Index to music necrology : 1979 necrology
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1980 |
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| Ager, Milton (b. 1893 d. 1979) | composer, songwriter |
| Allard, Raymond (d. 1979) | Boston Symphony bassoonist |
| Anderson, William Robert (b. 1891 d. 1979) | critic, editor |
| Arlan, Dennis (b. 1945 d. 1979) | composer |
| Aubert, Pauline (d. 1978) | harp |
| Baker, Millard T. [Red] (d. 1979) | bandleader, writer |
| Barzun, Mariana Lowell (d. 1979) | violin |
| Belmont, Eleanor Robson (b. 1878) | patroness of opera |
| Berking, Willy (b. 1910 d. 1979) | bandleader, trombone |
| Bernac, Pierre (b. 1899 d. 1979) | baritone, chanteur |
| Bernard, Albert Yves (b. 1903 d. 1979) | viola d'amore, viola |
| Berrens, Anna Fischer (d. 1979) | music executive |
| Blackwell, Lawrence [Ronnie] (d. 1979) | country-western musician |
| Blake, James (d. 1979) | jazz musician |
| Blareau, Richard (b. 1910 d. 1979) | conductor, musicisti |
| Bohlke, Erich (b. 1895 d. 1979) | composer, conductor |
| Bolognini, Ennio (b. 1893 d. 1979) | cello, conductor |
| Bolton, Guy (Reginald) (b. 1884 d. 1979) | librettist |
| Bonneton, Claude (d. 1979) | piano |
| Boosey, Leslie (b. 1887 d. 1979) | publisher |
| Boulanger, Nadia (Juliette) (b. 1887 d. 1979) | piano, teacher |
| Briquet, Marc (b. 1896 d. 1979) | composer |
| Bristol, Lee Hastings (b. 1923 d. 1979) | church musician |
| Brosa, Antonio (b. 1894 d. 1979) | violin |
| Brown, Vernon (b. 1907 d. 1979) | piano, trombone |
| Brugnani, Edward (d. 1979) | violin |
| Bullock, Ernest (b. 1890 d. 1979) | composer, organ |
| Burgess, Russell (d. 1979) | choral director |
| Burnette, Dorsey (b. 1932 d. 1979) | bass, rockabilly singer |
| Burr, Donald (d. 1979) | Broadway singer, actor |
| Camden, Archie [Archibald Leslie] (b. 1888 d. 1979) | Fagott |
| Caniglia, Maria (b. 1905 d. 1979) | interprete, soprano |
| Carr, Joe Fingers (b. 1910 d. 1979) | ragtime piano, composer |
| Carter, Sara (b. 1898 d. 1979) | autoharp, country music singer |
| Cato, Minto (b. 1900 d. 1979) | cast, singer |
| Cherry, Ralph (d. 1979) | trumpet |
| Claflin, Avery [Alan Avery] (b. 1898 d. 1979) | composer |
| Clarke, Rebecca (Thacher) (b. 1886 d. 1979 a. 1920) | composer, viola |
| Cockshott, Gerald Wilfred (b. 1915 d. 1979) | composer |
| Corcoran, Corky [Gene Patrick] (b. 1924 d. 1979) | tenor saxophone |
| Courte, Robert (b. 1910 d. 1979) | viola |
| Coveney, John (d. 1979) | recording executive |
| Crofoot, Alan Paul (b. 1930 d. 1979) | tenor, vocals |
| Curry, Paul H. (d. 1979) | jazz piano |
| Dautremer, Marcel (b. 1906 d. 1978) | composer |
| Davis, Benny (b. 1895 d. 1979) | composer, lyricist |
| Deller, Alfred (George) (b. 1912 d. 1979) | contralto, counter tenor |
| Dessau, Paul (b. 1894 d. 1979) | composer, Komponist |
| Durey, Louis Edmond (b. 1888 d. 1979) | composer |
| Eberle, Ray (b. 1919 d. 1979) | alto sax, big band singer |
| Egge, Klaus (b. 1906 d. 1979) | composer |
| Elizalde, Fred [Frederico] (b. 1907 d. 1979) | bandleader, piano |
| Elliot, John Harold (b. 1900 d. 1979) | critic |
| Ellison, Dorothy | singer |
| Erazo, Jesus Sanchez (d. 1979) | singer |
| Estrada, Noel (d. 1979) | composer |
| Fedorov, Vladimir (b. 1901 d. 1979) | librarian, musicologist |
| Feuerring, Jacob (b. 1912 d. 1979) | concert pianist |
| Fevrier, Jacques (b. 1900 d. 1979) | Klavier, piano |
| Fiedler, Arthur (b. 1894 d. 1979) | conductor, violin |
| Fields, Gracie (b. 1898 d. 1979) | singer, vocals |
| Flatt, Lester Raymond (b. 1914 d. 1979) | blues singer, vocals |
| Fletcher, Alfred Johnston (d. 1979) | founder of the Grass Roots Opera Co. |
| Foran, Dick (b. 1910 d. 1979) | singing cowboy, vocals |
| Frenkel, Stefan (b. 1902 d. 1979) | Soloist: Violine, viola |
| Gagnon, Roland (d. 1979) | conductor, music director |
| George, Lowell (b. 1945 d. 1979) | rock guitar, songwriter |
| Gianoli, Reine (b. 1915 d. 1979) | piano |
| Gimpel, Bronislav (b. 1911 d. 1979) | Soloist: Violine, violin |
| Gluck, Harriet Dragiff (d. 1979) | music educator |
| Goldstein, Ernest (d. 1979) | violin |
| Green, Grant (b. 1931 d. 1979) | electric guitar |
| Grees, George (d. 1979) | trumpet |
| Gregory, Euphemia Giannini (d. 1979) | soprano, teacher |
| Guth, Otto (d. 1979) | piano, vocal coach |
| Halfpenny, Eric (b. 1906 d. 1979) | organologist, serpent |
| Harris, Roy (b. 1898 d. 1979) | composer, musicisti |
| Hathaway, Donny (b. 1945 d. 1979) | arranger, composer |
| Hayes, Edgar (Junius) (b. 1904 d. 1979) | piano, tenor saxophone |
| Heiller, Anton (b. 1923 d. 1979) | basso continuo, organ |
| Henderson, Margo (d. 1979) | singer |
| Henke, Mel [Melvin E.] (b. 1915 d. 1979) | jazz piano, piano |
| Henle, Gunter (b. 1899 d. 1979) | editore, music publisher |
| Hewitt, Loonie (d. 1979) | piano, composer |
| Hohenberger, Kurt (b. 1908 d. 1979) | trumpeter, bandleader |
| Holland, Peanuts (b. 1910 d. 1979) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Hope-Wallace, Phillip (d. 1979) | critic |
| Hunt, Pee Wee (b. 1907 d. 1979) | trombone, singer |
| Indermuhle, Fritz (b. 1900 d. 1979) | piano, choral director |
| Israel-Meyer, Pierre (d. 1979) | composer |
| Izenzon, Dave [David] (b. 1932 d. 1979) | bass (instrument), double bass |
| Jackson, Lee (b. 1907 d. 1979) | blues singer, guitar |
| Jeandin, Richard (b. 1903 d. 1979) | organ |
| Jefferson, Eddie [Edgar] (b. 1918 d. 1979) | singer, vocals |
| Jessett, Michael (b. 1932 d. 1979) | broadcaster, singer |
| Johansson, Cari (b. 1911 d. 1979) | musicologist |
| Johnson, Malcolm (d. 1979) | orchestra leader |
| Jones, Don (d. 1979) | jazz bassist |
| Karger, Frederick M. (d. 1979) | orchestra leader, composer |
| Kelemen, Zoltan (b. 1926 d. 1979) | bass-baritone, Sanger |
| Keller, Harrison (b. 1888 d. 1979) | violin, administrator |
| Kenton, Stan (b. 1912 d. 1979) | arranger, composer |
| Knapp, Roy C. (b. 1891 d. 1979) | president of Knapp School of Percussion, Chicago |
| Kolberg, Hugo (b. 1898 d. 1979) | Geige, violin |
| Krause-Graumnitz, Heinz (b. 1911 d. 1979) | composer, musicologist |
| Krips, Alfred (d. 1979) | violin |
| Krueger, Karl (Adelbert) (b. 1894 d. 1979) | conductor |
| Larson, Kent (d. 1979) | trombone |
| Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo (b. 1892 d. 1979) | interprete, tenor |
| Lawrence, Marjorie (Florence) (b. 1909 d. 1979) | Sanger, soprano |
| Leeb, Hermann (b. 1906 d. 1979) | musicologist, guitar |
| Legge, Walter (b. 1906 d. 1979) | administrator, writer |
| Leleu, Jeanne (b. 1898 d. 1979) | piano, composer |
| Lengsfelder, Hans Jan (b. 1903 d. 1979) | composer, playwright |
| Leonetti, Tommy (b. 1929 d. 1979) | singer, vocals |
| Lipschultz, Albert J. (d. 1979) | founder of Downbeat Magazine |
| Llewellyn, Nesta (d. 1979) | piano |
| Longy, Rennee (d. 1979) | piano, theoretician |
| Ludwig, Leopold (b. 1908 d. 1979) | conductor, direttore |
| Luman, Bob [Robert Glyn] (b. 1937 d. 1978) | country music singer, vocals |
| Macdonald, Donald (d. 1979) | jazz drummer |
| Marini, Vincenzo (d. 1979) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Martini, Renzo (b. 1897 d. 1979) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Martzy, Johanna (b. 1924 d. 1979) | Soloist: Violine, violin |
| Massine, Leonide Fedorovich (b. 1895 d. 1979) | cast, choreographer |
| Mastin, Will (d. 1978 died: 1979) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| McCoy, Van (b. 1944 d. 1979) | arranger, singer |
| McCulloch, Jimmy (b. 1953 d. 1979) | guitar |
| McLawlor, Richard Otto (d. 1979) | violin |
| Mechinger, Ulrich (d. 1979) | manager, producer |
| Mendel, Arthur (b. 1905 d. 1979) | musicologist |
| Mendelson, Ralph (d. 1979) | violin |
| Menville, Myra (d. 1979) | jazz supporter, editor |
| Miller, Charles (b. 1899 d. 1979) | composer, flute |
| Mills, Jack (d. 1979) | publisher |
| Mingus, Charles (b. 1922 d. 1979) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Mitchell, Blue [Richard Allen]) (b. 1930 d. 1979) | trumpet |
| Mockridge, Cyril (John) (b. 1896 d. 1979) | composer of film music |
| Muse, Clarence (b. 1889 d. 1979) | actor, composer |
| Novaes, Guiomar (b. 1894 d. 1979) | piano |
| Oakland, Ben (b. 1907 d. 1979) | composer, lyricist |
| Palange, Louis Salvador (b. 1917 d. 1979) | conductor, composer |
| Pappoutsakis, James (d. 1979) | flute |
| Paray, Paul (b. 1886 d. 1979) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Parker, Brooks C. (d. 1979) | flute |
| Payne, Sonny [Percival] (b. 1926 d. 1979) | drummer, drums |
| Pompeo, Giovanni (d. 1979) | conductor, composer |
| Puck, Eva (d. 1979 died: 1979) | cast, dancer |
| Radecke, Ewald (d. 1979) | conductor |
| Raskin, Ruby (d. 1979) | composer, orchestrator |
| Redd, Alton (d. 1979) | drums, jazz drummer |
| Riperton, Minnie (b. 1948 d. 1979) | singer |
| Robinson, Edward L. (d. 1979) | composer, arranger |
| Robinson, John Edward (b. 1911 d. 1979) | organ, choir master |
| Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) | cast, composer |
| Rosen, Theodore (b. 1918 d. 1979) | violin |
| Rota, Nino (b. 1911 d. 1979) | composer, compositore |
| Scherman, Thomas (Kielty) (b. 1917 d. 1979) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Score, Phil (d. 1979) | music editor for Warner Brothers |
| Scortini, Edouard (d. 1979) |
| Scott, Esther Mae (d. 1979) | singer |
| Seeger, Charles (Louis) (b. 1886 d. 1979) | musicologist, composer |
| Seifert, Zbigniew [Zbiggy] (b. 1946 d. 1979) | violin, alto saxophone |
| Seroff, Victor (b. 1902 d. 1979) | writer on music |
| Shackford, Charles Reeve (b. 1918 d. 1979) | composer, music educator |
| Sharretts, Richard W. (d. 1979) | singer, performer |
| Shifrin, Seymour (b. 1926 d. 1979) | composer, Komposition |
| Slater, Gordon Archibald (b. 1896 d. 1979) | organ, choir master |
| Somer, Hilde (b. 1930 d. 1979) | Klavier, piano |
| Stekl, Konrad (b. 1901 d. 1979) | composer, conductor |
| Stolze, Gerhard (b. 1926 d. 1979) | interprete, Sanger |
| Storring, Willi (b. 1896 d. 1978) | tenor |
| Tiomkin, Dimitri (b. 1894 d. 1979) | composer, Klavier |
| Turkel, Anna (d. 1979) | soprano |
| Ventura, Ray [Raymond] (b. 1908 d. 1979) | bandleader, orchestra |
| Vicious, Sid (b. 1957 d. 1979) | punk-rock musician |
| Vishnegradsky, Ivan Alexandrovich (b. 1893 d. 1979) | composer |
| Wallfisch, Ernst (b. 1920 d. 1979) | viola da gamba, viola |
| Wardrop, Lare (d. 1979) | wind instrument |
| Ware, Wilbur (Bernard) (b. 1932 d. 1979) | double bass |
| Watson, Chester (d. 1979) | bass, basso |
| Weber, Ben (William Jennings Bryan) (b. 1916 d. 1979) | composer, teacher |
| Weeks, Ranny (d. 1979) | bandleader |
| Whinyates, Seymour (b. 1892 d. 1978) | violin, music organizer |
| Whitcup, Leonard (b. 1903 d. 1979) | composer, lyricist |
| Wolf, Thomas J. (b. 1925 d. 1979) | composer, piano |
| Yacovlev, Alexandra (b. 1888 d. 1979) | soprano |
| Young, Zillah S. (d. 1979) | conductor |