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.
- 1699Charles-Louis Mion was born — French composer and educator. source 327 years ago
- 1749Domenico Cimarosa was born — Italian composer and educator. source 277 years ago
- 1903Ray Noble was born — English bandleader, composer, and actor. source 123 years ago
- 1906Fernando Lopes-Graça was born — Portuguese composer and conductor. source 120 years ago
- 1930Peter Warlock died. 96 years ago
- 1943Ron Geesin was born — Scottish pianist and composer. source 83 years ago
- 1978Don Ellis died — American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader. source 48 years ago
- 1981Antiochos Evangelatos died — Greek composer and conductor. source 45 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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