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 [citation needed]
Licia Albanese 1909–2014 105 Italian-born American operatic soprano[1]
Van Alexander 1915–2015 100 American bandleader and composer[2]
Robert Alexander Anderson 1894–1995 100 American composer [citation needed]
Katja Andy 1907–2013 106 German-American classical pianist and piano professor[3]
Svend Asmussen 1916–2017 100 Danish jazz violinist[4]
Irving Berlin 1888–1989 101 Russian-American lyricist and composer [5]
Ralph Berkowitz 1910–2011 100 American composer and classical pianist[6]
Bernard Bierman 1908–2012 104 American composer[7]
Esther Borja 1913–2013 100 Cuban singer[8]
José Bragato 1915–2017 101 Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist
Slim Bryant 1908–2010 101 American country music singer-songwriter[9]
Henri Büsser 1872–1973 101 French classical composer, conductor and organist
Irving Caesar 1895–1996 101 American lyricist and theatre composer
Anton Coppola 1917– 107 American opera conductor and composer[10]
Matilde Capuis 1913–2017 104 Italian composer[11]
Elliott Carter 1908–2012 103 American classical music composer[12]
Alice Chalifoux 1908–2008 100 American harpist[13]
Gina Cigna 1900–2001 101 Italian soprano[14]
Orlando Cole 1908–2010 101 American cellist[15]
Chris Columbus 1902–2002 100 American jazz drummer[16]
Hugues Cuénod 1902–2010 108 Swiss tenor[17]
Deva Dassy 1911–2016 104 French mezzo-soprano[18]
Jimmie Davis 1899–2000 101 American composer Governor of Louisiana [citation needed]
Annette Richardson Dinwoodey 1906–2007 100 American Latter Day Saint vocalist [citation needed]
Roy Douglas 1907–2015 107 British composer and pianist[19]
Jan Ekier 1913–2014 100 Polish pianist and composer[20]
Hellmut Federhofer 1911–2014 102 Austrian musicologist[21]
Lionel Ferbos 1911–2014 103 American jazz trumpeter[22]
Irving Fields 1915–2016 101 American pianist[23]
Anthony Galla-Rini 1904–2006 102 American accordionist [citation needed]
Manuel García 1805–1906 101 Spanish music and singing teacher [citation needed]
John Gerrish 1910–2010 100 American composer[24]
Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 102 American jazz saxophonist [citation needed]
Coleridge Goode 1914–2015 101 Jamaican jazz musician[25]
Sidonie Goossens 1899–2004 105 English harpist [citation needed]
Roy Henderson 1899–2000 100 English baritone [citation needed]
Alice Herz-Sommer 1903–2014 110 Austro-Hungarian pianist and holocaust survivor[26]
Randolph Hokanson 1915– 109 American pianist[27]
Dolores Hope 1909–2011 102 American singer and philanthropist[28]
Mieczysław Horszowski 1892–1993 100 Polish pianist [citation needed]
Herb Jeffries 1913–2014 100 American singer and actor[29]
William Manuel Johnson 1872–1972 100 American jazz musician [citation needed]
Maurice Journeau 1898–1999 100 French composer [citation needed]
Abdul Rashid Khan 1908–2016 107 Indian musician[30]
Mykola Kolessa 1903–2006 102 Ukrainian composer [citation needed]
Marcelle de Lacour 1896–1997 100 French harpsichordist[31]
Marjorie Lane 1912–2012 100 American singer[32]
Margaret Ruthven Lang 1867–1972 104 American composer [citation needed]
Johnny Lange 1905–2006 100 American Academy Award-nominated songwriter [citation needed]
André Lavagne 1913–2014 100 French composer[33]
Paul Le Flem 1881–1984 103 French composer [citation needed]
Everett Lee 1916– 108 American conductor and violinist[34]
Conrad Leonard 1898–2003 104 British pianist and composer [citation needed]
Huey Long 1904–2009 105 American jazz singer[35]
Lawrence Lucie 1907–2009 101 American jazz musician[36]
Alice Ludes 1912–2017 104 American singer[37]
Nonie Lynch 1910–2011 101 Irish singer[38]
Dame Vera Lynn 1917– 100 English singer and songwriter[39]
Wade Mainer 1907–2011 104 American country music singer and banjoist[40]
Léo Marjane 1912–2016 104 French singer[41]
Draga Matković 1907–2013 105 German classical pianist[42]
Sir Robert Mayer 1879–1985 105 German-born music patron and British philanthropist who co-founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra.[citation needed]
Buddy Moreno 1912–2015 103 American singer, bandleader, and radio personality[43]
Blanche Honegger Moyse 1909–2011 101 Swiss-born American conductor[44]
Marcel Mule 1901–2001 100 French classical saxophonist [citation needed]
Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh 1695–1807 111–112 Irish harpist[45]
Magda Olivero 1910–2014 104 Italian soprano[46]
Leo Ornstein 1895–2002 106 Ukrainian-born American pianist and composer
Uncle Charlie Osborne 1890–1992 101 American Appalachian Mountains musician
Ernest "Doc" Paulin 1907–2007 100 American brass band leader
Andreja Preger 1912–2015 103 Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav and Serbian pianist[47]
Harry Rabinowitz 1916–2016 100 British film and television composer[48]
H. Owen Reed 1910–2014 103 American composer, conductor, and author[49]
Elsa Respighi 1894–1996 101 Italian composer and singer; wife of Ottorino Respighi [citation needed]
Rosa Rio 1902–2010 107 American organist[50]
Edmundo Ros 1910–2011 100 Trinidadian musician, vocalist, and bandleader[51]
Thomas Round 1915–2016 100 English opera singer[52]
Olga Rudge 1895–1996 100 American violinist [citation needed]
Joseph Salemi 1902–2003 100 American jazz trombonist [citation needed]
Horacio Salgán 1916–2016 100 Argentine composer and pianist[53]
Teresa Saporiti 1763–1869 106 Italian soprano[54]
Cecilia Seghizzi 1908– 116 Italian composer[55]
George Beverly Shea 1909–2013 104 Canadian-born American gospel music singer and songwriter[56]
Nicolas Slonimsky 1894–1995 101 Russian-American composer and conductor [citation needed]
Eleanor Sokoloff 1914– 110 American pianist[57]
Viola Smith 1912– 111 American drummer[58]
Leif Solberg 1914–2016 101 Norwegian classical composer and organist[59]
Ljerko Spiller 1908–2008 100 Croatian and Argentine violinist[60]
Sally Sweetland 1911–2015 103 American soprano[61]
Jenő Takács 1902–2005 103 Austrian-Hungarian composer and pianist
Bill Tapia 1908–2011 103 American musician[62]
Tillit Sidney Teddlie 1885–1987 102 American hymn composer
Juan Vicente Torrealba 1917– 100 Venezuelan harpist and composer[63]
Roman Totenberg 1911–2012 101 Polish-born American violinist and educator[64]
Orrin Tucker 1911–2011 100 American bandleader and composer[65]
Stanley Vann 1910–2010 100 English composer[66]
Bea Wain 1917–2017 100 American vocalist and big band singer[67]
Winifred Warburton 1907-2008 101 English singer (The Zimmers)[68]
Elder Roma Wilson 1910– 113 American gospel harmonicist[69]
Izabella Zielińska 1910–2017 106 Polish pianist[70]

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