Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Musicians and singers buried in Massachusetts
Wikidata records 84 musicians as buried in 42 of the cemeteries we list in Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton holds the most, with 22. Massachusetts has the 6th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
84
musicians
42
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Massachusetts
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (14)
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In order of death
Musicians and singers buried in Massachusetts
- Oliver Holden1765-1844American composer and compiler of hymnsPhipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, MA
- Frederick Buckley1833-1864Mount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Josiah Warren1798-1874American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charlotte Cushman1816-1876American actressMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- George Frederick Root1820-1895American songwriterHarmony Vale Cemetery, North Reading, MA
- Samuel Francis Smith1808-1895Protestant Christian Minister Patriotic hymn writerNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Jennie Kimball1851-1896American actor, soubrette, theatrical managerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Laura A. G. Mattoon1841-1905Opera singer, actorSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- John Knowles Paine1839-1906American composerMunroe Cemetery, Lexington, MA
- John Wheeler Tufts1825-1908Music educator, organist, conductor, composerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- W. Dexter Smith, Jr.1839-1909American songwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Julia Ward Howe1819-1910American abolitionist, social activist, and poetMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Benjamin Dwight Allen1831-1914Composer, organistRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- James Cutler Dunn Parker1828-1916American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Allen Augustus Brown1835-1916American businessman and music collectorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Ernst Perabo1845-1920American musicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Charles Felton Pidgin1844-1923American author, statistician and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Katharine Lee Bates1859-1929American poet and songwriterOak Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, MA
- Estelle Pinckney Clough1866-1929Concert singerHope Cemetery, Worcester, MA
- George Whitefield Chadwick1854-1931American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Anna Adams Gordon1853-1931American social reformerMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Henry Kimball Hadley1871-1937American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Arthur Foote1853-1937American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Billy Hill1899-1940American songwriter and lyricistVillage Cemetery, Weymouth, MA
- Elbridge Ward Newton1863-1940Born 1863; died 1940Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Effie I. Canning1856-1940American actressMount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Alice Maud Allen1864-1940Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Richard Carle1871-1941American actor and playwrightWyoming Cemetery, Melrose, MA
- Thomas Whitney Surette1861-1941US writer and lecturerSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Albert Stoessel1894-1943American conductorRural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Amy Beach1867-1944American composer and pianistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Percy Lee Atherton1871-1944American composerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Leo Rich Lewis1865-1945American composerCedar Grove Cemetery, Ashmont, MA
- Helen Hopekirk1856-1945American pianist and composer of Scottish descentMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Grace Wilbur Conant1858-1948American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Eugene Cowles1860-1948American singer and actorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, MA
- William Churchill Hammond1860-1949American musicianForestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
- Serge Koussevitzky1874-1951Russian and American conductor, composer, and double-bassistChurch on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, MA
- Daniel Gregory Mason1873-1953American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Ruth Crawford Seeger1901-1953American composerSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge1864-1953American patron of musicPittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Marie Reuter1861-1954Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- H. Clough-Leighter1874-1956American composer and editorMount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA
- Leland Hall1883-1957Forestdale Cemetery, Malden, MA
- Elliot Paul1891-1958American journalistBeech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- Berenice Wyer1873-1960American pianist and composerWoodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Edward Burlingame Hill1872-1960American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Archibald Thompson Davison1883-1961American conductorLincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, MA
- Irving Fine1914-1962American composerSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- Glen Gray1900-1963American musicianOak Grove Cemetery, Plymouth, MA
- Carl E. Gardner1885-1963American musician and music teacherMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Carol Haney1924-1964American dancer and actressOld Landing Cemetery, Marion Center, MA
- Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch1899-1964American pianist and actorTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Joseph M. Daly1883-1968American composerHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Alexander Borovsky1889-1968Russian-American pianistNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Sonny Tufts1911-1970American actorMunroe Cemetery, Lexington, MA
- Margaret Ruthven Lang1867-1972American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Alvin Etler1913-1973American composer and musicianWildwood Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- Bobby Hackett1915-1976American jazz trumpeterSeaside Cemetery, Chatham, MA
- Walter Piston1894-1976American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson1934-1976United StatesAmerican Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- E. Power Biggs1906-1977British-born American concert organist and recording artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Roland Hayes1887-1977African American singerMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Charles Seeger1886-1979American musicologistSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Katherine Kennicott Davis1892-1980American teacher, classical music composer and pianistSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Randall Thompson1899-1984American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Yin Zizhong1903-1985Chinese musicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Joe Val1926-1985American musicianMount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Roger Sessions1896-1985American composer, critic, and teacher of musicOld Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, MA
- Joe Raposo1937-1989American composerUnion Cemetery, Chatham, MA
- Verna Hills1898-1990American songwriterWalnut Hill Cemetery, West Newbury, MA
- Alan Dawson1929-1996American musicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Ralph Burns1922-2001American jazz pianist, composer, and arrangerNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Howard Armstrong1909-2003American string band and country blues musicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Robert Creeley1926-2005American poetMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Hy Zaret1907-2007American lyricist and composerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Robin Moore1925-2008American writerSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Leon Kirchner1919-2009American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Joe Morello1928-2011American jazz drummerSaint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Bernard Greenhouse1916-2011American cellist and music pedagoguePleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet, MA
- Lennie Baker1946-2016American musicianColebrook Cemetery, Whitman, MA
- Patty Duke1946-2016American actressForest Cemetery, Carlisle, MA
- Sib Hashian1949-2017American drummerPine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
- Alan Abel1928-2020American percussionistPentecost Cemetery, Northfield, MA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s2
- 1890s3
- 1900s4
- 1910s4
- 1920s4
- 1930s4
- 1940s14
- 1950s8
- 1960s10
- 1970s9
- 1980s6
- 1990s2
- 2000s6
- 2010s5
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 84 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA22
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA9
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Roslindale, MA5
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery · Concord, MA3
- Newton Cemetery · Newton, MA3
- Springfield Cemetery · Springfield, MA3
- Munroe Cemetery · Lexington, MA2
- Mount Feake Cemetery · Waltham, MA2
- Pittsfield Cemetery · Pittsfield, MA2
- Colebrook Cemetery · Whitman, MA1
- Tyringham Cemetery · Lee, MA1
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Reading, MA1
- Pine Grove Cemetery · Lynn, MA1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Lincoln, MA1
- Rural Cemetery · New Bedford, MA1
- Wyoming Cemetery · Melrose, MA1
- Mount Wollaston Cemetery · Quincy, MA1
- Wildwood Cemetery · Amherst Center, MA1
- Forestdale Cemetery · Holyoke, MA1
- Forest Cemetery · Carlisle, MA1
- Hope Cemetery · Worcester, MA1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Falmouth, MA1
- Seaside Cemetery · Chatham, MA1
- Holyhood Cemetery · Chestnut Hill, MA1
- Phipps Street Burying Ground · Charlestown, MA1
Top 25 of 42 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
More lists
Other notable burials in Massachusetts
Writers and poets657United States representatives259Scientists217Painters, sculptors and photographers189Business leaders188Architects158Physicians154Journalists140American Civil War veterans124Actors112Inventors and engineers90Baseball players86Medal of Honor recipients72Governors57World War II veterans57American football players50United States senators40World War I veterans38Pulitzer Prize winners22Spanish-American War veterans18American Revolutionary War veterans15
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.