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, poet/hymn writer, dies Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1834 On This Day in Music 1836