Musicians Who Died on July 29

  • 1669 Christopher Simpson, English composer for the viola da gamba, dies (b. 1602 or 1606)
  • 1786 Franz Asplmayr, Austrian composer and violinist, dies at 58
  • 1797 Christoph Rheineck, German composer, dies at 48
  • 1808 Selim III, Turkish sultan (1789-1808) poet and composer, assassinated at 46
  • 1825 Micah Hawkins, American poet and composer, dies at 48
  • 1838 Jonathan Huntington, American composer, dies at 66
  • 1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dies at 53

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

German pianist, composer (Humoresque), and music critic (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik - New Journal for Music), dies at 46

  • 1859 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, dies at 63
  • 1886 Adolf Muller Sr., Austrian composer of operettas, dies at 84
  • 1906 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, dies at 56
  • 1930 Alexander von Fielitz, German composer and conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 69
  • 1933 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
  • 1963 Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer, dies at 48
  • 1966 Pal Jardanyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 44
  • 1970 (Giovanni) "John" Barbirolli, British cellist, and conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1936-43; Hallé Orchestra, 1943-1970; Houston Symphony, 1961-67), dies of a heart attackat 70
  • 1970 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, dies at 69

Cass Elliot (1941-1974)

American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32

  • 1978 Glen Goins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Fantasy is Reality"), dies from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 24
  • 1978 Wesley LaViolette, American composer,conductor, poet, and educator dies at 84
  • 1980 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, dies at 58
  • 1984 Fred Waring, American bandleader, conductor, and Waring Blender namesake, dies at 84
  • 1986 Gordon Mills, British songwriter (Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual"), dies of cancer at 51
  • 1988 Ellin Berlin (née MacKay), American writer (Lace Curtain), and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin (muse for his song "Always" and "Remember"), dies at 86
  • 1988 Pete Drake, American pedal steel guitarist and producer, dies at 55
  • 1992 William Mathias, Welsh composer (wrote for 1981 royal wedding), dies at 57
  • 1996 Jason Thirsk, American punk rock bassist (Pennywise), dies of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot at 28
  • 1997 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman's First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74

Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)

American Tony and Academy Award-winning theater and ballet choreographer and director (West Side Story; Peter Pan), dies shortly after suffering a strokeat 79

  • 2004 James Hubert "Huby" Heard, American singer-songwriter (The God Squad), dies at 73
  • 2004 Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
  • 2005 Hildegarde [Sell], American cabaret vocalist (“Leave It To The Girls"; "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"), dies at 99
  • 2007 Art Davis, American bassist (A Time Remembered), dies of a heart attack at 72
  • 2008 Ishmeet Singh [Sodhi], Indian playback singer (Voice of India, 2007), drowns in a Maldives hotel swimming pool at 19
  • 2010 Roy Caton, American trumpet player and session musician, dies at 83
  • 2014 Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer, dies at 74
  • 2018 Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter (Astigmatic), dies of complication from lung cancer at 76