Russian-Empire born Joseph Achron was born on this day on May 1/13 1886. Born in Lozdzieje, a small village in present-day Lithuania, Achron's musical genius became

  French composer, organist, pianist, and educator Gabriel Fauré was a born on this day in 1845. Regarded as one of the leading French composers of his

  German composer and pianist Max Reger was born on this day in 1873. Throughout his career Reger worked as a concert pianist, as musical director of

  The son of a skilled haberdasher and amateur musician, Jean-Marie Leclair was born in Lyon on May 10, 1697. He was one of six siblings, five