Feb 4 Peder Gram, Danish composer, dies at 74 Feb 18 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 Feb 21 Edwin Franko Goldman, American march music composer (founder of American Bandmasters Association), dies at 78 Feb 25 Marij Kogoj, Slovenian composer, dies at 59 Feb 27 Frank Dailey, American orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 Feb 27 Gunther Ramin, German organist and composer, dies at 57 Jan 1956 Deaths in Music by Year Mar 1956 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers