Editing 1988 in music (section)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 3]] – [[John Dopyera]], stringed instrument maker, 94
*[[January 19]] – [[Evgeny Mravinsky]], conductor
*[[February 3]] – [[Radamés Gnattali]], Brazilian composer, 81
*[[February 9]] – [[Kurt Herbert Adler]], conductor and opera administrator
*[[February 14]] – [[Frederick Loewe]], composer of musicals, 86<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Suskin|title=Show Tunes, 1905-1991: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers : Revised and Expanded|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpoYAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Limelight Editions|isbn=978-0-87910-146-6|page=364}}</ref>
*[[February 16]] – [[Jean Carignan]], fiddler, 71
*[[February 17]] – [[Alexander Bashlachev]], Russian singer, 27 (falling from height)
*[[February 24]] – [[Memphis Slim]], blues musician, 72
*[[February 27]] – [[Gene de Paul]], pianist and composer, 68
*[[March 6]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], singer and actress, 88
*[[March 7]] – [[Divine (actor)|Divine]], singer and drag entertainer, 42 (heart failure)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard Jay|title=Not Simply Divine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0jQr2HfvsoC&pg=PA12|date=10 August 1994|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-88467-3|pages=12}}</ref>
*[[March 8]] – [[Henryk Szeryng]], violinist<ref>{{cite book|author=Krajowa Agencja Informacyjna (Poland)|title=Biuletyn informacyjny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AfVAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|page=5}}</ref>
*[[March 10]] – [[William Wordsworth (composer)|William Wordsworth]], Scottish composer
*[[March 10]] – [[Andy Gibb]], singer, 30 (myocarditis)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-12-mn-868-story.html |title=Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes |date=12 March 1988 |newspaper=LA Times |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
*[[March 12]] – [[Gianna Pederzini]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 88
*[[March 15]] – [[Frank Perkins (composer)|Frank Perkins]], American song composer
*[[March 20]] – [[Gil Evans]], Canadian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
*[[April 3]] – [[Kai Ewans]], Danish jazz musician
*[[April 7]] – [[Cesar Bresgen]], Austrian composer
*[[April 9]]
** [[Brook Benton]], 56 (complications of spinal meningitis)
** [[David Prater]], of [[Sam & Dave]], 50 (car accident)
*[[April 15]] – [[Youri Egorov]], Soviet classical pianist, 33 (complications of AIDS)
*[[April 20]] - [[Frederick Sharp (baritone)|Frederick Sharp]], English baritone, 76<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|date=2002|entry=Sharp, Frederick (Charles)|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O003372|author=[[Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist)|Elizabeth Forbes]]|title=Sharp, Frederick }}</ref>
*[[April 29]] – [[James McCracken]], tenor, 61
*[[May 1]] – [[Claude Demetrius]], songwriter
*[[May 10]] – [[Ciarán Bourke]], folk musician (The Dubliners), 53 (brain damage)
*[[May 13]] – [[Chet Baker]], jazz musician, 58 (head injuries from fall)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeroen de Valk|title=Chet Baker: His Life and Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kG0ZAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Berkeley Hills Books|isbn=978-1-893163-13-3|page=2}}</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[Sammy Davis Sr.]], vaudeville performer, 87
*[[May 22]] – [[Dennis Day]], US singer, 72
*[[May 25]] – [[Martin Slavin]], composer and music director, 66
*[[June 12]] – [[Marcel Poot]], Belgian composer, 87
*[[June 22]] – [[Jesse Ed Davis]], guitarist, 43
*[[June 25]] 
**[[Hillel Slovak]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], guitarist, 26 (speedball overdose)
**[[Jimmy Soul]], American singer, 45 (heart attack)
*[[July 2]] – [[Eddie Vinson]], jazz/blues musician, 70
*[[July 18]]
** <!--July 18-->[[Joly Braga Santos]], Portuguese composer and conductor, 64
** <!--July 18-->[[Nico]], German singer, 49 (brain haemorrhage)<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4oAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=830}}</ref>
*[[July 20]] – [[Richard Holm (tenor)|Richard Holm]], German operatic tenor
