Birthdays in Music Jan 9 John Knowles Paine, American composer (Symphony No. 2 - In Spring), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1906) Jan 14 Emil Bohn, German musician, born in Bielau, Germany (d. 1909) Jan 19 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer Deaths in Music Jan 19 Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, dies at 68 1838 Music History by Year 1840