Dec 2 Paolo Tosti, Italian composer, dies at 69 Dec 5 Hans Richter, Austrian-Hungarian composer, dies at 73 Dec 20 Manuel Giro, Spanish composer, dies at 68 Dec 20 William Wallace Gilchrist, American composer, dies at 70 Dec 26 Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81 Dec 27 Nicolai Soloviev, Russian music critic and composer, dies at 70 Dec 28 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 Dec 31 Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76 Nov 1916 Deaths in Music by Year Feb 1917 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers