Musicians Who Died on November 4

  • 1702 Thomas Eisenhut, German composer, dies at 58

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

German composer and pianist (Italian Symphony; Songs Without Words), dies after a series of strokes at 38

  • 1853 Alexander Stadtfeld, German composer, dies at 27
  • 1890 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish classical composer (Over the Precipice; You Are My Dream), dies at 46
  • 1898 (Charles) Jerome Hopkins, American composer, pianist, critic, and musical education advocate, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 62
  • 1924 Gabriel Urbain Fauré, French organist, composer (Requiem; Ballade), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1905-20), dies at 79
  • 1931 Buddy Bolden, African-American early jazz musician, dies at 54
  • 1935 Miklós Radnai, Hungarian composer (Symphony of the Magyars). music writer, and critic, dies at 43
  • 1937 Rogelio del Villar, Spanish composer, dies at 61
  • 1939 Charles Arnold Tournemire, French organist and composer, dies at 69
  • 1953 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
  • 1957 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (collected French folksongs), dies at 78
  • 1965 Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, dies at 77
  • 1969 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), dies at 66
  • 1986 Zlatan Vauda, Slovene composer and conductor (RTB Children's Choir, 1953-86), dies at 86
  • 1994 Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist (MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"), dies of heart failure at 46
  • 1995 Marti Caine [Lynne Stringer], British comedienne, singer and television host, dies of lymphatic cancer at 50
  • 2005 Len Barnard, Australian jazz drummer ("The Naked Dance"; Galapagos Duck), dies at 76
  • 2005 Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle; Bewitched - Samantha's nose tinkle), dies at 88
  • 2005 Sheree North, American actress and singer, dies at 73
  • 2010 Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 50
  • 2012 Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
  • 2016 Eddie Harsch [Hawrysch], Canadian keyboardist (Bulldog; The Black Crowes - "Hard To Handle"), dies at 59
  • 2020 Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (Uriah Heep, 1970-80 - "Easy Livin'"; Blackfoot, 1982-84), dies at 75