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Musicians Who Died in 1942

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  • Jan 1 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, dies at 35
  • Jan 4 Léon Jessel, German light classical and operetta composer (The Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Schwarzwaldmädel (The Black Forest Girl)), dies of injuries sustained during Gestapo interrogation at 70
  • Jan 6 Emma Calvé [Calvet], French operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1893-1904), dies at 83
  • Jan 8 Arvo Hannikainen, Finnish violinist and composer, dies at 44
  • Jan 17 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, dies at 61
  • Jan 21 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), dies at 72
  • Jan 25 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, dies at 78
  • Jan 28 Pablo Luna, Spanish composer (De España vengo), dies at 61
  • Jan 29 Ladislao Zavertal, Czech-Italian conductor and composer, dies at 92
  • Feb 15 Guido Adler, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist (Still in the Music), dies at 91
  • Feb 15 Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, dies at 69
  • Feb 20 Guido Gasperini, Italian composer, dies at 76
  • Feb 25 Leo Ascher, Austrian-American operetta composer (Hoheit tanzt Walzer (Her Highness Dances the Waltz); Der Soldat der Marie (Marie's Soldier)), dies at 61
  • Mar 2 Charlie Christian, American jazz and swing guitarist (Benny Goodman Sextet), dies of tuberculosis at 25 [1]
  • Mar 4 Yuliya Veysberg, Russian composer, dies at 62
  • Mar 12 Enric Morera i Viura, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 76
  • Mar 15 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), dies from a stroke at 70 [1]
  • Mar 20 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
  • Mar 20 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), dies in the siege of Leningrad during World War II at 73
  • Apr 3 Albert Siklós, Hungarian composer, dies at 63
  • Apr 3 Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, dies at 76
  • Apr 8 Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)
  • Apr 30 Catherine Murphy Urner, American composer, dies at 51
  • May 7 (Paul) Felix Weingartner, Austrian pianist, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic, 1907-27; first to record all nine of Beethoven's symphonies), and composer (Die Dorfschule), dies at 78
  • May 10 Joe Weber, American vaudeville comedian, singer (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, dies at 74
  • May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, British violinist, composer and conductor of the 1st TV orchestra (BBC), dies of alcohol-related problems at 41
  • May 17 Alfred Hollins, British composer, dies at 76
  • May 25 Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-born cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies of complications during surgery at 39
  • Jun 1 Ernest Pingoud, Finnish composer, dies at 53
  • Jun 2 (Roland) "Bunny" Berigan, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Paul Whiteman; Benny Goodman - "King Porter Stomp"; Tommy Dorsey - "Marie"), vocalist, and bandleader ("I Can't Get Started"), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 33
  • Jun 12 Walter Leigh, British composer (The Frogs of Aristophanes), killed in action near Tobruk, Libya while serving in British Army, at 36
  • Jun 18 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, dies at 71
  • Jul 8 Catherinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 83
  • Aug 4 Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer, dies at 81
  • Aug 11 Richard Heinrich Stein, German composer, and music theorist (La musica moderna), dies at 60
  • Aug 18 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech-Russian composer and pianist (Ogelala), dies of tuberculosis at 48 in a German concentration camp in Wülzburg, Bavaria
  • Aug 22 Henry Eichheim, American violinist, composer, organologist, and ethnomusicologist dies at 72
  • Aug 22 Mikhail Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 62
  • Aug 25 Panayot Pipkov, Bulgarian bandmaster, composer, pedagogue, and (with his son) Antarctic glacier namesake, dies at 70
  • Oct 11 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 64
  • Oct 23 Ralph Rainger [Reichenthal], American song and film composer (Thanks for the Memory; Love In Bloom), dies in a plane crash at 41
  • Nov 1 Hugo Distler, German organist, choral conductor and composer, commits suicide at 34

George M. Cohan (1878-1942)

Nov 5 American father of musical comedy (Phantom President; Give My Regards to Broadway), dies of cancer at 64

George M. Cohan
  • Nov 16 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpreß, A Star Fell from Heaven), dies from a heart attack at 38
  • Nov 19 Édouard Combe, Swiss composer, dies at 76
  • Dec 2 Karen Jønsson née (Pedersen), Danish jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, composer, and actress, dies of pneumonia at 33
  • Dec 3 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and music critic, dies at 75
  • Dec 11 Jochen Klepper, German writer, journalist, and hymnist, commits suicide with his family as they faced Nazi persecution at 39
  • Dec 13 Eleanor Everest Freer, American composer, dies at 78
  • Dec 20 Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfeld], German composer, dies at 63
  • Dec 24 Friedrich Klose, German-Swiss composer (König Elf), dies at 80
  • Dec 25 Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32


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