Feb 3 Sidney Lanier, American poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1881) Feb 24 Arrigo Boito, Itlaian opera composer (Mefistofele), and librettist (Verdi's "Falstaff"; Ponchielli's "La Gioconda"), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1918) Jan 1842 Birthdays in Music by Year Mar 1842 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers