Birthdays in Music Dec 4 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922) Dec 17 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer Dec 18 Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), born in London, England (d. 1924) Deaths in Music Dec 14 Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66 Dec 15 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 Dec 16 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1860 On This Day in Music 1862