Birthdays in Music Jun 14 Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano, born in Paris, France (d. 1970) Jun 23 Blair Fairchild, American composer and diplomat, born in Belmont, Massachusetts (d. 1933) Jun 23 Hermann Stephani, German organist, and musicologist, born in Grimma, German Empire (d. 1960) Deaths in Music Jun 3 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), dies of cancer at 77 May 1877 Music History by Year Jul 1877 1877 in Music History Thomas Edison's PhonographNovember 21, 1877
