Feb 1 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian Baroque composer, organist, and maestro di cappella (Basilica of San Marco. 1677-1743), dies at 85 Feb 7 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, dies at 57 Aug 1742 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1743 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers