Birthdays in Music Mar 19 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer Mar 27 George Elvey, English composer, born in Canterbury, England (d. 1893) Deaths in Music Mar 18 Johann Paul Schulthesius, German composer, dies at 67 Mar 23 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, dies at 91 1815 Music History by Year 1817