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, German opera composer, dies at 66 Dec 15 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 Dec 16 Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, dies at 71 1860 Music History by Year 1862