Birthdays in Music May 10 George Thomas Smart, composer May 12 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer May 13 Charles Ots, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1845) May 13 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer Deaths in Music May 6 James Kent, English composer, dies at 76 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1775 On This Day in Music 1777