Birthdays in Music Dec 1 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer Dec 14 Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1847) Deaths in Music Dec 15 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, Spanish theorist and composer, dies at 62 Dec 28 Gennaro Manna, Italian composer, dies at 64 1778 Music History by Year 1780