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.
- 1695Henry Purcell died. 331 years ago
- 1710Bernardo Pasquini died — Italian organist and composer. source 316 years ago
- 1718Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was born — German composer, critic, and theorist. source 308 years ago
- 1852Francisco Tárrega was born — Spanish guitarist and composer. source 174 years ago
- 1877Sigfrid Karg-Elert was born — German composer and educator. source 149 years ago
- 1931Malcolm Williamson was born — Australian pianist and composer. source 95 years ago
- 1932Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born — Danish composer. source 94 years ago
- 1938Leopold Godowsky died — Polish-American pianist and composer. source 88 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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