List of centenarians (musicians, composers and music patrons)

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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see: Lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Frances Adaskin 1900–2001 100 Canadian pianist
Robert Alexander Anderson 1894–1995 100 American composer
Irving Berlin 1888–1989 101 Russian-American lyricist and composer
Ralph Berkowitz 1910–2011 100 American composer and classical pianist[1]
Bernard Bierman 1908–2012 104 American composer[2]
Slim Bryant 1908–2010 101 American country music singer and songwriter[3]
Henri Büsser 1872–1973 101 French composer
Irving Caesar 1895–1996 101 American composer
Matilde Capuis 1913– 100 Italian composer[4]
Elliott Carter 1908–2012 103 American classical music composer[5]
Giacobbe Cervetto 1682–1783 100–101 Italian-English cellist
Alice Chalifoux 1908–2008 100 American harpist[6]
Gina Cigna 1900–2001 101 Italian soprano[7]
Orlando Cole 1908–2010 101 American cellist[8]
Hugues Cuénod 1902–2010 108 Swiss tenor[9]
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey 1906–2007 100 American Latter Day Saint vocalist
Roy Douglas 1907– 105 British composer
Hellmut Federhofer 1911– 101 Austrian musicologist[10]
Lionel Ferbos 1911– 101 American jazz trumpeter[11]
Anthony Galla-Rini 1904–2006 102 American accordionist
Manuel García 1805–1906 101 Spanish music and singing teacher
John Gerrish 1910–2010 100 American composer[12]
Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 102 American jazz saxophonist
Sidonie Goossens 1899–2004 105 English harpist
Roy Henderson 1899–2000 100 English baritone
Alice Herz-Sommer 1903– 109 Czech pianist[13]
Dolores Hope 1909–2011 102 American singer and philanthropist[14]
Mieczysław Horszowski 1892–1993 100 Polish pianist
William Manuel Johnson 1872–1972 100 American jazz musician
Maurice Journeau 1898–1999 100 French composer
Abdul Rashid Khan 1908– 104 Indian musician[15]
Mykola Kolessa 1903–2006 102 Ukrainian composer
Margaret Ruthven Lang 1867–1972 104 American composer
Johnny Lange 1905–2006 100 American Academy Award-nominated songwriter
Paul Le Flem 1881–1984 103 French composer
Conrad Leonard 1898–2003 104 British pianist and composer
Huey Long 1904–2009 105 American jazz singer[16]
Lawrence Lucie 1907–2009 101 American jazz musician[17]
Nonie Lynch 1910–2011 101 Irish singer[18]
Wade Mainer 1907–2011 104 American country music singer and banjoist[19]
Léo Marjane 1912– 100 French singer[20]
Draga Matkovic 1907– 105 German classical pianist
Sir Robert Mayer 1879–1985 105 German born British philanthropist
Blanche Honegger Moyse 1909–2011 101 Swiss-born American conductor[21]
Marcel Mule 1901–2001 100 French classical saxophonist
Magda Olivero 1910– 103 Italian soprano[22]
Leo Ornstein 1893–2002 108 American pianist and composer
Uncle Charlie Osborne 1890–1992 101 American Appalachian Mountains musician
Ernest "Doc" Paulin 1907–2007 100 American brass band leader
H. Owen Reed 1910– 102 American composer, conductor, and author[23]
Elsa Respighi 1894–1996 101 Italian composer, singer and wife of Ottorino Respighi
Rosa Rio 1902–2010 107 American organist[24]
Edmundo Ros 1910–2011 100 Trinidadian musician, vocalist, and bandleader[25]
Olga Rudge 1895–1996 100 American violinist and mistress of Ezra Pound
Joseph Salemi 1902–2003 100 American jazz trombonist
Teresa Saporiti 1763–1869 106 Italian soprano[26]
George Beverly Shea 1909–2013 104 Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[27]
Nicolas Slonimsky 1894–1995 101 Russian-American composer and conductor
Jenő Takács 1902–2005 103 Austrian-Hungarian composer and pianist
Bill Tapia 1908–2011 103 American musician[28]
Tillit Sidney Teddlie 1885–1987 102 American hymn composer
Roman Totenberg 1911–2012 101 Polish-born American violinist and educator[29]
Orrin Tucker 1911–2011 100 American bandleader and composer[30]
Stanley Vann 1910–2010 100 English composer[31]
Elder Roma Wilson 1910– 102 American gospel harmonicist[32]

References [edit]

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  14. ^ Gates, Anita (19 September 2011). "Dolores Hope, Singer and Bob Hope’s Widow, Dies at 102". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
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  19. ^ Grimes, William (September 15, 2011). "Wade Mainer, a Pioneer of Bluegrass Banjo, Dies at 104". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2011. 
  20. ^ Hazéra, Hélène (2012-09-02). "Léo Marjane a 100 ans". Chanson Boum!. franceculture.fr. Retrieved 2012-09-14.  (French)
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  25. ^ Branagh, Ellen (2011-10-22). "Edmundo Ros dies aged 100". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-10-22. 
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  28. ^ "Ukulele legend Bill Tapia dies at 103". MSNBC. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
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  31. ^ Vann, Martyn (19 February 2010). "Stanley's Centenary". Stanley Vann's Music. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 
  32. ^ "Wilson, Elder Roma". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. 2012. 
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