Birthdays in Music Dec 8 Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist and composer, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1864) Deaths in Music Dec 7 Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 Dec 17 John Antes, American composer and missionary, dies at 71 Dec 17 Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, French dramatist and composer, dies at 54 1810 Music History by Year 1812