Musicians Who Died on March 1

  • 1619 Thomas Campion, English physician, composer, poet (Poemata), dies at 53
  • 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboard virtuoso (organist at St. Peter's Basilica, 1608-28 and 1634-43), and late Renaissance/early Baroque dies at 59
  • 1693 Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, dies at 39
  • 1771 Isfrid Kayser, German composer, dies at 58
  • 1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer and pianist, dies at 62
  • 1788 Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 56
  • 1797 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, dies at 36
  • 1804 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 63
  • 1817 Luigi Gatti, Ittalian tenor, kapellmeister, priest, and composer, dies at 77
  • 1859 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61
  • 1914 Tor Aulin, Swedish composer, dies at 47
  • 1918 Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, Swedish composer, dies at 64
  • 1928 Herbert Brewer, English composer, dies at 62
  • 1928 Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, dies at 77
  • 1932 Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, killed in a car accident at 25
  • 1956 Henriette Renié, French harp prodigy, composer, and teacher, dies at 80
  • 1964 Sergius Kagen, American pianist and composer, dies at 54
  • 1965 Boleslav Vomácka, Czech composer (Vodntk - The Water Sprite), critic, and musicologist (Josef Suk), dies at 77
  • 1970 Lucille Hegamin, American blues singer ("Jazz Me Blues", "Arkansas Blues"), and entertainer, dies at 75
  • 1972 Victor Babin, Russian-American concert pianist (Vronsky & Babin), composer, and educator (Cleveland Institute, 1961-72) composer, dies at 63
  • 1972 Vladimir Golschmann, French-American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1931-57), dies at 78 [1]
  • 1974 Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (Moanin'), dies of cirrhosis, at 38
  • 1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer, dies at 66
  • 1980 John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
  • 1982 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 75
  • 1985 Eugene List, American concert pianist and teacher (Eastman School of Music), dies at 66
  • 1991 Frank Esler-Smith, English-Australian rock keyboardist (Air Supply), dies at 42
  • 1991 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), dies at 83
  • 1991 Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74
  • 1994 Alexei Haieff, Russian-American composer (Princess Zondilda), dies at 79
  • 1994 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 87
  • 1994 Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
  • 1994 Walter Kent, American composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
  • 1996 (Elijah) Doug Quattlebaum, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Softee Man Blues), dies at 67
  • 2006 Johnny Jackson, American drummer (The Jackson 5), dies at 54
  • 2007 Joel Brodsky, American photographer, credited with photographing over 400 album covers, dies of a heart attack at 67 [1]
  • 2013 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), dies at 81
  • 2015 Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records labels, dies at 91
  • 2016 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music)), dies at 92
  • 2021 Ralph Peterson Jr., American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers; Fo'tet), and educator (Berklee), dies of cancer at 58
  • 2022 Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork & Mindy - "Fred"; Quark; Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist (Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band), dies at 94
  • 2022 Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter (Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)); Talkin' to the Wall), dies at 86
  • 2023 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98