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.
- 1640Carlo Mannelli was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 386 years ago
- 1847Felix Mendelssohn died. 179 years ago
- 1889Alton Adams was born — American composer and bandleader. source 137 years ago
- 1912Vadim Salmanov was born — Russian pianist and composer. source 114 years ago
- 1924Gabriel Fauré died. 102 years ago
- 1926Carlos "Patato" Valdes was born — Cuban-American conga player and composer. source 100 years ago
- 1935Elgar Howarth was born — English conductor and composer. source 91 years ago
- 1961Daron Hagen was born — American pianist, composer, and conductor. source 65 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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