Musicians Who Died on July 19

  • 1625 Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, dies at 50
  • 1700 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, German composer, dies at 62
  • 1730 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, dies at 49
  • 1811 Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, dies at 76
  • 1838 Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, dies at 72
  • 1844 Heinrich Domnich, German hornist and composer, dies at 77
  • 1847 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, German-Dutch organist and composer (Wien Neêrlands Bloed - Dutch national anthem, 1815-1932), dies at 75
  • 1944 Will Marion Cook, American violinist, choral director, and composer, dies at 75
  • 1951 Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
  • 1954 Jean Roger-Ducasse, French composer, dies at 81
  • 1970 Barry Wood [Louis Rappaport], American singer (Your Hit Parade), and television producer, dies at 61
  • 1975 (William) "Lefty" Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter ("If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"; "Saginaw, Michigan"), dies at 47
  • 1981 Louis Cheslock, British-born American violinist, composer and educator of Polish heritage (Peabody Institute, 1916-76), dies at 82
  • 1981 Roger Doucet, French Canadian tenor, noted for his bilingual rendition of national anthem "O Canada" at Montreal sporting events, dies of a brain tumor at 62
  • 1991 Gino Negri, Italian composer, songwriter, and actor, dies at 72
  • 1993 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra). dies at 84
  • 1994 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American pianist (Julliard), dies at 82
  • 1995 Sydney Lipton, British dance band bandleader, dies at 89
  • 1996 (Emmanual Tettey) "E.T." Mensah, Ghanaian saxophonist, known as the "King of Highlife" music (Accra Rhythmic Orchestra; The Tempos), dies at 77
  • 1998 Antoine Tisne, French composer, dies at 65
  • 2001 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, dies from complications from a car accident at 62
  • 2002 Alan Lomax, American ethnomusicologist, and folklorist (Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song), dies at 87
  • 2010 Andy Hummell, American rock bassist (Big Star, 1971-73), dies of cancer at 59
  • 2011 Karen Khachaturian, Russian composer, dies at 90
  • 2015 Václav Snítil, Czech violinist (Czech Nonet), and teacher (Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 1964-2015), dies at 87
  • 2015 Van Alexander [Alexander Van Vliet Feldman], American composer, arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), and orchestra leader (Dean Martin Show), dies at 100
  • 2022 Q Lazzarus [Diane Luckey], American new-wave singer-songwriter (Goodbye Horses), dies at 61