Birthdays in Music Feb 22 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island (d. 1813) Deaths in Music Feb 2 Georg Philipp Kress, German violinist and composer, dies at 59 Feb 7 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies from gout at about 69 1778 Music History by Year 1780