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Musicians Who Died on January 9

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  • 1679 Werner Fabricius, German composer, dies at 45
  • 1854 Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77
  • 1863 Ferdinand Huber, Swiss composer, dies at 71
  • 1886 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73
  • 1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (Song of our Saviour), dies at 57
  • 1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor and Royal Ball director, dies at 72
  • 1944 Johanna Beyer, German-American pianist and composer (March for Thirty Percussion Instruments; Clusters), dies from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), at 55
  • 1948 Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (harpsichord and clavichord), dies at 75
  • 1949 Amilcare Zanella, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 75
  • 1956 Paul Malengreau, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1813-53), dies at 71
  • 1957 Mary Carr Moore, American composer, dies at 83
  • 1959 Edwin A. Fleisher, American music patron (founder of the Symphony Club), musicologist (The Fleisher Collection), and philanthropist, dies at 71 [1]
  • 1962 Leroy Shield [Shields], American pianist, composer (Laurel & Hardy; Our Gang; Union Pacific Suite), and orchestra leader, dies of cancer at 68
  • 1964 Frank "Big Boy" Goudie, American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, and upholsterer, dies of cancer at 64
  • 1966 Haro Levoni Step'anian, Armenian composer, dies at 68
  • 1968 Louis Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
  • 1969 Ladislav Vycpalek, Czech composer, dies at 86
  • 1971 Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
  • 1977 Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, dies at 71
  • 1979 Avery Claflin, American banker and composer ("Lament for April 15" - income tax form instructions set to music), dies at 80 [1]
  • 1981 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and co-founder of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, dies at 58
  • 1981 Obdulio Morales, Cuban pianist, conductor, composer, ethnomusicologist, and Afro-Cuban bandleader, dies at 70
  • 1986 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, dies at 88
  • 1994 Silas Hogan, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82
  • 2009 Dave Dee [Harman], British pop singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies of cancer at 67
  • 2011 Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter and arranger of Jewish religious music ("Mi Shebeirach"), dies of pneumonia at 59
  • 2012 Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87
  • 2012 Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican singer and politician, dies from septic shock and pneumonia at 92
  • 2018 Karin von Aroldingen, German ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), dies at 76
  • 2020 Bobby Comstock, American pop-rock singer (The Counts - "Let's Stomp"), dies at 78
  • 2022 James Mtume [Forman], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and R&B percussionist, songwriter, record producer (Miles Davis, 1971-75; "Juicy Fruit"), social activist, and radio personality, dies at 76
  • 2022 Maria Ewing, American opera mezzo-soprano singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-97), dies at 71
  • 2023 Yoriaki Matsudaira, Japanese composer and academic, dies of pneumonia at 91
  • 2024 James Kottak, American rock drummer (Scorpions, 1996-2016), dies at 61


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