Index to music necrology : 1985 necrology
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  Ahlert, Richard (b. 1921 d. 1985) |   songwriter, composer |
  Alwyn, William (b. 1905 d. 1985) |   composer, flute |
  Anderson, Bob (d. 1985) |   bass |
  Anson, George (b. 1904 d. 1985) |   piano, teacher |
  Balshaw, Clifford (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Barnett, David (b. 1907 d. 1985) |   piano, composer |
  Bennett, Harold M. (d. 1985) |   flute, tenor saxophone |
  Blachut, Beno (b. 1913 d. 1985) |   interprete, tenor |
  Breuer, Gustav J. (d. 1985) |   author, writer |
  Brice, Carol (Lovette Hawkins) (b. 1918 d. 1985) |   cast, contralto |
  Bruckner-Ruggeberg, Wilhelm (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   conductor, Dirigent |
  Burrows, Lee Rosenberg (d. 1985) |   singer, publisher |
  Burton, Margaret (d. 1985) |   soprano |
  Carner, Mosco (b. 1904 d. 1985) |   conferenziere, writer on music |
  Chiantia, Salvatore T. (d. 1985) |   publisher |
  Clare, Kenny [Kenneth] (b. 1929 d. 1985) |   drummer, drums |
  Clarke, Kenny [Klook] [Kenneth Spearman] (b. 1914 d. 1985) |   drummer, drums |
  Clinton, Larry (b. 1909 d. 1985) |   arranger, trombone |
  Cogane, Nelso (d. 1985) |   lyricist |
  Condie, Richard (d. 1985) |   retired director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
  Coots, John Frederick (b. 1897 d. 1985) |   piano, composer |
  Cox, Frederic Robert (d. 1985) |   teacher |
  Creston, Paul (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   composer, musicisti |
  Daniels, Ethel Lee (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Davenport, Pembroke Mortimer (b. 1911 d. 1985) |   composer, conductor |
  Desmond, Johnny (b. 1920 d. 1985) |   cast, singer |
  Downey, Morton (b. 1901 d. 1985) |   cast, tenor |
  Du Pre, William (d. 1985) |   tenor |
  Duckles, Vincent Harris (b. 1913 d. 1985) |   musicologist, librarian |
  Duvivier, George (b. 1920 d. 1985) |   alto horn, bass (instrument) |
  Ellington, Ray (b. 1916 d. 1985) |   drummer, drums |
  Elliott, William (d. 1985) |   composer, conductor |
  Engel, Kent (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Estes, Lewis Alden (d. 1985) |   arranger |
  Ewen, David (b. 1907 d. 1985) |   writer on music, editor |
  Falcone, Leonard Vincent (b. 1899 d. 1985) |   band director, baritone horn |
  Fanelli, Nicholas A. (d. 1985) |   guitar |
  Fified, Gary (d. 1985) |   managing director of the Washington Opera |
  Fischer, Wayne (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Fitchhorn, Elver Joseph (b. 1896 d. 1985) |   inventor of the saxette |
  Fox, Valerian Edmund (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Franci, Benvenuto (b. 1891 d. 1985) |   baritone, baritono |
  Gambill, Roger (d. 1985) |   performer |
  Gamsjaeger, Rudolf (d. 1985) |   opera director |
  Gilels, Emil (Grigor'yevch) (b. 1916 d. 1985) |   piano |
  Glade, Coe (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   cast, contralto |
  Gomberg, Harold (b. 1916 d. 1985) |   oboe, english horn |
  Guarnieri, Johnny [John Albert] (b. 1917 d. 1985) |   piano, harpsichord |
  Hamilton, Nancy (b. 1908 d. 1985) |   cast, composer |
  Hickman, Stan (d. 1985) |   singer |
  Hillyer, Lonnie (b. 1940 d. 1985) |   trumpet |
  Hoffman, Dennis (d. 1985) |   singer |
  Horusitzky, Zoltan (b. 1903 d. 1985) |   piano, composer |
  Jackson, Calvin (b. 1919 d. 1985) |   arranger, piano |
  Jankelevitch, Vladimir (b. 1903 d. 1985) |   philosopher, musicologist |
  Jones, Jo (b. 1911 d. 1985) |   director, drummer |
  Jones, Philly Joe (b. 1923 d. 1985) |   drummer, drums |
  Jory, Margaret Fairbank (b. 1936 d. 1985) |   ASCAP director |
  Kahn, Emil (d. 1985) |   conductor, Dirigent |
  Karas, Anton (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   musicisti, zither |
  Katz, Mickey (b. 1909) |   singer, bandleader |
  Kelly, Gilbert F. (d. 1985) |   trombone |
  King, Benjamin Gibner (d. 1985) |   accompanist, coach |
  King, Wayne Harold (b. 1901 d. 1985) |   saxophone, bandleader |
  Kyser, Kay (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   bandleader, director |
  Le Flemming, Christopher (d. 1985) |   composer |
  Leavitt, Donald (Lee) (b. 1929 d. 1985) |   librarian |
  Ledford, Lila May (b. 1917 d. 1985 a. 1938) |   banjo, singer |
  List, Eugene (b. 1918 d. 1985) |   Klavier, piano |
  London, George (b. 1919 d. 1985) |   bass-baritone, interprete |
  Lothar, Mark (b. 1902 d. 1985) |   celesta, composer |
  Lowinsky, Edward Elias (b. 1908 d. 1985) |   musicologist |
  Lybolt, Frank D. (d. 1985) |   organ |
  MacWilliams, Robert D. (d. 1985) |   president of E.C. Schirmer |
  Margrave, Oliver Wendall (d. 1985) |   teacher, musicologist |
  Marks, Johnny (b. 1909 d. 1985) |   composer, drums |
  Matacic, Lovro (b. 1899 d. 1985) |   conductor, direttore |
  Mayer, Robert (b. 1879 d. 1985) |   music patron |
  Mayo, Mary (d. 1985) |   big band vocalist, vocals |
  McNeill, Dowell (d. 1980) |   organ |
  Miles, Maurice Edward (b. 1908 d. 1985) |   conductor |
  Mills, Irving (b. 1884 d. 1985) |   cast, composer |
  Morgan, Robert Duke (b. 1896 d. 1985) |   songwriter |
  Movshon, George (d. 1985) |   critic |
  Myers, Roland (Hugh) (b. 1892 d. 1985) |   critic, writer on music |
  Nelson, Rick [Eric Hilliard] (b. 1940 d. 1985) |   cast, rock & roll singer |
  Ormandy, Eugene (b. 1899 d. 1985) |   card, conductor |
  Owen, Charles E. (b. 1912 d. 1985) |   music educator, percussion |
  Owens, Barbara (d. 1985) |   director |
  Paris, Herbert (d. 1985) |   opera administrator |
  Peck, Seymour (d. 1985) |   editor, writer |
  Pennington, Lily May Ledford (d. 1985) |   writer, banjo |
  Perryman, William Lee (b. 1911 d. 1985) |   piano, singer |
  Petti, Anthony (d. 1985) |   musicologist |
  Pickering, Bill (d. 1985) |   musician |
  Profeta, Rubino (d. 1985) |   composer, writer |
  Ray, Don (d. 1985) |   conductor, composer |
  Reutter, Hermann (b. 1900 d. 1985) |   composer, Komponist |
  Riddle, Nelson (b. 1921 d. 1985) |   arranger, cast |
  Roemheld, Heinz Eric (b. 1901 d. 1985) |   composer, film composer |
  Rosenstock, Josef (b. 1895 d. 1985) |   conductor, Dirigent |
  Saint-Marcoux, Micheline Coulombe (b. 1938 d. 1985) |   composer, teacher |
  Sarabia, Guillermo (b. 1937 d. 1985) |   baritone |
  Schick, George (b. 1908 d. 1985) |   conductor, music director |
  Schmitt-Walter, Karl (b. 1900 d. 1985) |   baritone, Sanger |
  Sessions, Roger (Huntington) (b. 1896 d. 1985) |   composer, piano |
  Shore, Bernard (Alexander Royle) (b. 1896 d. 1985) |   viola |
  Sims, Zoot (b. 1925 d. 1985) |   soprano sax, tenor sax |
  Singing Nun (b. 1933 d. 1985) |   nun, vocals |
  Skei, Allen Bennett (b. 1935 d. 1985) |   critic, writer |
  Smith, Paul Joseph (b. 1906 d. 1985) |   composer |
  Smith, Rollin (d. 1985) |   singer, piano |
  Sorkin, Leonard (b. 1916 d. 1985) |   violin, music director |
  Sour, Robert B. (d. 1985) |   composer, lyricist |
  Spoliansky, Mischa (b. 1898 d. 1985) |   composer, piano |
  Stewart, Wynn [Wynnford Lindsey] (b. 1934 d. 1985) |   singer, guitar |
  Suttie, James C. (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Swain, Freda Mary (b. 1902 d. 1985) |   piano, composer |
  Thompson, Clyde (d. 1985) |   composer, bass |
  Turner, Big Joe (b. 1911 d. 1985) |   jazz bluesman |
  Val, Joe (d. 1985) |   bluegrass mandolinist, singer |
  Wall, Edmund C. (d. 1985) |   clarinetist with the Sousa Band, interprete |
  Watson, Merla (a. 1987) |   country music singer |
  Wells, Dickie [William] (b. 1907 d. 1985) |   cast, trombone |
  Whiting, Chester Earl (b. 1901 d. 1985) |   military musician, bandmaster |
  Williams, Cootie [Charles Melvin] (b. 1910 d. 1985) |   trumpeter, bandleader |
  Wollman, Joseph (d. 1985) |   piano, music director |
  Wooding, Sam [Samuel David] (b. 1895 d. 1985) |   music director, piano |
  Woods, Chris [Christopher Columbus] (b. 1925 d. 1985) |   alto saxophone |
  Wright, Eleanor (d. 1985) |   organ |
  Zimbalist, Efrem (Alexandrovich) (b. 1889 d. 1985) |   composer, violin |