Feb 5 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (b. 1864) Feb 19 Hamilton Harty, Irish composer and conductor called "the prince of accompanists", dies at 61 Feb 20 (Mary) La Bolduc (née Travers), French Canadian singer and songwriter, dies of cancer at 46 Jan 1941 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1941 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers