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.
- 1632Jean-Baptiste Lully was born. 394 years ago
- 1643Claudio Monteverdi died — Italian priest and composer. source 383 years ago
- 1705Michael Christian Festing was born — English violinist and composer. source 321 years ago
- 1797Gaetano Donizetti was born — Italian composer. source 229 years ago
- 1830Charles-Simon Catel died — French composer and educator. source 196 years ago
- 1846Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi died — Turkish composer and educator. source 180 years ago
- 1861Spyridon Samaras was born — Greek composer. source 165 years ago
- 1924Giacomo Puccini died. 102 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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