1930 in music

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Deaths

• January 16 - Art Hickman, US bandleader
• January 24 - Mario Sammarco, operatic baritone
• January 28 - Emmy Destinn Czech opera singer
• April 1 - Cosima Wagner, widow of the composer
• July 15 - Leopold Auer, violinist
• August 4 - Siegfried Wagner, composer and son of Richard Wagner
• October 14 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter
• November 4 - Buddy Bolden, jazz musician
• December 17 - Peter Warlock, composer
• December 22 - Charles K. Harris, US songwriter and publisher