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.
- 1578Agostino Agazzari was born — Italian composer and theorist. source 448 years ago
- 1760Joseph Graetz was born — German organist, composer, and educator. source 266 years ago
- 1774Johann Friedrich Agricola died — German organist and composer. source 252 years ago
- 1866Harry Thacker Burleigh was born. 160 years ago
- 1880Josephine Lang died. 146 years ago
- 1914Adolph Green was born — American playwright and composer. source 112 years ago
- 1924Else Marie Pade was born — Danish composer. source 102 years ago
- 1931Wynton Kelly was born — American pianist and composer. source 95 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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