Jan 7 Luiz Costa, Portuguese pianist, and composer, dies at 80 Jan 18 Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, dies of pneumonia at 52 [1] Jan 24 Edwin Fischer, Swiss concert pianist and conductor, dies at 73 Jan 25 Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), dies at 82 Jan 28 Jacques de Menasce, Austrian-American composer, dies at 54 Dec 1959 Deaths in Music by Year Feb 1960 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers
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