Birthdays in Music May 4 Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, born in Nottingham, England (d. 1907) May 11 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) Deaths in Music May 16 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English-Welsh poet ("The boy stood on the burning deck", "The stately homes of England"), dies of dropsy at 41 1834 Music History by Year 1836 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers