Aug 4 Henry Schoenfeld, American composer, dies at 78 Aug 15 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), dies at 71 Aug 15 Stanisław Niewiadomski, Polish composer, dies at 76 Aug 17 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36 Aug 19 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet and composer, murdered at 37 or 38 Jul 1936 Deaths in Music by Year Sep 1936 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers