1974 in music

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Deaths

• February 15 - Kurt Atterberg, composer
• March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
• March 28 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
• March 28 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist
• April 15 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
• April 17 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer
• April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, heroin overdose
• May 24 - Duke Ellington
• June 8 - Rodolfo Lipizer, violinist and conductor]]
• June 22 - Darius Milhaud, composer
• June 27 - Cliff Friend, US composer
• July 29 - "Mama" Cass Elliott, singer The Mamas & the Papas
• September 3 - Harry Partch, composer
• September 23 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer Average White Band
• October 24 - David Oistrakh, violinist
• November 11 - Alfonso Leng, composer
• November 19 - George Brunies, jazz musician
• November 21 - Frank Martin, composer
• date unknown - Carl Stalling, composer of cartoon music