Index to music necrology : 1976 necrology
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1977 |
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| The above item has biographical information on: |
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| Albrecht, Georg (b. 1891 d. 1976) | composer, teacher |
| Alessandro, Victor (b. 1915 d. 1976) | conductor |
| Alexander, Brooks (b. 1916 d. 1976) | music director, vocal arranger |
| Anda, Geza (b. 1921 d. 1976) | Klavier, pianista |
| Applebaum, Sada Rotham (b. 1905 d. 1976) | viola, piano |
| Arminski, Herman (d. 1976) | piano |
| Armitage-Smith, Julian (d. 1976) | conductor |
| August, Jan (b. 1912 d. 1976) | piano |
| Aumere, Hubert (b. 1913 d. 1976) | violin, Violine |
| Bach, Vincent (b. 1890 d. 1976) | brass instrument maker, trumpeter |
| Bachauer, Gina (b. 1913 d. 1976) | Klavier, piano |
| Baker, George (b. 1885 d. 1976) | baritone, organ |
| Baker, William K. (d. 1976) | freelance music critic |
| Balbo, Giuseppe Cesare (b. 1884 d. 1976) | conductor, teacher |
| Ballard, Florence (b. 1943 d. 1976) | singer |
| Basaldua, Hector (d. 1976) | painter, stage designer for the Buenos Aires Opera |
| Baumgartner, Paul (b. 1903 d. 1976) | pianista, piano |
| Bellow, Alexander (b. 1912 d. 1976) | guitar, musicologist |
| Benham, Earl (d. 1976) | cast, songwriter |
| Berg, Helene (d. 1976) |
| Bernstein, Joseph (d. 1976) | violin |
| Bloom, Rube (b. 1902 d. 1976) | composer, piano |
| Bolin, Tommy [Thomas Richard] (b. 1951 d. 1976) | guitar, rock guitar |
| Bosken, Franz (b. 1909 d. 1976) | musicologist, oganologist |
| Bossler, Kurt (b. 1911 d. 1976) | composer, teacher |
| Boswell, Connee [Connie] (b. 1907 d. 1976) | singer, vocals |
| Braein, Edvard Fliflet (b. 1924 d. 1976) | composer, conductor |
| Brailowsky, Alexander (b. 1896 d. 1976) | pianista, pianiste |
| Brave, Charles (d. 1976) | piano, conductor |
| Britten, Benjamin [Eduard Benjamin] (b. 1913) | composer, Komponist |
| Bucchi, Valentino (b. 1916) | composer, musicisti |
| Bull, Aurora Stewart (d. 1976) | soprano |
| Burwell, Clifford R. (b. 1898 d. 1976) | composer, piano |
| Butting, Max (b. 1888 d. 1976) | composer |
| Campagnano, Vasco (b. 1909 d. 1976) | baritone, baritono |
| Campi, Enrico (b. 1919 d. 1976) | baritone, baritono |
| Carr, Leon (b. 1910 d. 1976) | arranger, composer |
| Casadesus, Jacqueline (d. 1976) | singer |
| Chong, Ryul-Song (d. 1976) | composer of the anthem of the Chinese People's Lib |
| Chotzinoff, Pauline Heifetz (d. 1976) | piano |
| Cooke, Deryck (Victor) (b. 1919 d. 1976) | writer on music |
| Cortese, Luigi (b. 1899) | composer, musicista |
| Cruickshank, Enid (d. 1976) | contralto |
| Dare, Margaret Marie (b. 1902 d. 1976) | cello, composer |
| Darke, Harold (Edwin) (b. 1888 d. 1976) | composer, organ |
| Davis, Meyer (b. 1893 d. 1976) | bandleader, director |
| De Angelis, Joseph (d. 1976) | double bass player, personnel manager of the New Y |
| De Franco, Olga (b. 1896 d. 1976) | contralto |
| Demierre, Francois (b. 1893 d. 1976) | organ, organiste |
| Dinnebier, Otto (d. 1976) | conductor |
| Dinsmore, William (d. 1976) | piano, composer |
| Dixon, Dean [Charles Dean] (b. 1915 d. 1976) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Draeger, Walter (b. 1888 d. 1976) | composer, teacher |
