Birthdays in Music Mar 8 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini's Turandot), born in Posillipo, Italy (d. 1954) Mar 11 Charles "Carl" Ruggles, American composer (Evocations), born in Marion, Massachusetts (d. 1927) Mar 17 Frederic Ayers, composer Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1875 Birthdays in Music 1877