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DAVID E. HUGHES
= WELSH-AMERICAN =
= Scientist and Musician =
= Co-inventor of the microphone and teleprinter =
= Inventor of the spark-gap transmitter =
= and inventor of the crystal radio =
Born: DAVID EDWARD HUGHES
16 May 1831
Y Bala, WALES
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Died:
22 January 1900
68  

OTTOKAR NOVACEK
= AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN of CZECH descent =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born:
13 May 1866
Weißkirchen, southern AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
(today SERBIA)
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Died:
3 February 1900
New York City, USA
33  

JOHAN PETER EMILIUS HARTMANN
= DANISH =
= Composer =
Born:
14 May 1805
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Died:
10 March 1900
Copenhagen, DENMARK
94  
ALICIA ANN SPOTTISWOODE
= SCOTTISH =
= Songwriter =
Born:
24 June 1810
Spottiswoode, SCOTTISH Borders,
in the former Berwickshire
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Died:
12 March 1900
Spottiswoode, SCOTTISH Borders,
in the former Berwickshire
89  

CHARLES-LOUIS HANON
= FRENCH =
= Piano Pedagogue and Composer =
= Author of a system of piano exercises =
Born:
2 July 1819
Renescure, FRANCE
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Died:
19 March 1900
Boulogne-sur-Mer, FRANCE
80  

CHARLES BEECHER
= AMERICAN =
= Minister, and prolific author =
= Composer of religious hymns =
Born:
1 October 1815
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
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Died:
21 April 1900
Georgetown, Massachusetts, USA
84  

GEORGE GROVE
= ENGLISH =
= Writer on Music =
= Founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians =
= First director of the Royal College of Music 1883-1894 =
Born:
13 August 1820
Clapham, London, UK
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Died:
28 May 1900
Sydenham, London, UK
79  

HEINRICH VON HERZOGENBERG
= AUSTRIAN descended from a FRENCH aristocratic family =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born:
10 June 1843
Graz, AUSTRIA
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Died:
9 October 1900
Wiesbaden, GERMANY
57  

SÁNDOR ERKEL
= HUNGARIAN =
= Composer, son of Ferenc Erkel =
Born:
2 January 1846
Budapest, HUNGARY
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Died:
14 October 1900
Békéscsaba, HUNGARY
54  

ZDENEK FIBICH
= CZECH =
= Composer =
Born:
21 December 1850
Všeborice (Šeborice) near Cáslav,
CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
15 October 1900
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
49  
JOSEPH SCHALK
= AUSTRIAN =
= Pianist, Conductor and Musicologist =
Born:
24 March 1857
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
7 November 1900
43  
ADOLF POLLITZER
= HUNGARIAN JEWISH =
= Violinist =
Born:
23 July 1832
Pest, HUNGARY
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Died:
14 November 1900
London, UK
68  
HEINRICH PORGES
= CZECH-AUSTRIAN of JEWISH descent =
= Choirmaster, Music Critic and Writer =
Born:
25 November 1837
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
17 November 1900
Munich, GERMANY
62  

Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN MVO
= ENGLISH of IRISH and ITALIAN ancestry =
= Composer =
Born: ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN
13 May 1842
Lambeth, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
22 November 1900
London, ENGLAND
58 heart failure,
following an attack of bronchitis
LOUIS LIEBE
= GERMAN =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born:
1819

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Died:
1900
81  
JOVAN SUNDECIC
= SERBIAN =
= Poet and Lyricist of the Montenegro national anthem =
Born:
24 June 1825
Golinjevo, near Livno,
Pashaluk of BOSNIA,
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Died:
1900
75  
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