- Mar 1 Boleslav Vomácka, Czech composer (Vodntk - The Water Sprite), critic, and musicologist (Josef Suk), dies at 77
- Mar 3 Carlo Gatti, Italian musicologist (Verdi), dies at 88
- Mar 6 Ruvim Pergament, composer, dies at 58
- Mar 8 Tadd Dameron, American jazz pianist, composer ("If You Could See Me Now"; "Lady Bird"), arranger (Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine) and bandleader, dies of cancer at 48
- Mar 9 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 65
- Mar 19 Lavere "Buster" Harding, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Billie Holiday), dies at 53
- Mar 25 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Italian composer, dies at 72
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