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.
- 1706Carlo Cecere was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 320 years ago
- 1785Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner was born. 241 years ago
- 1846Ignaz Brüll was born — Austrian pianist and composer. source 180 years ago
- 1903Ary Barroso was born — Brazilian pianist and composer. source 123 years ago
- 1905William Alwyn was born — English composer, conductor, and educator. source 121 years ago
- 1949Steven Stucky was born — American composer and academic. source 77 years ago
- 1949David S. Ware was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 77 years ago
- 1953Erik Balke was born — Norwegian saxophonist and composer. source 73 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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