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.
- 1596Henry Lawes was born — English composer. source 430 years ago
- 1663Severo Bonini died — Italian organist and composer. source 363 years ago
- 1666Francesco Scarlatti was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 360 years ago
- 1687Francesco Geminiani was born — Italian violinist and composer. source 339 years ago
- 1697Giuseppe de Majo was born — Italian organist and composer. source 329 years ago
- 1758Johann Friedrich Fasch died — German violinist and composer. source 268 years ago
- 1791W. A. Mozart died. 235 years ago
- 1927Richard Eilenberg died. 99 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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