Birthdays in Music Dec 13 Edwin George Monk, English church organist and composer, born in Frome, Somerset (d. 1900) Dec 22 Franz Abt, German composer & choir conductor, born in Eilenburg, Germany (d. 1885) Deaths in Music Dec 20 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, French composer, dies at 50 1818 Music History by Year 1820