1942 in music

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Deaths

• January 1 - Jaroslav Jezek, composer
• January 14 - Fred Fisher, songwriter
• February 22 - Stefan Zweig, Jewish librettist of Richard Strauss
• March 2 - Charlie Christian, jazz guitarist
• March 15 - Alexander von Zemlinsky
• April 30 - René Blum, founder of the Ballet de l'Opera a Monte Carlo
• May 14 - Frank Churchill, US composer
• August 22 - Michel Fokine, dancer and choreographer
• October 23 - Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist
• November 5 - George M. Cohan