Birthdays in Music May 3 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) May 8 Hermann Gradener, composer May 28 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer May 30 Louis Varney, composer Deaths in Music May 21 Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1843 On This Day in Music 1845