May 6 Earl Ross Drake, American composer, dies at 50 May 11 Max Reger, German composer, pianist and professor (Leipzig Univ), dies at 43 May 17 Gervais Salvayre, French composer (Calypso; La Résurrection), and music critic dies at 68 Apr 1916 Deaths in Music by Year Jun 1916 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers