1951 in music

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Deaths

• February 3 - Fréhel, French singer, actress
• February 9 - Eddy Duchin
• March 6 - Ivor Novello, operetta composer, entertainer
• May 29 -
• Fanny Brice, US actress, comedienne and singer
• May 29 - Robert Kahn, composer
• July 9 - Egbert Van Alstyne, US songwriter
• July 9 - Jorgen Bentzon, Danish composer
• July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer
• August 15 - Artur Schnabel, pianist
• August 21 - Constant Lambert, composer
• September 17 - Jimmy Yancey, US jazz pianist
• November 9 - Sigmund Romberg, composer
• November 13 - Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, pianist and composer