Birthdays in Music Feb 8 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer Feb 9 Henri-Joseph Rigel, German composer, born in Wertheim am Main, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1799) Feb 10 Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, baptised in Regensburg, Bavaria (d. 1822) Deaths in Music Feb 13 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1740 Music History by Year 1742