Feb 5 Paul Rubens, English musical comedy composer, (Miss Hook of Holland), dies at 41 Feb 10 Émile Pessard, French pianist, concert and comic opera composer, and teacher (Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert), dies at 73 Dec 1916 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1917 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers