Musicians Who Died on July 21

1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, German composer, dies at 63

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, dies at 37

1891 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
1910 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
1948 Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
1950 Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America'a oldest Bach Festival, dies at 71
1968 Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1981 Lawrence "Snub" Mosley, American jazz trombonist (Alphonso Trent Orchestra; Louis Armstrong), bandleader, and promoter of the slide saxophone ("The Man With The Funny Little Horn"), dies at 75 [1]
1984 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
1988 Norridge Mayhams, American swing, pop, and gospel singer-songwriter ("We'll Build a Bungalow"), guitarist, bandleader, and record producer, dies at 84
1993 Richard Tee [Ten Ryk], American jazz and session pianist, and arranger (Paul Simon - "Slip' Slidin' Away"; Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes"; Grover Washington, Jr - "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of prostate cancer at 49
1994 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
1995 Edwin "Russell" House, American saxophonist, dies at 65
2000 Stanojlo Rajičić, Serbian composer, educator, and musicologist, dies at 79
2002 Gus Dudgeon [Angus Boyd Dudgeon], British pop record producer (Elton John, early David Bowie), dies in a car crash at 59
2004 Jerry Goldsmith, American pianist and composer (The Twilight Zone; Planet Of The Apes), dies of colon cancer at 75
2005 Long John Baldry, British blues musician ("Don't Try to Lay No Boogie"), dies at 64
2015 E. L. Doctorow, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate), dies at 84
2015 Paul Freeman, American conductor and composer (Chicago Sinfonietta, 1987 -2011; Czech National Symphony, 1996-2007), dies at 79
2015 Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American stage and screen singer and actor (The Sound of Music; Fiddler On The Roof; The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; 200 Motels), folk singer (co-founder Newport Folk Festival), and political activist, dies at 91
2019 Ben Johnston [Benjamin Burwell Johnston Jr], American microtonal composer (Gambit), dies at 93
2020 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, dies from emphysema and heart disease, at 89 [1]

Tony Bennett (1926-2023)

American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop and jazz singer ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; "Steppin' Out With My Baby"), and painter, dies at 96 [1]