Birthdays in Music May 2 Maurice Emmanuel, French composer and musicologist (Salamine), born in Bar-sur-Aube, France (d. 1938) Deaths in Music May 25 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60 May 29 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue, dies at 71 1861 Music History by Year 1863