Deaths in Music in 1847

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  • Jan 6 Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music, dies at 79
  • Jan 22 Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71
  • Mar 28 Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, dies at 67
  • Apr 23 Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
  • May 14 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, German composer, dies at 41
  • May 16 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
  • Jul 19 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75
  • Oct 14 William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53

Person of interestFelix Mendelssohn

Nov 4 Felix Mendelssohn [Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy], German composer and pianist (Great Scherzos), dies at 38

Composer and Pianist Felix Mendelssohn
Composer and Pianist
Felix Mendelssohn
  • Dec 29 William Crotch, English composer, dies at 72