Birthdays in Music Aug 15 Hugh Archibald Clarke, Canadian organist, composer, and educator (The Music of The Spheres), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1927) Aug 17 Hubert Platt Main, composer Aug 24 Eduard Napravnik, Czech conductor and composer, born in Býšť, Czech Republic (d. 1916) Deaths in Music Aug 23 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 1838 Music History by Year 1840