Feb 7 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68 Feb 15 Vernon Castle [Blyth] English-American vaudeville, stage, and screen ballroom dancer, and fighter pilot, dies in a plane crash at 30 Feb 26 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer, dies at 74 Jan 1918 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1918 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers