Necrology index.(Obituary)(List)

This document is an extract from the necrology file of the Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, available online at http://library.wustl.edu/units/music/necro/ index.html. It comprises those names that are listed in the dictionaries and encyclopedias cited following the double bar (||); note that a Few individuals appeal' in these works under a variant of their name other' than that under which they are listed here (+), or under a group or relative's name (*). Variant information is given following the initial report of death without any attempt to resolve the conflict. Obituary notices are listed chronologically within each element of the entry.

I would like thank my colleagues at Gaylord Music Library, Brad Short and Emily Heslop, who kept me supplied with a steady stream of obituaries. Thanks also to my wife, Rosemary Hahn, for more obits, and for proofreading.

Corrections or contributions to the Necrology may be addressed to the editor: Paul Hahn, Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, Campus Box 1061, One Brookings Drive. St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 or by e-mail: manynote@wustl.edu

 
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS CITED 
Baker       Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (9th ed., 2001) 
EPM4        The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed., 2006) 
Grove       The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001) 
Grove       Amer The New thrive Dictionary of American Music (1986) 
GroveJazz   The New drove Dictionary of Jazz (2d ed., 2002) 
GroveOpera  The New Grave Dictionary of Opera (1992) 
GroveWomen  The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994) 
IWWM-Cla    International Who's Who in Classical Music (23rd ed., 2007) 
IWWM-Pop    International Who's Who in Popular Music (9th ed., 2007) 

2007 NECROLOGY

Arden, Don. British rock manager, d. 7 21 2007 in Los Angeles, CA at 81: b. Harry Levy 1/4/1926 in Manchester. Times Online 7/24/2007.||EPM4

Ayler, Donald, jazz trumpeter, d. 10/21/ 2007 in Northfield, OH at 65; b. 10/5/1942 in Cleveland, Oil. JazzTimes.com, 11/ 6/2007; Guardian Unlimited, 11/16/2007.||EPM4. GroveJazz