Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 1953

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Hank Williams 1930s - 1950s Country, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country
Django Reinhardt 1920s - 1950s Jazz, International, Continental Jazz, Swing, Gypsy, South/Eastern European Traditions
Kathleen Ferrier 1940s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music, Choral
William Kapell 1940s - 1950s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
Jacques Thibaud 1900s - 1940s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Sergey Prokofiev 1910s - 1950s Classical, Ballet, Keyboard, Concerto, Modern Composition, Orchestral, Symphony, Chamber Music, Opera, Vocal Music, Film Score
Albert Coates Classical, Opera
Friedrich Schorr 1910s - 1940s Classical, Opera, Choral
Titta Ruffo Classical, Opera
Ruth Crawford Seeger 1920s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Folk, Modern Composition, Keyboard, Chamber Music, Traditional Folk, Vocal Music
Frank La Forge Vocal, Classical, Vocal Music, Choral
Arnold Bax 1910s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Orchestral
Florence Price 1920s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Symphony, Vocal Music
Roger Quilter 1900s - 1940s Classical, Avant-Garde, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
Conrado del Campo (y Zabaleta) 1890s - 1950s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Concerto, Choral
Henry Holden Huss Classical, Keyboard, Concerto
Albert Spalding Classical, Concerto, Chamber Music, Vocal Music
Alexander Karzev Classical, Chamber Music
Arnaldo Bambini Classical, Keyboard
Arnold Perlmutter Classical, Opera
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson Stage & Screen, Classical, Vocal Music, Film Score
Arthur Wood Classical, Vocal, Orchestral
Artie Fields Pop/Rock
Basin Street Six 1950s Jazz, Dixieland
Bernard van den Sigtenhorst Classical, Keyboard
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer Classical, Keyboard
Bertha Fransel Wegener-Koopman
Betty Jack Davis Country
Big Maceo Merriweather 1920s - 1950s Blues, Pop/Rock, Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues
Birmingham Boogie Boys 1950s Blues
Cap-Tans 1940s - 1960s R&B
Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores Pop/Rock
Carlos Vincente Geroni Flores Latin
Carolina Slim 1940s - 1950s Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piedmont Blues, Regional Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
Christie Brothers Stompers 1950s Jazz, Dixieland, Trad Jazz
Clarence Brereton Jazz
Daniel Gregory Mason 1900s - 1920s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Orchestral
Dimitar Nenov Classical, Choral
Dimitri Arakishvili
Duque 1920s - 1950s Latin, International, Brazilian Traditions, Choro, Samba, Western European Traditions
Dylan Thomas 1930s - 1950s Classical, Comedy/Spoken, Spoken Word, Miscellaneous (Classical), Vocal Music
E. Polo
Edgar Thomas Cook Classical, Choral
Eduard Kuenneke International
Eduard Künneke 1900s - 1940s Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Eduardo Caba Classical, Keyboard
Edward Isaacs Classical, Keyboard
Edward Marsh 1910s - 1940s Classical, Vocal, Vocal Music
Edward P. Harris Classical
Edward P. Harris