Birthdays in Music Sep 10 Karl Merz, German-American composer (Brainard's Musical World), born in Bernsheim, Germany (d. 1890) Deaths in Music Sep 14 Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian composer, dies at 60 Sep 19 Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66 Sep 21 John Stafford Smith, composer, dies at 86 1835 Music History by Year 1837