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.
- 1678William Croft was born — English organist and composer. source 348 years ago
- 1853André Messager was born — French pianist, composer, and conductor. source 173 years ago
- 1857Sylvio Lazzari was born — French-Austrian composer. source 169 years ago
- 1904Dmitry Kabalevsky was born — Russian composer and academic. source 122 years ago
- 1910Paul Bowles was born — American composer and author. source 116 years ago
- 1913Lucio Agostini was born — Italian-Canadian conductor and composer. source 113 years ago
- 1919David Willcocks was born — English organist, composer, and conductor. source 107 years ago
- 1926Stan Tracey was born — English pianist and composer. source 100 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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