Events in Music Oct 6 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour Birthdays in Music Oct 14 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942) Oct 26 Hermann Löhr, British composer, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1943) 1870 Music History by Year 1872