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.
- 1722Hryhorii Skovoroda was born — Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher. source 304 years ago
- 1729Antonio Soler was born — Spanish composer and theorist. source 297 years ago
- 1752Henri-Guillaume Hamal died — Walloon musician and composer. source 274 years ago
- 1857Mathilde Kralik was born — Austrian pianist and composer. source 169 years ago
- 1883Anton Webern was born. 143 years ago
- 1911Nino Rota was born — Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic. source 115 years ago
- 1914Irving Fine was born — American composer and academic. source 112 years ago
- 1953Rob Waring was born — American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer. source 73 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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