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Musicians Who Died on July 24

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  • 1652 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), dies at 32
  • 1663 Thomas Baltzar, German violinist and composer dies at about 33
  • 1739 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
  • 1809 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, dies at 74
  • 1812 Joseph Schuster, German composer, dies at 63
  • 1819 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
  • 1826 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65

Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)

Polish pianist and composer, dies of cholera at 41 [1]

Maria Szymanowska
  • 1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and choir master, dies at 81
  • 1865 Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer (Kullervo), dies of typhus at 30
  • 1876 Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66
  • 1933 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
  • 1936 James Philip Dunn, American composer, dies at 52
  • 1947 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
  • 1960 Carl Deis, American composer, dies at 77
  • 1971 Alan Rawsthorne, English composer, dies at 66
  • 1972 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
  • 1976 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
  • 1987 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
  • 1991 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
  • 1995 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
  • 2001 Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
  • 2004 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
  • 2008 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
  • 2011 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
  • 2011 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
  • 2013 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
  • 2014 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57
  • 2016 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
  • 2020 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72
  • 2023 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80


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