Jan 1 Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, dies at the front during WWII at 33 Jan 3 Théodore "Fyodor" Akimenko, Ukrainian composer, dies at 68 Jan 14 Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, murdered in the Holocaust at 43 [1] Jan 22 Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday Jan 27 Gideon Klein, Moravian pianist and composer, dies in a Nazi labor camp at 26 (date approximate) Jan 30 William Busch, British composer, dies at 43 Dec 1944 Deaths in Music by Year Feb 1945 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers