Mar 4 Georg Göhler, German composer (Rückert), dies at 79 Mar 4 Noel Gay [Reginald Moxon Armitage], British composer (Who's Been Polishing the Sun), dies at 55 Mar 6 Louis Zimmermann, Dutch violinist (1st concert master of Amsterdam Symphony), composer, and educator, dies at 80 Mar 14 Ludomir Michał Rogowski, Polish composer, dies at 72 Mar 19 Walter Braunfels, German composer (Die Vögel -The Birds), dies at 71 Mar 21 Harry Lawrence Freeman, African-American composer, dies at 84 Feb 1954 Deaths in Music by Year Apr 1954 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers