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Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel