Birthdays in Music May 15 Giovanni Bolzoni, composer May 21 Joseph Parry, Welsh composer and musician, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 1903) May 24 Tito Mattei, Italian pianist and composer, born in Campobasso, Italy (d. 1914) May 28 Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, born in Rome (d. 1914) Deaths in Music May 6 John Thomson, Scottish composer, dies at 35 1840 Music History by Year 1842