Birthdays in Music Jan 10 Jose Antonio de Donostia, Basque musicologist & composer, born in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1956) Jan 22 John Joseph Becker, composer Jan 25 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1922-45, 1952-54), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1954) Deaths in Music Jan 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73 Jan 16 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 1885 Music History by Year 1887