Birthdays in Music Oct 18 Giovanni Tadolini, composer Oct 24 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, born in Tàrrega, Catalonia (d. 1855) Oct 26 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1863) Oct 28 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist (d. 1864) Deaths in Music Oct 10 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, dies at 34 Oct 24 Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, dies at 69 1788 Music History by Year 1790