Dec 6 Hermann Heiss, German composer, dies at 69 Dec 9 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer, dies at 79 Dec 10 Boris Koutzen, Russian violinist, composer and educator, dies at 65 Dec 17 Gustaf Paulson, Swedish organist and composer (The Resurrection Symphony), dies at 68 Dec 24 Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer, dies at 69 Dec 26 Noel Gallon, French composer, dies at 75 Nov 1966 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1967 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers