Birthdays in Music May 5 Antonio Smareglia, Italian composer, born in Pula, Austria-Hungary (d. 1929) May 13 Paul Klengel, German pianist, violinist, composer and educator, born in Leipzig (d. 1935) May 18 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel, To My Fatherland), born in Amsterdam (d. 1924) Deaths in Music May 3 William Beale, composer, dies at 70 May 31 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 1853 Music History by Year 1855