Jan 9 Amilcare Zanella, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 75 Jan 14 JoaquĆn Turina, Spanish pianist and composer (Rima), dies at 66 Jan 25 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), dies at 61 Jan 27 Boris Asafiev, Russian composer and music critic, dies at 64 Jan 28 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, Swedish organist and composer, dies at 62 Dec 1948 Deaths in Music by Year Feb 1949 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers