Jan 5 Edmond Dédé, Creole-American violinist and composer (Quasimodo Symphony; Mephisto Masque), dies at 73 Jan 11 Vasily Kalinnikov, composer influenced by folksong, dies of tuberculosis at 34 Jan 13 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66 Jan 16 Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825) Jan 24 Simon Hassler, German-American composer, dies at 68 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Jan 27 Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), dies at 77 Dec 1900 Deaths in Music by Year Feb 1901 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers