Jul 5 Oskar Fried, German-Russian composer, dies at 69 Jul 8 Philippe Gaubert, French musician and composer, dies at 62 Jul 10 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), dies in LA at 56 Jul 18 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 1940 Deaths in Music 1942