 |
 |
 |
| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV = RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDER TIKHONOVICH GRETCHANINOV 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1864 Kaluga, RUSSIA | Died: 3 January 1956 New York City, USA |
91 | |
 MISTINGUETT = FRENCH = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: JEANNE FLORENTINE BOURGEOIS 3 April 1875 Enghien-les-Bains, Île-de-France, FRANCE | Died: 5 January 1956 Bougival, Île-de-France, FRANCE |
80 | |
|
PAUL DE MALEINGREAU = BELGIAN = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: PAUL CONSTANT EUGÈNE MALENGREAU 23 November 1887 Trélon, Nord, FRANCE | Died: 9 January 1956 Brussels, BELGIUM |
68 | |
|
LUCY ISABELLE MARSH = AMERICAN = = Soprano and Early Recording Artist = |
Born: 10 April 1878 | Died: 20 January 1956 |
77 | |
 ERICH KLEIBER = AUSTRIAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 5 August 1890 Wieden, Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 27 January 1956 Zurich, SWITZERLAND |
65 | Heart Attack |
 CHARLES GRAPEWIN = AMERICAN = = Vaudeville Performer = |
Born: CHARLES ELLSWORTH GRAPEWIN 20 December 1869 Xenia, Ohio, USA | Died: 2 February 1956 Corona, California, USA |
86 | |
|
PEDER GRAM = DANISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: PETER JØRGENSEN GRAM 25 November 1881 Copenhagen, DENMARK | Died: 4 February 1956 |
74 | |
|
JOHN N. KLOHR = AMERICAN = = Composer of Band Music = |
Born: JOHN NICHOLAS KLOHR 27 July 1869 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Died: 17 February 1956 |
86 | |
 GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER = FRENCH = = Composer = |
Born: 25 June 1860 Dieuze, Moselle, FRANCE | Died: 18 February 1956 Paris, FRANCE |
95 | |
|
EDWIN FRANKO GOLDMAN = AMERICAN = = Band Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 1 January 1878 Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Died: 21 February 1956 Montefiore Hospital, New York, USA |
78 | |
 ELSIE JANIS = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter and Actress = |
Born: ELSIE BIERBOWER 16 March 1889 Columbus, Ohio, USA | Died: 26 February 1956 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
66 | |
|
ERICH ITOR KAHN = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 23 July 1905 Rimbach in the Odenwald, GERMANY | Died: 5 March 1956 Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA |
50 | Brain Haemorrhage |
 SERGEI VASILENKO = RUSSIAN = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: SERGEI NIKIFOROVICH VASILENKO 30 March 1872 [O.S. 18 March] Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 11 March 1956 Moscow, RUSSIA |
83 | |
|
JOSEPH JOHN RICHARDS = WELSH-born AMERICAN = = Conductor, Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: 27 August 1878 Cwmafan, WALES | Died: 16 March 1956 Long Beach, California, USA |
77 | |
|
THOMAS DE HARTMANN = RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: THOMAS ALEXANDROVICH DE HARTMANN 21 September 1885 Khoruzhivka, Poltava Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (now UKRAINE) | Died: 28 March 1956 New York City, New York, USA |
70 | |
 LITTLE JACK LITTLE = BRITISH-born AMERICAN = = Composer, Actor, Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: JOHN LEONARD 30 May 1899 or 28 May 1902 London, ENGLAND | Died: 9 April 1956 Hollywood, Florida, USA |
||
 KATHLEEN HOWARD = CANADIAN-born AMERICAN = = Opera Singer, Magazine Editor = = and Character Actress = |
Born: 27 July 1884 Clifton, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 15 April 1956 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
71 | |
 HARRY STEWART = AMERICAN = = Comedian, Singer, and Songwriter = |
Born: HARRY SKARBO 21 October 1908 Tacoma, Washington, USA | Died: 20 May 1956 Tonopah, Nevada, USA |
47 | Car Accident |
 FRANKIE TRUMBAUER = AMERICAN = = Saxophonist, Bandleader and Sometime Singer = |
Born: ORIE FRANK TRUMBAUER 30 May 1901 Carbondale, Illinois, USA | Died: 11 June 1956 Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
55 | Heart Attack |
 REINHOLD GLIÈRE = RUSSIAN/SOVIET = = Composer = |
Born: REINHOLD ERNEST GLIER 11 January 1875 [O.S. 30 December 1874] Kiev, UKRAINE | Died: 23 June 1956 Moscow, RUSSIA |
81 | |
 CLIFFORD BROWN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: 30 October 1930 Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Died: 26 June 1956 Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA |
25 | Car Accident |
 RICHIE POWELL = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: RICHARD POWELL 5 September 1931 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 26 June 1956 Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA |
