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Birthdays in Music

  • May 1 Charles Lee Williams, English composer and organist, born in Winchester (d. 1935)
  • May 26 Monroe Althouse, American composer, born in Centre Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
  • May 30 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer

Deaths in Music

  • May 9 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, German composer, dies at 73