Dec 6 Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, dies at 71 Dec 22 Fred Guy, American jazz banjo player and guitarist (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra; Duke Ellington's Washingtonians), dies at 74 Dec 23 Carlo Jachino, Italian composer, dies at 84 Dec 25 Byron Arnold, American composer, dies at 70 Dec 28 Max Steiner, Austrian composer (Gone With The Wind), dies at 83 Dec 30 Jan Mul, Dutch composer, dies at 60 Nov 1971 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1972 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers