Oct 4 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), dies from injuries from falling off of a stage at 75
Oct 9 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer, dies at 70
Oct 16 Hale A. VanderCook, American composer, dies at 85
Oct 24 Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, dies at 70
Oct 27 Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30
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