Musicians Who Died on January 25
- 1744 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer, dies at 64
- 1820 Joseph Franz Weigl, German cellist and early proponent of the 'thumb technique', dies at 79
- 1829 William Shield, English violist, violinist, and composer (Master of the King's Music, 1817-29), dies at 80
- 1849 Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer ("Voyage d'un Harpiste en Orient"), dies of pneumonia at 40
- 1875 Leopold Jansa, Bohemian violinist, composer, and teacher, dies at 79
- 1882 Peter Singer, Austrian composer and instrument maker, dies at 71
- 1921 Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer, dies at 43
- 1933 William Faulkes, British organist, transcriber and composer, dies at 59
- 1942 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, dies at 78
- 1949 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), dies at 61
- 1960 Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), dies at 82
- 1965 (Gustaaf) "Staf" Nees, Flemish-Belgian carillonist, organist, composer (Maria-oratorio), and educator, dies at 63
- 1969 Irene Castle, American vaudeville, stage, and screen dancer, and animal rights activist, dies at 75
- 1970 Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano, dies at 92
- 1980 Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), dies at 56
- 1987 Emil Hlobil, Czech composer, dies at 85
- 1992 Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
- 1996 Jonathan Larson, American composer (Rent), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 35
- 1996 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, dies at 68
- 1997 Seldon Powell, American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist, dies at 68
- 1998 Attila Zoller, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist, educator (Vermont Jazz Center, 1974-98), and inventor (bi-directional pickup), dies at 70
- 1999 Robert Shaw, American chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale), dies of a stroke at 82
- 2005 Ray Peterson, American singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), dies at 65
- 2008 Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (b. 1911)
- 2012 Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (Helsinki Chamber Orchestra; Finnish RSO, 1956-72), dies at 82
- 2013 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), dies at 64
- 2015 Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite's Child), dies from an undisclosed illness at 68
- 2016 Denise Duval, French soprano (music of Francis Poulenc), dies at 94
- 2016 Frank Collett [Taglieri], American jazz pianist and bandleader, dies of liver failure at 75
- 2016 Leif Solberg, Norwegian organist, choral conductor and composer, dies at 101
- 2018 John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, dies of a respiratory infection at 91
- 2022 Heinz Werner Zimmermann, German contemporary sacred music composer (Prosalieder; Missa profana), and educator, dies at 91
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