Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1594 - Paulo Bellasio,
composer, dies at 40
1668 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon,
composer, dies at 45
1690 - Domenico Gabrielli,
composer, dies at 39
1839 - Fernando Joseph Maria Sor,
composer, dies at 61
1868 - Carlo Conti,
composer, dies at 71
1888 - Rafael Hernando,
composer, dies at 66
1908 - Phoebe Knapp,
American hymn writer (b. 1839)
1937 - Attilio Brugnoli,
composer, dies at 56
1940 - Donald Francis Tovey,
English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
1941 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton,
pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
1943 - Arthur Finlay Nevin,
composer, dies at 72
1952 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard,
composer, dies at 58
1953 - Sidney Homer,
composer, dies at 88
1972 - Lovie Austin,
American jazz pianist (b. 1887)
1977 - Norman Paris,
orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
1978 - Michel Gusikoff,
composer, dies at 85
1979 - Arthur Fiedler,
orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
1982 - Maria Jeritza,
[Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
1983 - Werner Egk,
German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1987 - John Hammond,
Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76
2011 - Pierrette Alarie,
Canadian operatic soprano (b. 1921)
2011 - Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
