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.
- 1749Francesco Antonio Bonporti died — Italian priest and composer. source 277 years ago
- 1825George Frederick Bristow was born — American violinist and composer. source 201 years ago
- 1929Bob Brookmeyer was born — American trombonist, pianist, and composer. source 97 years ago
- 1935Bobby Timmons was born — American pianist and composer. source 91 years ago
- 1952Walter Murphy was born — American pianist and composer. source 74 years ago
- 1957Cyril Collard was born — French actor, director, and composer. source 69 years ago
- 1969Aziza Mustafa Zadeh was born — Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer. source 57 years ago
- 1975Jeremy Soule was born — American composer. source 51 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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