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.
- 1569Paul Sartorius was born — German organist and composer. source 457 years ago
- 1628Paolo Quagliati died — Italian organist and composer. source 398 years ago
- 1715Girolamo Abos was born — Maltese-Italian composer and educator. source 311 years ago
- 1720Carlo Antonio Campioni was born — French-Italian composer. source 306 years ago
- 1873W. C. Handy was born — American trumpet player and composer. source 153 years ago
- 1888Luis Cluzeau Mortet was born — Uruguayan pianist and composer. source 138 years ago
- 1895Paul Hindemith was born — German composer, violist and conductor. source 131 years ago
- 1927Dolo Coker was born — American pianist and composer. source 99 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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