Musicologists in History

• 1963-03-03 American country blues musician "Mississippi" John Hurt 're-discovered' by musicologist Tom Hoskins in Avalon, Mississippi [1]

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 312

• 1604-03-19 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (d. 1656)
• 1684-09-18 Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, born in Erfurt, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1748)
• 1714-03-24 Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), born in Vercelli, Kingdom of Venice (d. 1782)
• 1720-08-11 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and Benedictine abbot, born in Horb am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1793)
• 1726-04-12 Charles Burney, English music historian, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1814)
• 1746-09-29 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, born in Sondershausen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1819)
• 1748-02-02 Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, born in Wehrsdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1806)
• 1749-02-22 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), born in Meeder, Coburg (d. 1818)
• 1750-02-10 Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, teacher, musicologist, and monk, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1825)
• 1754-05-20 Hans Gram, Danish-American organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1804)
• 1766-10-09 Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, born in Velichov, Czech Republic (d. 1842)
• 1769-06-01 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, born in Grodków, Poland (d. 1854)
• 1773-08-29 Raphael G. Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music), born in Holleschau, Moravia, Czech Republic (d. 1850)
• 1777-01-08 Filippo Traetta, Italian-born American composer and music teacher, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1854)
• 1778-05-28 Friedrich Westenholz, German composer, musicologist, and educator, born in Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1840)
• 1780-05-10 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislavia, Slovakia) (d. 1853)

• 1794-04-09 Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), born in Marseilles, France (d. 1865)
• 1797-11-23 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, born in Nagykata, Hungary (d. 1875)
• 1800-01-14 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), born in Krems an der Donau, Austria (d. 1877)
• 1807-01-04 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1889)
• 1809-01-02 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, German composer, voice teacher and musicologist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1888)
• 1811-03-30 Angelo Catelani, Italian composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Guastalla, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1866)
• 1813-01-23 Franz Commer, German composer and musicologist, born in Cologne, Département de la Roer, First French Empire (d. 1887)
• 1813-03-02 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, born in London, England (d. 1887)
• 1816-11-17 August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian Czech musicologist (History of Music), born in Vysoké Mýto, Bohemia (d. 1876)
• 1819-09-06 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian and composer, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse by the Rhine, German Confederation (d. 1887)
• 1819-10-23 Isac Baker Woodbury, American composer, and musicologist (The Dulcimer: Or the New York Collection of Sacred Music), born in Beverly, Massachusetts, (d. 1858)
• 1822-08-15 Wilhelm Rust, German musicologist and composer, born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1892)
• 1823-01-05 William Rockstro [Rackstraw], English musicologist, arranger, and composer, born in North Cheam, Surrey, England (d. 1895)
• 1825-08-12 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, born in London, England (d. 1889)
• 1826-12-03 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer and musicologist, born in Oudenaarde, Belgium (d. 1895)

• 1831-02-17 Francisco Salvador Daniel, French composer, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bourges, France (d. 1871)
• 1835-12-07 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk and musicologist, born in Bouzemont, France (d. 1923)
• 1839-01-14 Emil Bohn, German organist, choral director, composer, and musicologist, born in Bielau, Prussian Silesia (now Biała Nyska, Poland) (d. 1909)
• 1840-04-12 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), born in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1910)
• 1840-06-06 John Stainer, English organist, composer (The Crucifixion), musicologist, and educator, born in Southwark, London (d. 1901)
• 1842-03-22 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, born in Hrynky, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1912)
• 1843-06-16 Jan Malát, Czech composer, pedagogue, and musicologist, born in Starý Bydžov, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1915)
• 1843-08-04 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer and musicologist, born in Ghent (d. 1910)
• 1846-06-04 Josef Sittard, German musicologist and music critic, born in Vital, Aachen, Germany (d. 1903)
• 1846-11-10 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1906)
• 1847-05-25 Alphonse Goovaerts, Belgian composer and musicologist (Histoire et Bibliographie de la Typographie Musicale dans les Pays-Bas), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1922)
• 1848-02-27 Hubert Parry, English musicologist and composer (Jerusalem), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1918)
• 1853-01-07 Nikolai Arkas, Ukrainian composer (Katerina), and musicologist, born in Nikolayev, Russian Empire (d. 1909)
• 1854-09-17 Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
• 1855-01-26 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1922)

• 1855-07-16 C. F. Abdy Williams, British organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Dawlish, England (d. 1923)
• 1855-11-01 Guido Adler, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist (Still in the Music), born in Eibenschütz, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1942)
• 1855-11-13 Daniel François Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist and banker, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1927)
• 1858-01-25 Giuseppe Radiciotti, Italian musicologist and composer, born in Iesi, Papal States (d. 1931)
• 1858-09-13 Catherinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1942)
• 1859-11-17 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1933)
• 1859-12-27 William Henry Hadow, British educational reformer and musicologist (Oxford History of Music, Studies in Modern Music), born in Ebrington, Gloucestshire, England (d. 1937)
• 1860-08-10 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist (Hundu classical music), born in Walkeshwar, Bombay. British India (now in Mumbai, Indaia) (d. 1936)
• 1861-04-27 William Arms Fisher, American composer, librettist (Going Home), musicologist, and educator, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1948)
• 1861-12-17 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), born in Wipperfürth, Germany (d. 1940)
• 1862-05-02 Maurice Emmanuel, French composer and musicologist (Salamine), born in Bar-sur-Aube, France (d. 1938)
• 1864-12-19 Adolf Sandberger, German composer and musicologist, born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1943)
• 1864-12-30 Alessandro Longo, Italian composer and musicologist, born in Amantea, Italy (d. 1945)
• 1866-03-18 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities (d. 1928)
• 1868-02-03 Dámaso Ledesma, Spanish organist, composer, musicologist, and priest, born in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain (d. 1928)
• 1868-04-28 Joel Engel, Russian musicologist (Jewish Folksongs), composer "Numi Numi"), and music publisher, born in Berdyansk, Russian Empire (d. 1917)
• 1868-06-19 Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) know for his Schenkerian analysis of music, born in Wisniowczyki, Austrian Galicia (now Vyshnivchyk, Ukraine) (d. 1935)
• 1868-09-26 Henry F. Gilbert, American composer (The Dance in Place Congo), and musicologist, born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 1928)
• 1868-10-27 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Lurgan, Ireland (d. 1934)

• 1869-01-03 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, French musicologist, music critic, and composer, born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (d. 1943)
• 1869-05-11 Francisco Lacerda, Portuguese composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Ribeira Seca, Portugal (d. 1934)
• 1869-10-08 Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest, composer (Patarag), and musicologist, born in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) (d. 1935) [O.S. birth 09-26]
• 1870-01-13 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), born in Kraków, Russian Poland (d. 1942)
• 1870-09-23 John Lomax, American folk song collector and ethnomusicologist (American Folklore Society), and educator, born in Goodman, Mississippi (d. 1948)
• 1872-03-10 Felix Borowski, British-American composer, educator (Chicago Musical College, 1896-1925), and musicologist (Chicago Symphony, 1908-56), born in Burton-in-Kendal, England (d. 1956)
• 1872-04-01 Tadeusz Joteyko, Polish conductor, composer, and musicologist (Zygmunt August), born in Poczujki, Russian Empire (d. 1932)
• 1873-08-22 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1935)
• 1873-10-06 Oscar Sonneck, American editor (The Musical Quarterly), musicologist, and librarian (Library of Congress, 1902-17), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1928)
• 1874-01-01 Hugo Leichtentritt, German Jewish composer and musicologist, born in Pleschen, Poland (d. 1951)
• 1874-02-15 Emilis Melngailis, Latvian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Vidriži, Russian Empire (d. 1954)
• 1875-07-17 Donald Tovey, British musicologist (Essays in Musical Analysis), pianist, and composer (The Bride of Dionysus), born in Eton, England (d. 1940)
• 1876-04-25 Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), born in Ciudad Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, Mexico (d. 1945)
• 1876-12-07 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv), born in Regensburg, Germany (d. 1957)
• 1876-12-19 Carlo Gatti, Italian musicologist (Verdi), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1965)
• 1877-02-25 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1935)
• 1877-04-02 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1941)
• 1877-06-23 Hermann Stephani, German organist, and musicologist, born in Grimma, German Empire (d. 1960)
• 1877-07-11 Edwin A. Fleisher, American music patron (founder of the Symphony Club), musicologist (The Fleisher Collection), and philanthropist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1959) [1]

