Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1942

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Charlie Christian 1930s - 1940s Jazz, Swing, Bop, Big Band, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Bunny Berigan 1930s - 1940s Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Felix Weingartner 1890s - 1930s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony
Joseph Schmidt 1920s - 1930s Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Cabaret, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Opera, Torch Songs, Vocal Music
Emanuel Feuermann 1920s - 1940s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Pasquale Amato 1910s - 1920s Classical, Opera
Erwin Schulhoff 1910s - 1930s Classical, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Concerto
Charles Hackett Vocal, Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Emma Calvé 1900s - 1910s Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Alexander von Zemlinsky 1890s - 1930s Classical, Vocal Music, Opera, Chamber Music
Arthur Pryor 1900s - 1910s Jazz, Classical, Band Music
George M. Cohan 1890s - 1940s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz, American Popular Song, Musical Theater, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop
Carola Neher Classical, Opera
Hugo Distler 1930s Classical, Choral, Keyboard
Boris Goltz
Pablo Luna 1910s - 1930s Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Paul Gilson 1890s - 1930s Classical, Band Music, Chamber Music, Choral, Orchestral, Ballet, Concerto
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Classical, New Age, Orchestral, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Adolf Lotter 1920s - 1930s Classical, Band Music, Orchestral
Adolfo Berio Classical, Avant-Garde Music
Agnes Lockhart Hughes Classical
Aksel Agerby Classical, Symphony, Vocal Music
Alberto Franchetti 1890s Classical, Opera
Alfonso Castaldi
Alfred Evensen Classical, Band Music
Alfred Hertz Classical, Opera
Alfred Hollins Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music
Alfred Sittard Classical, Keyboard
Almanac Singers 1940s Folk, Political Folk, Protest Songs, Traditional Folk, Sea Shanties
Antonio Russolo 1920s Avant-Garde
Arthur Price Stage & Screen, Soundtracks
Béla Ujj
Bell Boys 1930s - 1940s Country
Benoit Hollander Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Billy Bennett 1920s - 1930s Comedy/Spoken, Vocal, Music Hall, Comedy
Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets 1930s - 1940s Country, Western Swing
Carlo Diacono
Catharinus Elling Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music, Vocal Music
Cayetano Troiani Classical, Keyboard
Cesar Michiels
Constantin Balmont Classical
Daniel Alomía Robles 1910s - 1940s Latin, International, Andean Folk, South American Traditions
Domenico Monleone Classical, Opera
Eduard Mezzacapo
Eduardo Souto 1920s - 1930s Latin
Eleanor Everest Freer Classical, Vocal Music
Emil von Sauer 1890s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto, Orchestral
Enrique Morera Classical, Chamber Music, Choral
Ernest Pingoud Classical, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Ernst Bachrich Classical