Index to music necrology : 1980 necrology
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1981 |
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| The above item has biographical information on: |
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| Abas, Nathan (d. 1980) | violin, conductor |
| Adamson, Harold (b. 1906 d. 1980) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Alter, Louis (b. 1902 d. 1980) | composer |
| Antonicelli, Giuseppe (b. 1896 d. 1980) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Arato, Istvan (b. 1910 d. 1980) | composer |
| Banks, Don [Donald Oscar] (b. 1923 d. 1980) | composer, piano |
| Barclay, Robert L. (b. 1918 d. 1980) | composer, writer |
| Barnes, William Harrison (b. 1892 d. 1980) | organ, organ builder |
| Bates, Cuthbert (b. 1899 d. 1980) | choir master |
| Beekhuis, Hanna (b. 1889 d. 1980) | composer, piano |
| Benton, Rita (b. 1920 d. 1980) | musicologist, librarian |
| Bigard, Barney (b. 1906 d. 1980) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Boling, Bill (d. 1980) | singer, writer |
| Bonelli, Richard (b. 1887 d. 1980) | baritone, vocals |
| Bonham, John "Bonzo" (b. 1948 d. 1980) | composer, drummer |
| Boulton, Laura (b. 1899 d. 1980) | ethnomusicologist |
| Brice, Eugene (d. 1980) | bass-baritone |
| Burleigh, Cecil (b. 1885 d. 1980) | composer, violin |
| Caldwell, Tommy (b. 1950 d. 1980) | bass guitar |
| Candelori, Anthony (d. 1980) | editor |
| Carpentier, Alejo (b. 1904 d. 1980) | writer on music |
| Cazden, Norman (b. 1914 d. 1980) | composer, musicologist |
| Champion, Gower (b. 1920 d. 1980) | cast, choreographer |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Hiawatha (d. 1980) | conductor |
| Collinge, Robert J. (d. 1980) | opera administrator |
| Cook, Philip Harold (d. 1980) | trumpet |
| Cooke, Gary (d. 1980) | guitar |
| Crawford, Jimmy [James Strickland] (b. 1910 d. 1980) | drummer, drums |
| Culshaw, John (Royds) (b. 1924 d. 1980) | record producer, television producer |
| Dachs, David (d. 1980) | author |
| Davis, Katherine Kennicott (b. 1892 d. 1980) | composer, hymnologist |
| Denny, William D. [William Douglas] (b. 1910 d. 1980) | composer, teacher |
| Deutsch, Adolph (b. 1897 d. 1980) | composer, music director |
| Dichter, Jack Robert (d. 1980) | orchestra leader |
| Dragonette, Jessica (b. 1904 d. 1980) | radio soprano |
| Durante, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1893 d. 1980) | cast, composer |
| Ebert, Carl [Anton Carl] (b. 1887 d. 1980) | producer, administrator |
| Eichhorn, Bernhard (b. 1904 d. 1980) | film and cabaret composer |
| Elkan, Henri (b. 1897 d. 1980) | music publisher |
| Escher, Rudolf (George) (b. 1912 d. 1980) | composer |
| Evangelisti, Franco (b. 1926 d. 1980) | composer, musicisti |
| Evans, Bill (b. 1929 d. 1980) | composer, flute |
| Fagan, Gideon (b. 1904 d. 1980) | conductor, composer |
| Fielding, Jerry (b. 1922 d. 1980) | arranger, drums |
| Forrest, Jimmy [James Robert, jr] (b. 1920 d. 1980) | tenor saxophone |
| Foster, Lawrence (b. 1954 d. 1980) | cello |
| Fox, Virgil (Keel) (b. 1912 d. 1980) | organ |
| Froman, Jane (b. 1907 d. 1980) | Broadway musical actress, cast |
| Fulton, Robert Norman (b. 1909 d. 1980) | composer |
| Garland, Montudie [Edward] (b. 1885 d. 1980) | string bass |
| Gleason, Harold (b. 1892 d. 1980) | organ, musicologist |
| Godchaux, Keith (b. 1948 d. 1980) | keyboard |
| Goldman, Richard Franko (b. 1910 d. 1980) | bandmaster, composer |
| Golea, Antoine (b. 1906 d. 1980) | writer on music, critic |
| Gonzales, Babs (b. 1919 d. 1980) | piano, vocals |
| Gray, Arvella (b. 1906 d. 1980) | blues singer, guitar |
| Haenschen, Gus [Walter Gustave] (b. 1889 d. 1980) | radio conductor, composer |
| Hardin, Tim (b. 1941 d. 1980) | folksinger, songwriter |
| Haymes, Dick (b. 1916 d. 1980) | singer, vocals |
| Heindorf, Ray (b. 1908 d. 1980) | conductor, film composer |
| Hidalgo, Elvira (b. 1892 d. 1980) | interprete, soprano |
| Hunkins, Eusebia Simpson (b. 1902 d. 1980) | composer, Appalachian folk music authority |
| Irino, Yoshiro (b. 1921 d. 1980) | composer |
| Iturbi, Jose (b. 1895 d. 1980) | piano, conductor |
| Johnson, Robert (d. 1980) | sax, tenor sax |
| Jones, Bobby (b. 1928 d. 1980) | tenor saxophone, clarinet |
| Kaempfert, Bert (b. 1924 d. 1980) | bandleader, composer |
| Kaufmann, Armin (b. 1902 d. 1980) | composer, violin |
| Keldorfer, Robert (b. 1901 d. 1980) | composer, ruolo musicale |
| Kell, Sally (d. 1980) | conductor |
| Kern, Adele (b. 1901 d. 1980) | interprete, Sanger |
| Kleiner, Arthur (b. 1903 d. 1980) | film composer, music director |
| Konetzni, Hilde (b. 1905 d. 1980) | interprete, Sanger |
| Korjus, Miliza (b. 1912 d. 1980) | Sanger, soprano |
| Kostelanetz, Andre (b. 1901 d. 1980) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Kraus, Irwin (d. 1980) | librarian |
| Kraus, Otakar (b. 1909 d. 1980) | baritone, interprete |
| Kroll, William (b. 1901 d. 1980) | composer, music director |
| Kurenko, Marie (b. 1890 d. 1980) | soprano, vocals |
| Lennon, John (Winston Ono) (b. 1940 d. 1980) | author, composer |
| Lert, Richard Johanes (b. 1885 d. 1980) | conductor |
| Lewis, H. Merrills (b. 1908 d. 1980) | composer, conductor |
| Lissa, Zofia (b. 1908 d. 1980) | musicologist |
| Lloyd, Norman (b. 1909 d. 1980) | music educator, composer |
| Luther, Frank (b. 1905 d. 1980) | composer, country music singer |
| Lyman, Howard Wilder (b. 1879 d. 1980) | conductor, teacher |
| Mackey, Bernard (d. 1980) | singer |
| Mahrenholz, Christhard (b. 1900 d. 1980) | theologian, musicologist |
| Mantovani (b. 1905 d. 1980) | orchestra leader, violin |
| Marchal, Andre-Louis (b. 1894 d. 1980) | organ, composer |
| Marckhl, Erich (b. 1902 d. 1980) | composer, Musikerziehung |
| Martenot, Maurice (b. 1898 d. 1980) | musician, inventor |
| Merriam, Alan Parkhurst (b. 1923 d. 1980) | ethnomusicologist |
| Midgley, Walter (b. 1914 d. 1980) | Sanger, tenor |
| Milburn, Amos (b. 1927 d. 1980) | piano, singer |
| Mintiks, Helen Hagnes (d. 1980) | violin |
| Moraes, Vinicius (b. 1913 d. 1980) | composer, lyricist |
| Morehouse, Chauncey (b. 1902 d. 1980) | drums, jazz drummer |
| Nettel, Reginald (b. 1899 d. 1980) | writer, lecturer |
| Niles, John Jacob (b. 1892 d. 1980) | folksinger, folksong collector |
| Nissen, Hans Hermann (b. 1893 d. 1980) | bass-baritone, Sanger |
| Nolan, Bob (b. 1908 d. 1980) | bass, country music song writer |
| O'Brien, Jack (b. 1909 d. 1980) | violin |
| Pearson, [Columbus Calvin] (b. 1932 d. 1980) | piano, composer |
| Pettersson, Allan [Gustaf Allan] (b. 1911 d. 1980) | composer, viola |
| Pitot, Genevieve (d. 1980) | dance arranger, piano |
| Plumstead, Mary Frost (b. 1905 d. 1980) | songwriter |
| Poister, Arthur William (b. 1898 d. 1980) | organ, composer |
| Procter-Gregg, Humphrey (b. 1895 d. 1980) | opera producer, composer |
| Professor Longhair (b. 1918 d. 1980) | rhythm & blues singer, piano |
| Reich, Willi (b. 1898 d. 1980) | critic, musicologist |
| Ribla, Gertrude (b. 1919 d. 1980) | soprano, vocals |
| Rice, Helen (d. 1980) | head of Amateur Chamber Music Players |
| Robinson, Francis (d. 1980) | opera administrator, commentator |
| Rogatis, Pascual (b. 1880 d. 1980) | composer |
| Ryan, Helen E. (d. 1980) | founder of Florida Symphony Orchestra |
| Schudson, Hod David [Howard M.] (b. 1942 d. 1980) | pop composer, record producer |
| Sebastian, John (b. 1915 d. 1980) | classical harmonicist |
| Selvin, Ben (b. 1898 d. 1980) | bandleader, conductor |
| Shapiro, Ted (b. 1899 d. 1980) | cast, composer |
| Sherock, Shorty (b. 1915 d. 1980) | trumpet |
| Sinatra, Ray [Raymond Dominic] (b. 1904 d. 1980) | danceband leader |
| Singer, Georg (b. 1908 d. 1980) | conductor, composer |
| Singer, Jacques (b. 1920 d. 1980) | maestro, violin |
| Smend, Friedrich (b. 1893 d. 1980) | musicologist |
| Soria, Dario (d. 1980) | opera administrator, recordings producer |
| Spiers, Pierre (d. 1980 died: 1980) | composer, piano |
| Stoloff, Morris (b. 1898 d. 1980) | director, film composer |
| Strunk, Oliver [William Oliver] (b. 1901 d. 1980) | musicologist |
| Suder, Joseph (b. 1892 d. 1980) | composer, piano |
| Susskind, Walter [Jan Walter] (b. 1918 d. 1980) | composer, conductor |
| Valli, Romolo (d. 1980) | opera producer |
| Wagner, Winifred Marjorie (b. 1897 d. 1980) |
| Waite, William Gilman (b. 1917 d. 1980) | musicologist |
| Wiemann, Ernst (b. 1919 d. 1980) | baritono, bass |
| Wilder, Alec (Lafayette Chew) (b. 1907 d. 1980) | composer, director |
| Woytowicz, Boleslaw (b. 1899 d. 1980) | composer, piano |
| Zulauf, Max (b. 1898 d. 1980) | musicologist, piano |