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.
- 1716Benedictus Buns died — Dutch priest and composer. source 310 years ago
- 1887Joseph Lamb was born — American pianist and composer. source 139 years ago
- 1920Dave Brubeck was born — American pianist and composer. source 106 years ago
- 1921Piero Piccioni was born — Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer. source 105 years ago
- 1933Henryk Górecki was born — Polish composer and academic. source 93 years ago
- 1936Bill Ashton was born — English saxophonist and composer. source 90 years ago
- 1950Joe Hisaishi was born — Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor. source 76 years ago
- 1989Sammy Fain died — American pianist and composer. source 37 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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