Birthdays in Music Dec 23 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, Italian classical guitarist and composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1878) Dec 27 John Goss, English organist and composer (Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven), (d. 1880) Deaths in Music Dec 19 Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 1799 Music History by Year 1801