Birthdays in Music Nov 10 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, born in Prague Old Town (d. 1863) Nov 18 Louis Ferdinand, Prussian prince and a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, born in Friedrichsfelde Palace, Berlin (d. 1806) Deaths in Music Nov 5 Johannes Schmidlin, Swiss composer, dies at 50 1771 Music History by Year 1773