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.
- 1874Josef Lhévinne was born — Russian pianist and educator. source 152 years ago
- 1900Jonel Perlea was born — Romanian-American conductor and educator. source 126 years ago
- 1901Olev Roomet was born — Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player. source 125 years ago
- 1903Carlos Montoya was born — Spanish guitarist and composer. source 123 years ago
- 1912Luiz Gonzaga was born — Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player. source 114 years ago
- 1942Eleanor Everest Freer died. 84 years ago
- 1948Jeff Baxter was born — American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. source 78 years ago
- 1954John Raymond Hubbell died — American director and composer. source 72 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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