Apr 11 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, Russian composer, dies at 54 Apr 28 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67 Apr 30 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, German composer and musician, dies at 71 Mar 1887 Deaths in Music by Year May 1887 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers