Birthdays in Music Feb 15 Heinrich [Henry] Engelhard Steinway, German American piano maker (Steinway & Sons), born in Wolfshagen im Harz, Duchy of Brunswick (d. 1871) Feb 24 Samuel Lover, composer Deaths in Music Feb 8 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81 Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer, dies at 83 Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61 1796 Music History by Year 1798