Birthdays in Music Nov 6 Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, French dramatist and composer, born in Laon, Aisne, France (d. 1811) Nov 16 Daniel Read, American composer, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts (d. 1836) Nov 20 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, Italian organist and composer, born in Bologna (d. 1819) Deaths in Music Nov 8 Pierre Prowo, German composer, dies at 60 1756 Music History by Year 1758