August 31
Musicians Who Died on August 31
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1604 Giovanale Ancina, Italian priest and composer, dies of purported poisoning at 58
1616 Gemignano Capilupi, Italian choral music composer, dies at 43
1631 Nicolaus Erich, German composer, dies at 43
1638 John Ward, British madrigal and religious music composer, dies at 67
1667 Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 60
1730 Gottfried Finger, Moravian violist and Baroque composer dies at about 65 [born c. 1655-56]
1795 François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess champion, dies at 68
1805 Joseph Abaco, Italian composer, dies at 95
1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, dies at 53
1862 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist and liturgical composer, dies at 72
1902 Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer), German writer, poet (Tagebuchblatter), and object of composer Richard Wagner's infatuation, dies at 73
1910 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer (Melanholiskais valsis - Melancholic waltz), and music critic, dies when struck by a train at 34
1940 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer and actress, dies at 58
1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer, and conductor, dies at 63
1949 Paul Höffer, German composer (Olympic Arts gold, 1936), dies at 53
1969 Ottmar Gerster, German composer (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar), dies at 72
1994 Artur Balsam, Polish-American pianist, dies at 88
1994 Norman "Doc" Jones, American jazz bass player (Jo Jo Parnell Trio), dies at 68
1996 Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 85
2002 Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer, and actor, dies from congestive heart failure at 94
2003 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2004 Carl Wayne [Colin Tooley], British rock singer (The Move), and actor, dies of esophageal cancer at 61
2008 Jerry Reed, American country music singer ("When You're Hot, You're Hot") and actor (Bat 21; Smokey and the Bandit), dies of complications from emphysema at 71
2009 Maria de Lourdes Martins, Portuguese pianist and composer, dies at 83
2016 Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84
2018 Gloria Jean [Schoonover], American actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), and singer, dies at 92
2019 Wim Statius Muller, Curaçaoa conductor, pianist, and composer, dies at 89
2023 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), dies at 73
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