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  1. This probably doesn't constitute as a "best" death, but more tragic: Anton Webern was shot while smoking a cigar by an American soldier in 1945 in Austria. The soldier apparently died later filled with sorrow and remorse. P.S.: Best composer death, fictionally, is the death of Mozart in Amadeus.
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  2. A few other nominees: Ernest Chausson, who literally "hit the wall" (while riding a bike downhill). Enrique Granados, whose successful musical career was fatally torpedoed (by a German U-boat during WW 1). Alessandro Stradella, targeted by a hitman over his musical lessons (or more precisely, over his habit of moving into extramusical issues with his female pupils).
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  3. They might've rounded it; he probably really died at 13 minutes to midnight. Or else we're meant to take away the 2 rattles from the 15 minutes. Or something else 13
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  4. Charles Valentin-Alkan allegedly died when a bookshelf fell on him while he was reaching for a copy of the Talmud at the top shelf.
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  5. Oh J.B. Lully, hands down!
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