Birthdays in Music May 2 Zikmund Kolešovský, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1868) May 11 Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) May 31 Édouard Deldevez, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1897) Deaths in Music May 21 Johann Friedrich Christmann, German composer, dies at 64 1816 Music History by Year 1818