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Musicians Who Died in 1934

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  • Jan 12 Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Juilliard School, 1924-34), dies of cancer at 46
  • Jan 15 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
  • Jan 16 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
  • Jan 19 Armand Parent, Belgian composer, dies at 70
  • Feb 2 Ernesto Nazareth, Brazilian pianist dance and classical music composer, dies at 70
  • Feb 22 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 78

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Feb 23 English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), dies of colorectal cancer at 76

Edward Elgar
  • Feb 25 Daniel Protheroe, Welsh conductor and composer, dies at 67
  • Mar 3 Norman O'Neill, English theatrical composer (Mary Rose) and conductor, dies from injuries sustained after being struck by a package delivery tricycle at 58
  • Mar 13 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, dies at 56
  • Mar 21 Franz Schreker [Schrecker], Austrian conductor, composer (Die Gezeichneten; Der ferne Klang), teacher, and administrator dies of a heart attack at 55
  • Apr 4 Braulio Dueño Colón, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 80
  • Apr 5 Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet and songwriter during "Golden Age of Neapolitan Song", dies at 74
  • Apr 28 Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician ("Pony Blues"; "High Water Everywhere"), dies of a mitral valve disorder between the ages of 37 and 43
  • May 1 Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, Soviet composer, dies at 35
  • May 7 Edward Naylor, English composer, dies at 67
  • May 25 Gustav Holst, English composer (The Planets; Ode to Death), dies at 59
  • Jun 10 Frederick Delius, British composer (A Mass of Life, Brigg Fair; In a Summer Garden), dies at 72
  • Jun 15 Alfred Bruneau, French composer (Léda), dies at 77
  • Jun 18 Francisco Lacerda, Portuguese composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 65
  • Jul 9 Otakar Zich, Czech composer, dies at 55
  • Aug 1 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, dies at 79
  • Sep 2 (Alcide) "Yellow" Nunez, American New Orleans jazz clarinetist, dies of a heart attack at 50 [1]
  • Sep 2 (Ruggiero) "Russ" Columbo, American pop baritone singer ("You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"), songwriter ("Prisoner of Love"), actor (Wake Up And Dream), and violinist, is accidentally shot to death at 26
  • Sep 10 George Henschel, German-British baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 84
  • Sep 15 David Vaughan Thomas, Welsh musician and composer, dies at 61
  • Sep 17 Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, dies at 79
  • Sep 24 Edwin H. Lemare, British organist and composer (Andantino in D-flat, also known as "Moonlight and Roses"), dies at 69
  • Oct 29 Gustavo Campa, Mexican composer, dies at 71
  • Dec 8 Bernhard Seklas, German pianist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue thought to be the first jazz instructor, dies at 62


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