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.
- 1879Marion Jones Farquhar was born — American tennis player and violinist. source 147 years ago
- 1887Jenny Lind died — Swedish operatic soprano. source 139 years ago
- 1931Phil Woods was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 95 years ago
- 1944Keith Emerson was born — English pianist, keyboard player, and composer. source 82 years ago
- 1946Giuseppe Sinopoli was born — Italian conductor and composer. source 80 years ago
- 1957Carter Beauford was born — American drummer and composer. source 69 years ago
- 1960Dimitri Mitropoulos died — Greek conductor and composer. source 66 years ago
- 2022Atilio Stampone died — Argentine pianist and composer. source 4 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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