Birthdays in Music Dec 11 Pietro Antonio Coppola, Italian composer, born in Enna, Italy (d. 1877) Dec 26 Franz Hünten, German pianist and composer, born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1819) Deaths in Music Dec 13 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 Dec 20 Joseph Legros, French singer and composer who was the most prominent haute-contres of his generation, dies at 54 Dec 23 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (Antonio e Cleopatra), dies at 74 1792 Music History by Year 1794