Birthdays in Music Jan 4 Thomas H Rollinson, composer Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, American composer, born in Cheltenham, London (d. 1931) Jan 20 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1910) Jan 25 Frederick E. Kitziger, German composer, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1903) Deaths in Music Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 1843 Music History by Year 1845