1957 in music

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Deaths

• January 15 - Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• May 9 - Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor
• June 12 - Jimmy Dorsey, big band leader
• September 1 - Dennis Brain, horn virtuoso (in unexplained car accident)
• September 20 - Jean Sibelius, composer
• October 20 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, dancer, actor and director
• October 23 - Abe Lyman, US bandleader, composer and drummer
• November 4 - Joseph Canteloube, composer
• November 20 - Beniamino Gigli, operatic tenor