Birthdays in Music Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) 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 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1796 On This Day in Music 1798