source 211 years ago
- 1918Rudolf Tobias died — Estonian-German organist and composer. source 108 years ago
- 1922Neal Hefti was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 104 years ago
- 1925Zoot Sims was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 101 years ago
- 1930Natalie Sleeth was born — American pianist and composer. source 96 years ago
- 1996Eugen Kapp died — Estonian composer and educator. source 30 years ago
- 1998Paul Misraki died — Turkish-French pianist and composer. source 28 years ago
- 2000Carlos Guastavino died — Argentinian pianist and composer. source 26 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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