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Musicians Who Died in December 1942

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  • 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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