Born This Month 1 March 1810 – Fryderyk Chopin, virtuoso pianist, composer 2 March 1927 – Witold Szalonek, composer (d. 2001) 3 March 1922 – Kazimierz Serocki, composer, co-founder of the Warsaw AutumnFestival 6 March 1785 – Karol Kurpinski, composer, father of national opera 6 March 1835 – Ludwik Grossman, composer, pianist, and piano merchant (d. 1915) 7 March 1911…Continue Reading March Anniversaries