Jan 14 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 Jun 7 Paul Gerhardt, German Luthern hymnist, dies at 69 Oct 10 Sebastian Knupfer, German composer, dies at 43 Oct 20 Christopher Gibbons, British composer, dies at 61 Dec 4 Johann Georg Ebeling, German composer, dies at 39 1675 Deaths in Music by Year 1677 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers