Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1949

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Lead Belly 1900s - 1940s Folk, Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Field Recordings, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Folksongs, Songster
Richard Strauss 1890s - 1940s Classical, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Concerto, Modern Composition
Hans Pfitzner 1890s - 1940s Classical, Vocal Music, Opera, Symphony
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff 1910s - 1940s International, Classical, New Age, Comedy/Spoken, Armenian, Central/West Asian Traditions, Keyboard
Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh 1890s - 1930s Classical, Vocal, Religious, Vocal Music, Choral, Gospel, Spirituals
Grigoras Dinicu 1910s - 1930s Classical, International, Chamber Music
Joaquín Nin 1910s - 1940s Classical, Latin, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Vocal Music
Maria Cebotari 1930s - 1940s Classical, Opera
Joaquín Turina 1900s - 1940s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
Hans Kindler Classical, Chamber Music, Orchestral
Edmund Eysler Classical, Opera
Nikos Skalkottas 1920s - 1940s Classical, Folk, Chamber Music, Concerto, Orchestral, Keyboard
Vítězslav Novák 1890s - 1930s Classical, Chamber Music, Choral, Keyboard, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Al Bernard 1910s - 1940s Vocal, Blues, Country, Jazz, Minstrel, Old-Timey, Vaudeville, Dixieland, Vaudeville Blues
Albert Ammons 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Keyboard, Piano Blues, Stride, Swing
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster Classical
Amédée Tremblay Classical, Keyboard
Amilcare Zanella Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music
Annie Maria Grimson Classical, Chamber Music, Symphony
Artur Immisch Classical, Keyboard
Basil Harwood 1890s - 1920s Classical, Choral, Keyboard
Big Eye Louis Nelson 1910s - 1940s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson 1920s - 1940s Vocal
Boris Asaf'yev 1910s - 1940s Classical, Ballet, Opera, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Symphony
Bud Scott Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Buddy Clark 1930s - 1940s Vocal, Jazz, Traditional Pop, Dance Bands
Bunk Johnson 1900s - 1940s Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans Brass Bands, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Byrd Moore 1920s - 1940s Folk, Country, Old-Timey
Carl Hirn Classical
Catharina Van Rennes Classical, Vocal Music
Charles Silver
Chris Smith 1910s - 1920s Jazz
Chris Smith 1900s - 1940s Classical, Vocal Music
Clarence Jones Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Cliff Maddox Country
Danny Polo Jazz, Swing
David Stanley Smith Classical, Orchestral
Delma Lachney 1920s International, Country, Folk, Folksongs, Old-Timey, Traditional Folk, Cajun, North American Traditions
Dynam-Victor Fumet 1900s - 1940s Classical, Keyboard, Choral, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Chamber Music
E. Robert Schmitz
Eddie DeLange 1930s - 1940s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Film Music, Soundtracks, Big Band, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes
Emilio de Gogorza Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Emilio DeGogorza
Enrico Cannio Classical, International, Vocal Music
Ernest Walker Classical, Vocal Music, Choral, Chamber Music
Ernst Rosmer Classical, Opera
Euday L. Bowman Jazz, Classical, Vocal Music, Keyboard
Euphemia Allen
Ferdinand Pfohl Classical