• 1878-03-21 Thurlow Lieurance, American composer (By the Waters of Minnetonka; Sad Moon on Falling Leaf), ethnomusicologist (Indigenous peoples), and educator, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1963)
• 1878-05-15 Francisco Pujol, Catalan singer, choirmaster (Orfeó Català), composer, and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1945)
• 1878-07-17 Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, born in Nieuwer-Amstel, Netherlands (d. 1954)
• 1878-08-31 Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America'a oldest Bach Festival, born in Berea, Ohio (d. 1950)
• 1879-05-06 Tobias Norlind, Swedish musicologist, born in Vellinge, Sweden (d. 1947)
• 1879-08-31 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1949)
• 1879-10-21 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (collected French folksongs), born in Annonay, France (d. 1957)
• 1880-10-07 Jaime Pahissa, Spanish-born composer and musicologist (d. 1969)
• 1880-11-02 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), born in Hulme, Manchester, England (d. 1939)
• 1880-11-03 Raffaele Casimiri, Italian musicologist and composer, born in Gualdo Tadino, Italy (d. 1943)
• 1880-12-30 Alfred Einstein, German-American musicologist and nephew of Albert Einstein, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1952)

• 1881-06-29 Curt Sachs, German musicologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
• 1881-08-12 Václav Vačkář, Czech composer, known for his marches, conductor, and musicologist, born in Dobřejovice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1954)
• 1882-03-18 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer, pedagogue (Venice Liceo Musicale, 1932-52), and musicologist (Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1973)
• 1882-07-05 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), born in Vadodra, Bombay State, British India (d. 1927)

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Deaths 1 - 100 of 273

• 1103-01-17 Frutolf of Michelsberg, German monk, musicologist, and historian, dies
• 1620-03-25 Johannes Nucius, German composer and musicologist, dies at about 64 [exact birthday uncertain]
• 1656-11-06 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, dies at 52
• 1748-03-23 Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, dies at 63
• 1764-04-17 Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82
• 1782-05-20 Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), dies at 68
• 1793-05-13 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and abbot, dies at 72
• 1806-09-12 Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, dies at 58
• 1814-04-12 Charles Burney, English music historian, dies at 88
• 1818-03-20 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), dies at 69
• 1819-06-30 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, dies at 72
• 1825-05-12 Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, teacher, musicologist, and monk dies at 75
• 1829-01-03 Robert Archibald Smith, Scottish composer, musical dierctor, and ethnomusicologist (Scotish Minstrels), dies at 48
• 1842-12-25 Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, dies at 76
• 1850-01-01 Raphael G. Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music), dies at 76
• 1853-08-18 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, dies at 73

• 1854-04-18 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, dies at 84
• 1858-10-26 Isac Baker Woodbury, American composer, and musicologist (The Dulcimer: Or the New York Collection of Sacred Music), dies at 39
• 1865-01-31 Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), dies at 70
• 1871-05-24 Francisco Salvador Daniel, French composer, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 40
• 1875-07-17 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, dies at 77
• 1876-01-10 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
• 1876-06-28 August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian Czech musicologist (History of Music), dies at 59
• 1877-06-03 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), dies of cancer at 77
• 1883-04-22 Octave Fouque, French pianist and composer, dies at 38
• 1887-04-28 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
• 1887-10-31 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, dies at 74
• 1888-08-08 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, German composer, voice teacher and musicologist, dies at 79
• 1889-04-06 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, dies at 63
• 1889-12-03 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, dies at 82
• 1892-05-02 Wilhelm Rust, German musicologist and composer, dies at 69

• 1895-07-02 William Rockstro, English composer and musicologist, dies at 72
• 1895-11-25 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer and musicologist, dies at 68
• 1903-12-20 Gavriil Musicescu, Romanian composer of choral music, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 56
• 1906-03-22 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
• 1909-07-05 Emil Bohn, German organist, choral director, composer, and musicologist, dies at 70
• 1910-09-05 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
• 1912-11-06 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70
• 1915-12-02 Jan Malát, Czech composer, pedagogue, and musicologist, dies at 72
• 1918-10-07 Hubert Parry, English musicologist and composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
• 1922-03-10 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
• 1922-12-25 Alphonse Goovaerts, Belgian composer and musicologist (Histoire et Bibliographie de la Typographie Musicale dans les Pays-Bas), dies at 75
• 1923-12-08 Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk and musicologist, dies at 88
• 1927-02-05 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), dies at 44
• 1927-02-06 Daniel François Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist and banker, dies at 71
• 1927-02-11 Joel Engel, Russian musicologist (Jewish Folksongs), composer ("Numi, Numi"), and music publisher, dies at 58

