Deaths in Music on 1st August

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

1628 - Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37

1805 - Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51

1813 - Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60

1846 - Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83

1922 - Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72

1934 - Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79

1965 - Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77

1966 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies

1973 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91

1981 - Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49

1989 - John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52

1995 - Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75

1996 - Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)

1997 - Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82

2005 - Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (b. 1928)

2007 - Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932)