24 | Car Accident |
|
VIOLET LORAINE = ENGLISH = = Musical Theatre Star = |
Born: VIOLET MARY TIPTON 26 July 1886 Kentish Town, London, ENGLAND | Died: 18 July 1956 Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND |
69 | |
|
MAY BRAHE = AUSTRALIAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: MARY HANNAH DICKSON 6 November 1884 East Melbourne, AUSTRALIA | Died: 14 August 1956 Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
71 | |
|
JAROSLAV RIDKÝ = CZECH = = Composer, Conductor, Harpist, and Music Teacher = |
Born: 25 August 1897 Reichenberg, now Liberec, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 14 August 1956 Poděbrady, CZECH REPUBLIC |
58 | |
|
YVES NAT = FRENCH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 29 December 1890 Béziers, FRANCE | Died: 31 August 1956 |
65 | |
|
FELIX BOROWSKI = BRITISH/AMERICAN of POLISH descent = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: 10 March 1872 Burton-in-Kendal, Westmorland, ENGLAND | Died: 6 September 1956 |
84 | |
 RUPERT HUGHES = AMERICAN = = Novelist, Film Director, Screenwriter, Music Composer = = and Military Officer = |
Born: 31 January 1872 Lancaster, Missouri, USA | Died: 9 September 1956 Los Angeles, California, USA |
84 | |
 RIGOBERTO LÓPEZ PÉREZ = NICARAGUAN = = Composer and Poet = |
Born: 13 May 1929 León, NICARAGUA | Died: 21 September 1956 León, NICARAGUA |
27 | Shot |
|
GERALD FINZI = BRITISH = = Composer = |
Born: GERALD RAPHAEL FINZI 14 July 1901 London, ENGLAND | Died: 27 September 1956 Radcliffe Infirmary hospital in Oxford, |
ENGLAND55 | Severe Brain Inflammation |
 ALBERT VON TILZER = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: ALBERT GUMM 29 March 1878 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Died: 1 October 1956 Los Angeles, California, USA |
78 | |
 DON LORENZO PEROSI = ITALIAN = = Composer of Sacred Music = |
Born: 21 December 1872 Tortona, Piedmont, ITALY | Died: 12 October 1956 |
83 | |
|
HARRY PARRY = WELSH = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: HARRY OWEN PARRY 22 January 1912 Bangor, WALES | Died: 18 October 1956 London, ENGLAND |
44 | |
 ISHAM JONES = AMERICAN = = Bandleader and Composer = |
Born: ISHAM EDGAR JONES 31 January 1894 Coalton, Ohio, USA | Died: 19 October 1956 Hollywood, Florida, USA |
62 | |
 VALDA VALKYRIEN = DANISH = = Actress and Ballerina = |
Born: ADELE ELEONORE FREED 30 September 1895 Reykjavík, ICELAND | Died: 22 October 1956 Los Angeles, California, USA |
61 | |
 WALTER GIESEKING = FRENCH-born GERMAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: WALTER WILHELM GIESEKING 5 November 1895 Lyon, FRANCE | Died: 26 October 1956 London, ENGLAND |
60 | Postoperative complications for the relief of Pancreatitis |
 TOMMY JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Blues Musician = |
Born: TOM JOHNSON January 1896 Terry, Mississippi, USA | Died: 1 November 1956 Crystal Springs, Mississippi, USA |
60 | |
 ART TATUM = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: ARTHUR TATUM Jr. 13 October 1909 Toledo, Ohio, USA | Died: 5 November 1956 Los Angeles, USA |
47 | Kidney Failure |
 VICTOR YOUNG = AMERICAN = = Violinist, Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 8 August 1900 Chicago, Illinois, United States | Died: 10 November 1956 Palm Springs, California, USA |
56 | Brain Haemorrhage |
 GUIDO CANTELLI = ITALIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 27 April 1920 Novara, ITALY | Died: 24 November 1956 Paris, FRANCE |
36 | Plane Crash |
 TOMMY DORSEY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist, Composer, Conductor and Bandleader = |
Born: THOMAS FRANCIS DORSEY, Jr. 19 November 1905 Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 26 November 1956 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
51 | Choking |
 LUDVÍK KUBA = CZECH = = Artist and Musician = |
Born: 16 April 1863 Poděbrady, Bohemia, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 30 November 1956 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
93 | |
 JEAN SCHWARTZ = HUNGARIAN-born AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 4 November 1878 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 30 November 1956 Los Angeles, California, USA |
78 | |
 HENRY FILLMORE = AMERICAN = = Musician, Composer, Publisher and Bandleader = |
Born: JAMES HENRY FILLMORE Jr. 3 December 1881 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Died: 7 December 1956 South Florida, USA |
75 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro Mark Chard BSc, PLY |
Page created: 10th February 2024 Last edited: 10th February 2024 |