Musicians Who Died in February 1944

  • Feb 1 Martin Lunssens, Belgian composer, dies at 72
  • Feb 4 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress, dies at 79
  • Feb 7 Lina Cavalieri, Italian dramatic soprano, and silent film actress, killed during WWII Allied bombing near here home in Florence, Italy at 69
  • Feb 11 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
  • Feb 16 Bob Zurke [Boguslaw Zukowski], American jazz pianist, arranger, (Bob Crosby Orchestra), and composer ("Old Tom-Cat On The Keys"), dies of complications of pneumonia aggravated by acute alcohol poisoning at 32
  • Feb 16 Edmund von Borck, German composer, dies fighting in Italy in WWII at 37
  • Feb 19 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, German composer, dies at 76