Feb 17 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer and composer (Miserere), dies at about 67 Apr 21 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, dies at 66 May 27 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, dies at 39 Jul 24 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), dies at 32 Sep 16 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61 1651 Deaths in Music by Year 1653 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers