Index to music necrology : 1978 necrology
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1979 |
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| The above item has biographical information on: |
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| Angerer, Margrit (b. 1903 d. 1978) | soprano |
| Bacigalupo, Giovanni (d. 1978) | street-organ builder, composer |
| Barblan, Guglielmo (b. 1906 d. 1978) | conferenziere, musicologist |
| Bartholomew, Marshall Moore (b. 1885 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Bartlett, Ethel Agnes (b. 1900 d. 1978) | piano, composer |
| Berghorn, Alfred Maria (b. 1911 d. 1978) | organ, composer |
| Bongartz, Heinz (b. 1894 d. 1978) | composer, direttore |
| Bouvier, Helene (b. 1905 d. 1978) | contralto, mezzo-soprano |
| Brel, Jacques (b. 1929 d. 1978) | auteur, composer |
| Canal, Marguerite (b. 1890 d. 1978) | composer |
| Carter, Maybelle Addington (b. 1909 d. 1978) | country music singer, guitar |
| Chavez y Ramirez, Carlos (Antonio de Padua) (b. 1899) | composer, conductor |
| Coci, Claire (b. 1912 d. 1978) | concert organist |
| Contilli, Gino (b. 1907 d. 1978) | composer |
| Cottrell, Louis (b. 1911 d. 1978) | clarinet, drums |
| Davidson, Jimmy [James Douglas] (b. 1908 d. 1978) | cornet, singer |
| Davis, Hal C. (d. 1978) | president of American Federation of Musicians |
| Denny, Sandy [Alexander Elene MacLean] (b. 1941 d. 1978 a. 1970) | folksinger |
| Dickinson, Alan Edgar Frederick (b. 1899 d. 1978) | music educator, writer on music |
| Dobias, Vaclav (b. 1909 d. 1978) | composer |
| Domgraf-Fassbander, Willi (b. 1897 d. 1978) | baritone, Sanger |
| Dupon, Jacques (d. 1978) | stage designer |
| Dzerzhinsky, Ivan Ivanovich (b. 1909 d. 1978) | composer |
| Eichhorn, Frank-Volker (b. 1947 d. 1978) | composer |
| Elsta, Fanny Rebekka (b. 1899 d. 1978) | contralto |
| Engelmann, Wilfried (b. 1905 d. 1978 a. 1838) | baritone, Buchhandlung |
| Ephros, Gershon (b. 1890 d. 1978) | Kantor, composer |
| Etting, Ruth (b. 1896 d. 1978) | cast, torch singer |
| Fairbairn, Thomas Charles (d. 1978) | opera producer |
| Falchi, Raffaele (b. 1910 d. 1978) | baritone, baritono |
| Fishberg, Theodore (d. 1978) | violin |
| Flier, Jacob | piano |
| Frezin, Adolphe (d. 1978) | cello |
| Furrer, Walther (b. 1902 d. 1978) | Kapellmeister, composer |
| Gage, Ben (d. 1978) | singer, vocals |
| Garner, Letitia (d. 1978) | singer |
| Gerard, Rolf (d. 1978) | bozzettista, costumes |
| Gerig, Hans (b. 1910 d. 1978) | music publisher |
| Gillis, Don (b. 1912 d. 1978) | piano, trumpeter |
| Gotz, Robert (b. 1892 d. 1978) | composer, teacher |
| Greiner-Pol, Kurt (b. 1922 d. 1978) | composer of military music |
| Gutmann, Hans (b. 1910 d. 1978) | organ |
| Heger, Robert (b. 1886 d. 1978) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Herbert, Gregory (Delano) (b. 1947 d. 1978) | alto sax, tenor sax |
| Hood, Gretchen (d. 1978) | soprano |
| Huber, Walter Simon (b. 1898 d. 1978) | composer, music educator |
| Huebner, Manfred (b. 1905 d. 1978) | bass-baritone |
| Humphries, Charles (b. 1892 d. 1978) | bibliographer |
| Ingelhoff, Michael (b. 1904 d. 1978) | songwriter, composer |
| Jarustowskiy, Boris (b. 1911 d. 1978) | musicologist |
| Jenkins, Cyril (b. 1889 d. 1978) | bandmaster, composer |
| Jerger, Wilhelm Franz (b. 1902 d. 1978) | Instrumentenkunde, writer on music |
| Johnson, Money [Harold] (b. 1918 d. 1978) | trumpeter, flugel horn |
| Jonas, Oswald (b. 1897 d. 1978) | Liederkurs, musicologist |
| Jones, Rowland (d. 1978 a. 1939) | tenor, vocals |
| Karsavina, Tamara Platonova (b. 1885 d. 1978) | dancer |
| Kath, Terry (b. 1946 d. 1978) | guitar |
| Katz, Mindru (b. 1925 d. 1978) | piano |
| Kenny, Bill (b. 1915 d. 1978 a. 1930s-1950s) | guitar, tenor |
| Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich (b. 1903 d. 1978) | composer |
| Khaikin, Boris (Emmanuilovich) (b. 1904 d. 1978) | conductor, opera producer |
| Kipnis, Alexander (b. 1891 d. 1978) | Bass, chanteur |
| Kolisch, Rudolf (b. 1896 d. 1978) | interprete, violin |
| Koussevitzky, Olga (b. 1901 d. 1978) | patron of the arts, widow of Serge Koussevitzky |
| Kraft, Karl Joseph (b. 1903 d. 1978) | Domorganist, composer |
| Kraus, Richard [Wolfgang Ernst Richard] (b. 1902 d. 1978) | celesta, conductor |
| Lasserson, Sascha (d. 1978) | violin, music educator |
| Laux, Karl (b. 1896 d. 1978) | musicologist |
| Light, Enoch (b. 1907 d. 1978) | bandleader, violin |
| Lippman, Joseph (d. 1978) | manager |
| Litz, Katherine (d. 1978) | cast, choreographer |
| Marais, Josef (b. 1905 d. 1978) | folksinger, vocals |
| Margraf, Horst-Tanu (b. 1903 d. 1978) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Marks, Gunther (b. 1897 d. 1978) | composer |
| Marx, Josef (b. 1913 d. 1978) | musicologist, oboe |
| Matlock, Matty [Julian Clifton] (b. 1909 d. 1978) | clarinet, alto saxophone |
| McCorkle, Donald Macomber (b. 1929 d. 1978) | musicologist |
| Mead, Phyllis (d. 1978) | former President of Brooklyn Music School |
| Meehan, Danny (d. 1978) | cast, dancer |
| Merseburger, Karl (b. 1905 d. 1978) | Musikverleger, publisher |
| Messel, Oliver (b. 1905 d. 1978) | cast, costumes |
| Moon, Keith (b. 1947 d. 1978) | additional Lyrics, additional Music |
| Nabokov, Nicolas (b. 1903 d. 1978) | composer, musicisti |
| Nijinskij, Romola (d. 1978) |
| Noble, Ray [Raymond Stanley] (b. 1903 d. 1978) | bandleader, celeste |
| Nohl, Peter (b. 1906 d. 1978) | baritone |
| Otterloo, Willem van [Jan Willem van] (b. 1907 d. 1978) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Owen, Reg (b. 1928 d. 1978) | alto saxophone, arranger |
| Paccard, Alfred (d. 1978 died: 1978) | bell founder |
| Pannain, Guido (b. 1891 d. 1977) | composer, musicisti |
| Paumgartner, Igne (d. 1978) |
| Pernerstorfer, Alois (b. 1912 d. 1978) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Peter, Willi (b. 1907 d. 1978) | organ builder |
| Petsch, Hans (b. 1891 d. 1978 a. 1922) | Kapellmeister, composer |
| Pflanzl, Heinrich (b. 1903 d. 1978) | bass, interprete |
| Philippe, Edis (b. 1917 d. 1978) | soprano |
| Preissler, Josef (b. 1906 d. 1978) | accordionist, composer |
| Prima, Louis (b. 1911 d. 1978) | composer, singer |
| Propes, Aaron (d. 1978) | founder and director of Israel Festival |
| Reichardt, Walter (d. 1978) | cello |
| Reif, Paul (b. 1910 d. 1978) | composer, arranger |
| Reis, Claire R. [Claire Raphael] (b. 1888 d. 1978) | administrator |
| Rennert, Gunther (b. 1911 d. 1978) | encenador, instruktor |
| Richmond, Lawrence (d. >1978) | former head of Music Dealers Service |
| Robinson, David V. (d. 1978) | playwright, teacher |
| Rohan, Jindrich (b. 1919 d. 1978) | conductor |
| Rosolino, Frank (b. 1926 d. 1978) | trombone, vocals |
| Russell, Studley Leslie Lane (b. 1901 d. 1978) | composer, music educator |
| Saltmarsh, Anthony (d. 1978) | violin |
| Schmidt, Rudolf (d. 1978) | harp, music educator |
| Serly, Tibor (b. 1901 d. 1978) | composer, viola |
| Shay, Dorothy (b. 1923 d. 1978) | hillbilly singer |
| Stablein, Bruno (b. 1895 d. 1978) | musicologist |
| Stanton, Dorothy (d. 1978) | soprano, music educator |
| Stanton, Walter Kendall (b. 1891 d. 1978) | composer, music educator |
| Staub, Sylvia (d. 1978) | singer |
| Steinberg, William [Hans Wilhelm] (b. 1899 d. 1978 a. 1938) | conductor |
| Stern, Hermann (b. 1912 d. 1978) | church musician |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Swanson, Howard (b. 1907 d. 1978) | composer |
| Tagliabue, Carlo (b. 1898 d. 1978) | baritone, baritono |
| Tucker, Norman (b. 1910 d. 1978) | administrator, translator |
| Vaghi, Giacomo (b. 1901 d. 1978) | bass, basso |
| Vaiman, Mikhail (b. 1926 d. 1978) | violin, teacher |
| Venuti, Joe [Giuseppe] (b. 1903 d. 1978) | violin, orchestra |
| Verchi, Nino (d. 1978) | direttore d'orchestra, direttore d'orchestre |
| Westphal, Kurt (Erich) (b. 1904 d. 1978) | music director, critic |
| Wilhousky, Peter J. (b. 1902 d. 1978) | choir conductor, music educator |
| Willems, Edgar (b. 1890 d. 1978 a. 1933-1937) | musicologist, tromboniste |
| Williams, David McKay (b. 1887 d. 1978) | organ, composer |
| Wolpert, Franz Alphons (b. 1917 d. 1978) | composer, teacher |
| Zumsteg, Helene (b. 1902 d. 1978) | piano, harpsichord |