* [[July 28]] – [[Pete Drake]], American record producer and pedal steel guitar player, 55 (emphysema)
* August – [[Tenor Saw]], dancehall artist, 21 (road accident)
*[[August 8]] – [[Félix Leclerc]], folk singer, 74<ref>{{cite book|author=National Library of Canada|title=National Library News: Nouvelles de la Bibliothèque Nationale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILXiAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=National Library of Canada|page=1}}</ref>
*[[August 9]] – [[Giacinto Scelsi]], composer and poet, 83<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Morris|title=A Guide to 20th-century Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-413-45601-4|page=268}}</ref>
*[[August 14]]
** [[Roy Buchanan]], American guitarist, 48 (suicide)
** [[Robert Calvert]], South African writer, poet, and musician, 43 (heart attack)<ref>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gkKAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=MUZE|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=141}}</ref>
*[[August 19]] – Sir [[Frederick Ashton]], British choreographer, 83<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4oAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=923}}</ref>
*[[August 22]] – [[Frances James (soprano)|Frances James]], operatic soprano, 85
*[[August 24]]
** [[Kenneth Leighton]], English composer
** [[Nat Stuckey]], American country singer
*[[September 17]] – [[Hilde Gueden]], operatic soprano, 71
*[[September 22]] – [[Rezső Sugár]], Hungarian composer, 68
*[[September 23]] – [[Arwel Hughes]], composer and conductor
*[[September 26]] – [[Lord Melody]], calypso musician, 62
*[[October 7]] – [[Billy Daniels]], singer, 73
*[[October 15]] – [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English composer, music critic and pianist<ref>Roberge, Marc-André (2020). [https://roberge.mus.ulaval.ca/srs/07-prese.htm ''Opus sorabjianum: The Life and Works of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji'']. Retrieved 1 August 2020.</ref>
*[[October 18]] – Sir [[Frederick Ashton]], dancer and choreographer
*[[October 19]] – [[Son House]], blues musician<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=195}}</ref>
*[[October 20]] – [[Mogens Wöldike]], Danish conductor
*[[November 8]] – [[Warren Casey]], US theatre composer, lyricist, writer, and actor, 53 (AIDS-related)
*[[November 13]]
**[[Antal Doráti]], conductor, 82<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA136|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=136}}</ref>
**[[Jaromír Vejvoda]], Czech composer, 86
*[[November 24]] – [[Irmgard Seefried]], operatic soprano, 69<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Griffiths|title=The Penguin Companion to Classical Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHnuAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=978-0-14-051559-6|page=729}}</ref>
*[[November 26]] – [[Antonio Estévez]], composer
*[[November 30]] – [[Charlie Rouse]], saxophonist, 64
*[[December 2]] – [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer and lyricist ([[Quartetto Cetra]])
*[[December 6]] – [[Roy Orbison]], singer, 52 (heart attack)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brock Helander|title=The Rockin' '60s: The People who Made the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A31AAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Schirmer Books|isbn=978-0-02-864873-6|page=274}}</ref>
*[[December 16]] – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]], R&B singer, disco performer, 41 (complications from AIDS)
*[[December 21]] – [[Paul Jeffreys]], bassist ([[Cockney Rebel]]), 36 (killed in the crash of [[Pan Am Flight 103]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Evgeny Golubev]], Russian composer, 78
*[[December 26]] – [[Pablo Sorozábal]], Spanish composer, 91<ref>{{cite book|author=Vincent J. Cincotta|title=Zarzuela: The Spanish Lyric Theatre : a Complete Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxMYAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=University of Wollongong Press|isbn=978-0-86418-700-0|page=85}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' 
**[[Kenneth Morris (composer)|Kenneth Morris]], gospel composer and publisher, 71
**[[Håkan Parkman]], Swedish composer, arranger and choral director, 33 (drowned)