Dec 2 Tomás Bretón, Spanish conductor and composer (La Dolores; La verbena de la Paloma), dies at 72 Dec 8 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk and musicologist, dies at 88 Dec 14 Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, takes his own life at 72 Dec 16 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, dies at 50 Dec 22 Arthur H. Bird, American composer, dies at 67 Oct 1923 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1924 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers