Index to music necrology : 1979 necrology
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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 |