Apr 1 Clement D'Hooghe, Belgian composer, dies at 51 Apr 2 Simon Barere, Russian pianist, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54 while performing Grieg's Piano Concerto at Carnegie Hall Apr 6 Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer, dies at 71 Apr 12 Harold Vincent Milligan, American musician and composer, dies at 62 Apr 25 Jerzy Fitelberg, Polish composer, dies at 47 Apr 26 John Alden Carpenter, American composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 Mar 1951 Deaths in Music by Year May 1951 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers