Birthdays in Music Dec 3 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, born in Beroun, Czech Republic (d. 1825) Dec 11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1832) Dec 20 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Flemish horn player and composer, born in Ypres, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1832) Deaths in Music Dec 5 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer, dies at 70 1757 Music History by Year 1759