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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

HENRI HERZ
= AUSTRIAN by birth, and FRENCH by domicile =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born:
6 January 1803
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
5 January 1888
Paris, FRANCE
84  

STEPHEN HELLER
= HUNGARIAN of JEWISH descent =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born:
15 May 1813
Pest, (now Budapest, HUNGARY)
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Died:
14 January 1888
Paris, FRANCE
74  

JEAN-DELPHIN ALARD
= FRENCH =
= Violinist and Music Teacher =
Born:
8 May 1815
Bayonne, FRANCE
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Died:
22 February 1888
Paris, FRANCE
72  

CIRO PINSUTI
= ITALIAN =
= Pianist and Composer
Born:
9 May 1829
Sinalunga (Siena), ITALY
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Died:
10 March 1888
58  

THOMAS GERMAN REED
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Theatre Manager =
Born:
27 June 1817
Bristol, ENGLAND
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Died:
21 March 1888
at St. Croix, Upper East Sheen,
Surrey, ENGLAND
70  

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
= FRENCH =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born:
30 November 1813
at rue des Blancs-Manteaux
in Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
29 March 1888
Paris, FRANCE
74 Killed in freak accident,
trapped beneath a falling coat-rack
JULIUS WEISSENBORN
= GERMAN =
= Bassoonist =
Born: CHRISTIAN JULIUS WEISSENBORN
13 April 1837
in Friedrichs-Tanneck near Eisenberg,
Thuringia, GERMANY
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Died:
21 April 1888
Leipzig, GERMANY
51  
FRIEDRICH WILHELM JÄHNS
= GERMAN =
= Composer, Music Teacher and Cataloguer =
Born:
2 January 1809
Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
8 August 1888
Berlin, GERMANY
79  
JAKOB DONT
= AUSTRIAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born:
2 March 1815
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
17 November 1888
Vienna, AUSTRIA
73  

FRANZ XAVER WITT
= GERMAN =
= Church Musician and Composer =
Born:
9 February 1834
Walderbach, Bavaria, GERMANY
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Died:
2 December 1888
Landshut, GERMANY
54  
ALFRED VANCE
= ENGLISH =
= Music Hall Singer and Comedian =
Born: ALFRED PEEK STEVENS
1839
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
26 December 1888
Sun Music Hall, Knightsbridge,
London, ENGLAND
49 Died on Stage
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