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.
- 1744Leonardo Leo died — Italian composer. source 282 years ago
- 1768Francesco Maria Veracini died — Italian violinist and composer. source 258 years ago
- 1847Guillaume Louis Cottrau died. 179 years ago
- 1879Karel Hašler was born — Czech actor, director, and composer. source 147 years ago
- 1907Edgar Sampson was born — American musician and composer. source 119 years ago
- 1915Jane Jarvis was born — American pianist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1920Joseph Gelineau was born — French priest and composer. source 106 years ago
- 1922Illinois Jacquet was born — American saxophonist and composer. source 104 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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