Necrology Index

This document is an extract from the Gaylord Music Library Necrology File, http://library.wustl.edu/units/music/necro/index.html. The persons noted below are largely those listed in the dictionaries and encyclopedias cited following the double bar (||) in each entry. Note that variant information is given following the initial report of death without any attempt to resolve the conflict; this applies to the 2001 portion as well as to the 2000 supplement.

I would like to acknowledge my colleagues at Gaylord Music Library: Dan Pickett, Brad Short, and Jason Stumpf, who supplied a steady stream of obituaries; student assistants Lori Chan, Carla Jackson, Leonard Lee, Lindsay Neemann, and Jonathan Stahler, who helped annotate the 2000 supplement; and my wife, Rosemary Hahn, for additional obituaries 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 email: manynote@library.wustl.edu.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Cited

Baker	Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (9th ed., 2001)
EPM3	The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3d ed., 1998)
Grove	The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001)
GroveAmer	The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (1986)
GroveJazz	The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2d ed., 2002)
GroveOpera	The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992)
GroveWomen	The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994)
IWWM	International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory (17th ed., 2000/2001)
IWWM-Pop	International Who's Who in Music—Popular Music (3d ed., 2000/2001)

2001 Necrology

Aaliyah, American R&B singer and actress, d. 8/25/2001 in the Bahamas at 22; b. Aaliyah Haughton 1/16/1979 in Brooklyn, N.Y. CNN.com, 8/26/2001 (http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/08/26/obit.aaliyah.ap/index.html); washingtonpost.com, 8/27/ 2001 (http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/obituaries/A749-2001Aug26.html). || EPM3

Adler, Larry, American harmonica virtuoso, d. 8/7/2001 in London at 87; b. Lawrence Cecil Adler 2/10/1914 in Baltimore, Md. CNN.com, 8/7/2001 (http: //www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/07/britain.obit.adler.ap/index.html); latimes.com, 8/9/2001 (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-000064716aug09.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dobituaries). d. 8/6/2001; washingtonpost.com, 8/8/2001 (http://washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/metro/obituaries/A45720-2001Aug7.html); Gramophone 79:945 (Oct. 2001); Cadence 27:9 (Sept. 2001). || EPM3, Grove, GroveAmer,

GroveJazz, IWWM, IWWM-Pop

Albam, Manny, American composer and arranger, d. 10/2/2001 in Croton, N.Y. at 79. Cadence 27:11 (Nov. 2001). || EPM3, GroveJazz

Alexandria, Lorez, jazz vocalist, d. 5/21/2001 in Los Angeles, Calif. at 71; b. Delorez Alexandria Turner 8/14/1929 in Chicago. Cadence 27:7 (July 2001). d. 5/22/2001. Jazz Journal International 54:7 (July 2001). || EPM3, GroveJazz

Anthony, James R., American musicologist, d. 4/6/2001 in Tucson, Ariz. John T. Brobeck on AMS-L, 4/6/2001; Musical Times (Summer 2001). || Baker, Grove, GroveOpera, IWWM

Assumpcao, Nico, jazz bassist, d. 1/2001 at 46. Cadence 27:3 (Mar. 2001). || GroveJazz

Atkins, Chet, American country guitarist, d. 6/30/2001 in Nashville, Tenn. at 77; b. Chester Burton Atkins, 6/20/1924, near Luttrell, Tenn. cbsnews.com, 6/30/2001 (http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,299262-412,00.shtml); latimes.com, 7/1/ 2001 (http://www.latimes.com/obituary/20010701/t000054296.html); seattletimes. com, 7/1/2001 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134312704_atkinsobit01.html); detnews.com, 7/1/2001 (http://detnews.com/2001/obituaries/0107/02/a02-242409.htm); CNN.com 7/2/2001 (http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/obit.chet.atkins/index.html; Cadence 27:8 (Aug. 2001); Classical Guitar 19:12 (Aug. 2001). || Baker, EPM3, GroveAmer, IWWM-Pop

Austin, Sil, jazz (tenor) saxophonist and vocalist, d. 9/1/2001 in College Park, Md. at 71. Cadence 27:10 (Oct. 2001). || EPM3

Barnes, Milton, Canadian composer, d...