Months in Year 1940: March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 28 of 28
Mar 25th - Ion Nonna Otescu,
composer, dies at 51
Apr 6th - Andres Isasi,
composer, dies at 49
Apr 18th - Florrie Forde,
music hall artist, dies
May 23rd - Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov,
Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
May 28th - Theodor Streicher,
composer, dies at 65
Jun 8th - Frederick Shepherd Converse,
US composer, dies at 69
Jun 16th - Vitezslava Kapralova,
composer, dies at 25
Jun 19th - Maurice Jaubert,
composer, dies at 40
Jun 20th - Jehan Alain,
French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29
Jul 2nd - Bertram Shapleigh,
composer, dies at 69
Jul 10th - Donald Francis Tovey,
English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
Jul 28th - Johann Richard Ohlsson,
composer, dies at 66
Aug 8th - Johnny Dodds,
American musician (b. 1892)
Aug 21st - Paul Juon,
Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
Aug 29th - Arthur De Greef,
composer, dies at 77
Aug 31st - Johanna "Annie" Bakker,
revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58
Sep 30th - Walter Kollo,
composer, dies at 62
Oct 5th - Silvestre Revueltas,
Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
Oct 6th - Ferdinando Liuzzi,
composer, dies at 55
Oct 24th - Victor Hollaender,
composer, dies at 74
Oct 27th - Fini Valdemar Henriques,
composer, dies at 72
Oct 28th - Andrea d' Angeli,
composer, dies at 71
Nov 12th - Alejandro Garcia Caturla,
composer, dies at 34
Nov 23rd - Catherina van Rennes,
composer, dies at 82
Nov 30th - Fritz Volbach,
German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
Dec 5th - Jan Kubelik,
composer, dies at 60
Dec 16th - William Wallace,
composer, dies at 80
Dec 30th - Fritz Volbach,
composer, dies at 79