• 1928-01-08 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 61
• 1928-06-13 Dámaso Ledesma, Spanish organist, composer, musicologist, and priest, dies at 60
• 1928-10-30 Oscar Sonneck, American editor (The Musical Quarterly), musicologist, and librarian (Library of Congress, 1902-17), dies at 55
• 1931-04-06 Giuseppe Radiciotti, Italian musicologist and composer, dies at 73
• 1931-11-30 Marc Delmas, French composer, chiefly of stage and choral works, and musicologist, dies at 46
• 1933-07-29 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
• 1934-01-16 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
• 1934-06-18 Francisco Lacerda, Portuguese composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 65
• 1935-01-14 Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) know for his Schenkerian analysis of music, dies at 66
• 1935-02-09 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
• 1935-10-22 Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest, composer (Patarag), and musicologist, dies at 66
• 1935-11-28 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist, dies at 58
• 1936-09-19 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist, dies at 76
• 1937-04-08 William Henry Hadow, British educational reformer and musicologist (Oxford History of Music, Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
• 1938-04-18 Richard Terry, English organist and musicologist, dies at 73
• 1938-12-14 Maurice Emmanuel, French composer and musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
• 1939-04-25 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), dies in Calcutta of cholera at 58
• 1940-07-10 Donald Francis Tovey, British musicologist and composer, dies at 64
• 1940-10-06 Ferdinando Liuzzi, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 55

• 1940-11-30 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), dies at 78
• 1941-03-07 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), dies at 63
• 1941-12-07 Cecil Forsyth, British composer and musicologist, dies at 71
• 1942-01-21 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), dies at 72
• 1942-02-15 Guido Adler, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist (Still in the Music), dies at 91
• 1942-07-08 Catherinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 83
• 1942-08-22 Henry Eichheim, American violinist, composer, organologist, and ethnomusicologist dies at 72
• 1943-01-14 Adolf Sandberger, German composer and musicologist, dies at 78
• 1943-04-15 Raffaele Casimiri, Italian composer, and musicologist dies at 62
• 1943-11-17 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, French musicologist, music critic, and composer, dies at 74
• 1945-06-07 Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), dies at 69

• 1945-11-03 Alessandro Longo, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 80
• 1945-12-24 Francisco Pujol, Catalan singer, choirmaster (Orfeó Català), composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
• 1947-08-13 Tobias Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies at 68
• 1948-12-18 William Arms Fisher, American composer, librettist (Going Home), musicologist, and educator, dies at 87
• 1949-01-25 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), dies at 61
• 1950-07-21 Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America'a oldest Bach Festival, dies at 71
• 1950-12-16 Otto Vrieslander, German composer and musicologist, dies at 70
• 1951-11-13 Hugo Leichtentritt, German Jewish composer and musicologist, dies at 77
• 1952-02-13 Alfred Einstein, German-American musicologist (Mozart catalogue revision), dies at 71
• 1953-06-29 Jules van Nuffel, Belgian composer, priest, and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia), dies at 70
• 1953-10-27 Zdzislaw Jachimecki, Polish composer and music historian, dies at 71
• 1954-01-27 Paul-Marie Masson, French musicologist (L’Opéra de Rameau), and composer, dies at 71
• 1954-02-04 Václav Vačkář, Czech composer, known for his marches, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 72
• 1954-08-13 Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist and composer, dies at 71
• 1954-10-23 Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, dies at 76 [1]
• 1955-02-17 Otto J. Gombosi, Hungarian-American musicologist, dies of a heart attack at 52
• 1955-10-20 Eino Roiha, Finnish pianist, composer, and musicologist dies at 51
• 1955-12-08 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), dies at 69
• 1956-08-30 Anita Donostia [Jose Antonio de Donostia], Spanish composer, musicologist and priest, dies at 70
• 1956-09-06 Felix Borowski, British-American composer, educator (Chicago Musical College, 1896-1925), and musicologist (Chicago Symphony, 1908-56), dies at 84
• 1957-04-30 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
• 1957-11-04 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (collected French folksongs), dies at 78
• 1958-03-14 Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist and composer (In Tempore Belli), dies at 64

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