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.
- 1647Daniel Eberlin was born — German composer. source 379 years ago
- 1660André Campra was born — French composer and conductor. source 366 years ago
- 1667Michel Pignolet de Montéclair was born — French composer and educator. source 359 years ago
- 1910Alex North was born — American composer and conductor. source 116 years ago
- 1915Eddie Heywood was born — American pianist and composer. source 111 years ago
- 1919Amy Elsie Horrocks died. 107 years ago
- 1930Jim Hall was born — American guitarist and composer. source 96 years ago
- 1935Johan Halvorsen died — Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor. source 91 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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