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.
- 1724Claude Balbastre was born — French organist and composer. source 302 years ago
- 1731František Xaver Dušek was born — Czech pianist and composer. source 295 years ago
- 1865Jean Sibelius was born — Finnish violinist and composer. source 161 years ago
- 1877Paul Ladmirault was born — French pianist, violinist, and composer. source 149 years ago
- 1890Bohuslav Martinů was born — Czech-American pianist and composer. source 136 years ago
- 1946John Rubinstein was born — American actor, director, and composer. source 80 years ago
- 1991Buck Clayton died — American trumpet player and composer. source 35 years ago
- 2009Luis Días died — Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist. source 17 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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