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.
- 1664Johann Speth was born — German organist and composer. source 362 years ago
- 1697Claudio Casciolini was born — Italian singer and composer. source 329 years ago
- 1766Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer died — Dutch composer and diplomat. source 260 years ago
- 1801Carl Stamitz died — German-Czech violinist and composer. source 225 years ago
- 1885Aureliano Pertile was born — Italian tenor and educator. source 141 years ago
- 1921Pierrette Alarie was born — Canadian soprano and actress. source 105 years ago
- 1936Mary Travers was born — American singer-songwriter. source 90 years ago
- 1951Sigmund Romberg died — Hungarian-American pianist and composer. source 75 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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