Events in Music Mar 8 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic Birthdays in Music Mar 2 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, born in London, England (d. 1887) Mar 20 Matthias Keller, German hymn writer (O Farther un High), born in Ulm, Württemberg (d. 1875) 1812 Music History by Year 1814