Sep 3 FrantiĊĦek Drdla, Czech composer, dies at 75 Sep 7 Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70 Sep 8 Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer (Frau Helga von Staveren; Thijl), conductor, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, dies of pneumonia at 63 Sep 25 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, Alsatian composer, dies at 43 Sep 26 Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64 Aug 1944 Deaths in Music by Year Oct 1944 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers