May 13 Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer May 17 Erik Satie, French composer (Gymnopédies), born in Honfleur, Normandy (d. 1925) May 31 Vladimir Rebikov, Russian pianist and composer, born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia (d. 1920) 1865 Birthdays in Music 1867