Birthdays in Music Jan 6 Jose Melchor Gomiz, Spanish composer, born in Ontinyent, Spain (d. 1836) Jan 28 (Louis Joseph) Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist, violinist, and composer of over twenty operas, born in Paris (d. 1833) Deaths in Music Jan 11 William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) 1790 Music History by Year 1792 1791 in Music History Mozart, the Incomparable Musical Genius December 5, 1791