Jan 15 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer, musician, and choirmaster, dies at about 74 (born c. 1700) Jun 11 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 Aug 6 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, German composer, dies at 72 Sep 7 Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, dies at 48 Nov 16 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, dies at 28 Nov 29 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 87 1774 Deaths in Music by Year 1776 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers