Apr 2 Mikulas Moyzes, Slovak composer, dies at 71 Apr 4 Karel Weis, Czech composer and folk song collector, dies at 82 Apr 5 Willy Derby [Willem Dieben], Dutch popular song singer (Hello Bandoeng; White Roses), dies of a heart attack at 58 Apr 9 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, Polish composer and conductor, dies at 59 Apr 13 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and 1st female composer awarded with Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1913), dies at 86 Apr 22 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, dies at 68 Mar 1944 Deaths in Music by Year May 1944 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers