Birthdays in Music Mar 1 Richard Redhead, composer Mar 7 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, German composer and teacher, born in Bnin (d. 1900) Mar 21 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873) Mar 24 Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915) Deaths in Music Mar 26 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, French ballet dancer and composer, dies at 71 1819 Music History by Year 1821