Dec 3 Jēkabs Graubiņš, Latvian composer, dies at 75 Dec 8 William Beatton Moonie, Scottish composer (The Weird of Colbar; Echoes of Perthshire), dies at 71 Dec 16 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, Russian composer and teacher, dies at 61 Dec 16 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer, prima donna, dies at 93 Dec 20 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, Nicaraguan composer, conductor, and educator, dies at 75 Dec 24 Guy de Lioncourt, French composer, dies at 76 Nov 1961 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1962 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers