Editing 1962 in music (section)

==Deaths==
*[[January 29]] – [[Fritz Kreisler]], violinist, 86<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/01/30/archives/fritz-kreisler-dies-here-at-86-violinist-composed-200-works-made.html |title=Fritz Kreisler Dies Here at 86 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|quote=Fritz Kreisler, the world-famous violinist and composer, died yesterday. He would have been 87 years old on Friday. ... |date=January 30, 1962 |access-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[Jacques Ibert]], composer, 71
*[[February 7]] – [[Roy Atwell]], American actor, comedian and composer, 83
*[[February 17]] – [[Bruno Walter]], conductor, 85
*[[February 22]] – [[Attila the Hun (calypsonian)|Attila the Hun]], calypso singer, 69
*[[March 24]] – [[Jean Goldkette]], jazz musician, 69
*[[April 10]] – [[Stuart Sutcliffe]], early member of [[The Beatles]], 21
*[[May 24]] – [[Cloe Elmo]], operatic contralto, 52
*[[May 27]] – [[Egon Petri]], pianist, 81
*[[June 12]] – [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]], pianist and composer, 82
*[[June 13]] – Sir [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens]], conductor, 69<ref>{{cite book|author=Amanda Holden|author-link=Amanda Holden (writer)|title=The New Penguin Opera Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8UdHhxWH-sC|year=2001|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-051475-9|page=334}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] – [[Alfred Cortot]], pianist and conductor, 84
*[[July 11]] – [[René Maison]], operatic tenor, 66
*[[July 12]] – [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]], bandleader, 54 (heart attack)
*[[July 25]] – [[Christie MacDonald]], actress and singer, 87
*[[August 5]] - [[Marilyn Monroe]], Actress and Singer, 36
*[[August 19]] – [[Emilius Bangert]], composer and organist, 79
*[[September 6]]
**[[Hanns Eisler]], composer, 64
**[[Dermot Troy]], lyric tenor, 35 (heart attack)
*[[October 6]] – [[Solomon Linda]], Zulu musician, 53
*[[October 15]] – [[Joseph Noyon]], French organist and composer, 74
*[[November 15]] – [[Toscha Seidel]], violinist, 62
*[[November 18]] – [[Steffy Goldner]], harpist, 66
*[[November 19]] – [[Clara Clemens]], concert contralto, daughter of [[Mark Twain]], 88
*[[December 7]] – [[Kirsten Flagstad]], operatic soprano, 67
*[[December 13]] – [[Harry Barris]], singer, composer and pianist, 57 (alcohol-related)
*[[December 22]] – [[Roy Palmer (musician)|Roy Palmer]], jazz trombonist, 70
*[[December 31]] – [[Bella Alten]], operatic soprano, 85
*''date unknown'' – [[Palladam Sanjiva Rao]], flautist and Carnatic musician