| Droz, Eugenie (b. 1893 d. 1976) | music and theater historian |
| Dunlap, Louis M. (b. 1911 d. 1976) | songwriter |
| Dushkin, Samuel (b. 1891 d. 1976) | violin |
| Dvonc, Fridrich (b. 1912 d. 1976) | director, music director |
| Espla, Oscar (b. 1886 d. 1976) | composer |
| Fagoaga, Isidore (b. 1895 d. 1976) | tenor, tenore |
| Faith, Percy (b. 1908 d. 1976) | conductor, orchestra |
| Feininger, Laurentius Karl Johann (b. 1909 d. 1976) | musicologist, priest |
| Fordyee, Maria D. (d. 1976) | founder of the American Harpists Society |
| Forest, Frank (b. 1899 d. 1976) | tenor, vocals |
| Fort, Luigi (b. 1907 d. 1976) | tenor, tenore |
| Fourestier, Louis (Felix Andre) (b. 1892 d. 1976) | conductor, composer |
| Franks, Lorraine Lois Leavitt (d. 1976) | director of the Guild for the Opera Company of Bos |
| Fujiwara, Yoshie (b. 1898 d. 1976) | tenor, vocals |
| Fuller, Jesse "Lone Cat" (b. 1896 d. 1976) | guitar, trombone |
| Gehmacher, Friedrich (d. 1976) | president of the International Mozart Foundation |
| Geierhaas, Gustav (b. 1888 d. 1976) | professor, composer |
| Geiger-Torel, Herman (b. 1907 d. 1976) | opera director, administrator |
| Geilsdorf, Paul (b. 1890 d. 1976) | composer |
| Gesensway, Louis (b. 1906 d. 1976) | composer, violin |
| Gilbert, Ray (b. 1912 d. 1976) | cast, lyricist |
| Glarum, L. Stanley (b. 1919 d. 1976) | composer, conductor |
| Glinski, Mateusz (b. 1892 d. 1976) | journalist, conductor |
| Glover, Carrie (d. 1976) | soprano |
| Goodwin, Francis (d. 1976) | founder of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra |
| Gordon, Gray (b. 1910 d. 1976) | bandleader, vocals |
| Gray, Jerry (b. 1915 d. 1976) | arranger, composer |
| Grosbayne, Benjamin (b. 1893 d. 1976) | music educator, conductor |
| Grote, Gottfried (b. 1903 d. 1976) | choral director |
| Haas, Werner (d. 1976) | Klavier, piano |
| Hackett, Bobby [Robert Leo] (b. 1915 d. 1976) | cornet, trumpet |
| Hall, Elsie (Maud Stanley) (b. 1877 d. 1976) | piano |
| Hayes, Roland (b. 1887 d. 1976) | tenor, vocals |
| Head, Michael Dewar (b. 1900 d. 1976) | composer, singer |
| Herbage, Julian (Livingston) (b. 1904 d. 1976) | musicologist, broadcaster |
| Hillery, Mable (b. 1929 d. 1976) | blues singer |
| Hollaender, Friedrich (b. 1896 d. 1976) | piano, arranger |
| Howlin' Wolf (b. 1910 d. 1976) | blues singer, harmonica |
| Hubbard, Frank Twombly (b. 1920 d. 1976) | harpsichord maker |
| Hull, Lytle (d. 1976) | patron of music |
| Huni-Mihaczek, Felicie (b. 1891 d. 1976) | Sanger, soprano |
| Hunt, John (b. 1905 d. 1976) | drums, piano |
| Jackson, Butter [Quentin Leonard] (b. 1909 d. 1976) | trombone, singer |
| Jacobson, Maurice (b. 1896 d. 1976) | piano, composer |
| Jaton, Henri (d. 1976) | critic |
| Josten, Margaret (d. 1976) | singer |
| Kapp, David (b. 1904 d. 1976) | composer, record executive |
| Karpeles, Maud (b. 1885 d. 1976) | folklorist, ethnomusicologist |
| Kaufman, Irving (b. 1890 d. 1976) | author, cast |
| Kempe, Rudolf (b. 1910 d. 1976) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Kenessey, Jeno (b. 1905 d. 1976) | composer, conductor |
| Kline, Olive (b. 1885 d. 1976 a. 1913-1922) | soprano, vocals |
| Kondor, Lipot (b. 1902 d. 1976) | piano, teacher |
| Kozma, Tibor (d. 1976) | piano, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera |
| Krauss, Fritz (b. 1883 d. 1976) | tenor |
| Kroll, Erwin (b. 1886 d. 1976) | writer on music, administrator |
| Kruger, Emmy (b. 1886 d. 1976) | mezzo-soprano, Sanger |
| Lehmann, Lotte (b. 1888 d. 1976) | chanteur, Sanger |
| Leibert, Dick [Richard William] (b. 1903 d. 1976) | theater organ, composer |
| Lenoir, Jean (b. 1891 d. 1976 a. 1640-1642) | auteur, composer |
| Leonard, Lotte (b. 1884 d. 1976) | chanteur, Sanger |
| Leslie, Edgar (b. 1885 d. 1976) | composer, lyricist |
| Leventritt, Rosalie Joseph (d. 1976) | music patron, founder of the Leventritt Internatio |
| Levina, Zara Alexandrovna (b. 1906 d. 1976) | composer, piano |
| Lhevinne, Rosina (b. 1880 d. 1976) | Klavier, piano |
| Lipscomb, Mance (b. 1895 d. 1976) | blues singer, guitar |
| Loewe, Hilda (b. 1896 d. 1976) | song composer |
| Ma Ko (d. 1976) | composer of revolutionary music |
| MacPherson, Angus (d. 1976) | piper |
| Madden, Doris (d. 1976 a. 1919) | piano |
| Mainardi, Enrico (b. 1897 d. 1976) | cello, Dirigent |
| Maler, Wilhelm (b. 1902 d. 1976) | composer, teacher |
| Mann, Bernie (d. 1976) | bandleader |
| Marmier, Jules (d. 1976 a. 1904) | composer |
| Martini, Nino (b. 1905 d. 1976) | tenor |
| Martinon, Jean (Franisque-Etienne) (b. 1910 d. 1976) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Matzke, Hermann (b. 1890 d. 1976) | musicologist |
| McColvin, Lionel Roy (b. 1896 d. 1976) | librarian, editor |
| McGinnis, Robert E. (d. 1976) | clarinet, principal |
| Melichar, Alois (b. 1896 d. 1976) | composer, conductor |
| Menges, Isolde (Marie) (b. 1893 d. 1976) | violin |
| Mercer, Johnny [John Herndon] (b. 1909 d. 1976) | lyricist, composer |
| Merli, Francesco (b. 1887 d. 1976) | interprete, sanger |
| Micheau, Janine (b. 1914 d. 1976) | interprete, soprano |
| Mielziner, Jo. (d. 1976) | stage designer |
| Mies, Paul (b. 1889 d. 1976) | musicologist, Musikwissenschaftler |
| Miessner, Benjamin Franklin (d. 1976) | inventor of electronic musical devices |
| Migot, Georges Elbert (b. 1891 d. 1976) | composer |
| Moffat, Adelaide (d. 1976) | singer, vocals |
| Moncrieff, Gladys (b. 1892 d. 1976) | musical comedy star |
| Munrow, David (John) (b. 1942 d. 1976) | conductor, early wind instruments |
| Munz, Mieczyslaw (b. 1900 d. 1976) | concert pianist |
| Nance, Ray [Willis] (b. 1913 d. 1976) | flute, trumpet |
| Naylor, Ruth (b. 1908 d. 1976) | soprano |
| Nef, Isabelle (Lander) (b. 1898 d. 1976) | cembalo, clavecin |
| Neilson, Maud (d. 1976) | soprano |
| Neuman, Herman (d. 1976) | pioneer in radio broadcasting of classical music |
| Nielsen, Flora (b. 1900 d. 1976) | sangerinde, soprano |
| Norman, Bruce (d. 1976) | radio announcer, singer |
| Ochs, Phil [Philip David] (b. 1940 d. 1976) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Orr, Charles Wilfred (b. 1893 d. 1976) | composer |
| Panzera, Charles (Auguste Louis) (b. 1896 d. 1976) | baritone, chanteur |
| Peterson, Chuck [Charles] (b. 1915 d. 1978) | trumpet |
| Piatigorsky, Gregor (b. 1903 d. 1976) | cello, musicisti |
| Pine, Merna Barry (d. 1976) |
| Piston, Walter (Hamor) (b. 1894 d. 1976) | composer, musicisti |
| Plagge, Gunter (b. 1913 d. 1976) | piano, teacher |
| Politis, James (d. 1976) | flute |
| Pons, Lily [Alice Josephine] (b. 1898 d. 1976) | soprano, vocals |
| Powell, Rudy [Edward Stephen, sr.] (b. 1907 d. 1976) | clarinet, alto saxophone |
| Prettyman, Edward (d. 1976) | conductor |
| Pyle, Thomas F. (d. 1976) | baritone, vocals |
| Raffalt, Reinhard (d. 1976) | journalist, writer |
| Ramsauer, Joseph (b. 1905 d. 1976) | composer, teacher |
| Razzi, Giulio (b. 1904 d. 1976) | composer |
| Reis, Herb (d. 1976) | publisher |
| Relf, Keith (b. 1943 d. 1976) | harmonica, tapping |
| Rethberg, Elisabeth (b. 1894 d. 1976) | chanteur, Sanger |
| Rignold, Hugo (Henry) (b. 1905 d. 1976) | conductor, violin |
| Robeson, Paul (b. 1898 d. 1976) | bass-baritone, cast |
| Robinson, Jim (b. 1892 d. 1976) | trombone, vocals |
| Rocco, Maurice (b. 1916 d. 1976 a. 1940s) | singer, boogie-woogie piano |
| Roesgen-Champion, Marguerite Sara (b. 1894 d. 1976) | clavecin, composer |
| Roman, Dick (d. 1976 died: 1976) | singer, vocals |
| Roosevelt, Emily Hubbard (b. 1893 d. 1976) | soprano |
| Rosner, Ady [Jack] (b. 1910 d. 1976) | trumpeter, bandleader |
| Rossin, Alfred A. (d. 1976) | director |
| Ruello, Victor (d. 1976) | organ |
| Scatchard, William Beaumont (d. 1976) | professor |
| Schalit, Heinrich (b. 1886 d. 1976) | organ, conductor |
| Schenck, Janet Daniels (b. 1884 d. 1976) | director of the piano dept. at Manhattan school |
| Schneider, Ernst August (d. 1976) | conductor |
| Schnoor, Hans (b. 1893 d. 1976) | musicologist, critic |
| Scordino, Teresa M. (d. 1976) | soprano |
| Shaw, Hollace (d. 1976) | radio singer |
| Shutta, Ethel (b. 1897 d. 1976) | cast, singer |
| Siday, Eric (d. 1976) | alto saxophone, violin |
| Sonzogno, Giulio Cesare (b. 1906 d. 1976) | composer, compositore |
| Spivey, Queen [Victoria Regina] (b. 1906 d. 1976) | blues singer, vocals |
| Starkie, Walter (Fitzwilliam) (b. 1894 d. 1976) | writer on music |
| Steglich, Rudolf (b. 1886 d. 1976) | musicologist |
| Strassner, Isidor (d. 1976) | conductor, violin |
| Sturzenegger, Richard (b. 1905 d. 1976) | cello, violoncelliste |
| Tarquinia, Tarquinia (b. 1883 d. 1976) | soprano |
| Tarrasch, William (d. 1976) | conductor, music director |
| Taschner, Gerhard (b. 1922 d. 1976) | Geige, Soloist: Violine |
| Tasso, Fiorenzo (b. 1901 d. 1976) | interprete, tenor |
| Taube, Evert [Axel Evert] (b. 1889) | sang, writer |
| Tess, Giulia (b. 1889 d. 1976) | interprete, mezzo-soprano |
| Teyte, Maggie (b. 1888 d. 1976) | soprano, vocals |
| Trevor, Caleb Henry (b. 1895 d. 1976) | organ, teacher |
| Tubb, Carrie (Elizabeth) (b. 1876 d. 1976) | soprano |
| Visconti, Luchino (b. 1906 d. 1976) | producer, regia |
| Washington, Ned (b. 1901 d. 1976) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Wenger, John (d. 1976) | stage designer for the Metropolitan Opera |
| White (b. 1881 d. 1976) | jazz dancer, singer |
| Williams, Harold (b. 1893 d. 1976) | baritone, vocals |
| Williams, James Clifton (b. 1923 d. 1976) | composer, conductor |
| Yates, Peter B. (b. 1909 d. 1976) | writer, concert manager |
| Zak, Yakov (Izrailovich) (b. 1913 d. 1976) | piano, teacher |
| Zamboni, Maria (b. 1895 d. 1976) | interprete, soprano |