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HARALD SCHARFF
= DANISH =
= Ballet Dancer =
Born:
20 February 1836
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Died:
3 January 1912
Roskilde, DENMARK
75  

FLORENCE ST. JOHN
= ENGLISH =
= Singer and Actress =
Born: MARGARET FLORENCE GREIG
8 March 1855
Plymouth, ENGLAND
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Died:
30 January 1912
London, ENGLAND
56  

GEORGE GROSSMITH
= ENGLISH =
= Operetta Comic Singer =
Born:
9 December 1847
Islington, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
1 March 1912
Folkestone, Kent, ENGLAND
64  
DOMENICO MUSTAFÀ
= ITALIAN =
= Castrato Singer, Composer and Choir Director =
Born:
16 April 1829
Comune of Sellano, province of Perugia
ITALY
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Died:
17 March 1912
Montefalco, ITALY
64  

LINA RAMANN
= GERMAN =
= Writer and Teacher =
= biographer of Liszt =
Born:
24 July 1833

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Died:
30 March 1912
78  

WALLACE HARTLEY
= ENGLISH =
= Violinist and Leader of the band on RMS Titanic =
Born: WALLACE HENRY HARTLEY
2 June 1878
Colne, Lancashire, ENGLAND
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Died:
15 April 1912
RMS Titanic, Atlantic Ocean
33 Drowned

FRANTIŠEK KMOCH
= CZECH =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born:
1 August 1848
Zásmuky, near Kolín, Bohemia,
CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
30 April 1912
Kolín, CZECH REPUBLIC
63  

GIULIO RICORDI
= ITALIAN =
= Music Publisher and Musician =
Born:
19 December 1840
Milan, ITALY
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Died:
6 June 1912
Milan, ITALY
71  

DOROTHY GOETZ
= AMERICAN =
= First wife of Irving Berlin =
Born:
5 February 1892
Buffalo, New York, USA
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Died:
17 July 1912
New York, USA
20 Typhoid
ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Baritone =
Born:
17 February 1855
Lesi, ITALY
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Died:
21 July 1912
Rome, ITALY
57  

JULES MASSENET
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: JULES ÉMILE FRéDéRIC MASSENET
12 May 1842
Montaud, then an outlying hamlet
and now a part of the city of Saint-Étienne,
in the Loire, FRANCE
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Died:
13 August 1912
Paris, FRANCE
70 Cancer

MARION HOOD
= ENGLISH =
= Soprano Singer =
Born: SARAH ANN ISAAC
1 April 1854
Liverpool, ENGLAND
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Died:
14 August 1912
Thanet, ENGLAND
58  

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Musician =
Born:
15 August 1875
Holborn, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
1 September 1912
Croydon, Surrey, ENGLAND
37  
MARY FRANCES ALLITSEN
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: MARY BUMPUS
30 December 1848

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Died:
1 October 1912
63  
MAX SPICKER
= GERMAN AMERICAN =
= Organist, Conductor and Composer =
Born:
16 August 1858
Königsberg, PRUSSIA
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Died:
15 October 1912
New York City, USA
54  

RICHARD TEMPLE
= ENGLISH =
= Bass-baritone opera singer =
Born: RICHARD BARKER COBB TEMPLE
2 March 1846
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
19 October 1912
Charing Cross Hospital in London, ENGLAND
66  

MYKOLA LYSENKO
= UKRAINIAN =
= Composer, Pianist, Conductor and Ethnomusicologist =
Born: MYKOLA VITALIYOVYCH LYSENKO
22 March 1842
Hrynky, Kremenchuk county,
Poltava Governorate, Ukraine,
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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Died:
24 October 1912
70  
JAN GALL
= POLISH =
= Vocal Composer and Music Teacher =
Born: JAN KAROL GALL
18 August 1856
Warsaw, POLAND
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Died:
30 October 1912
56  
RICCARDO ANTONIAZZI
= ITALIAN =
= Violin Maker =
Born:
19 December 1853
Cremona, ITALY
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Died:
10 November 1912
Milan, ITALY
58  

FRANZ SIMANDL
= CZECH =
= Double Bassist and Pedagogue =
Born:
1 August 1840
Blatna, Bohemia, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
13 December 1912
Vienna, AUSTRIA
72  
EDUARDO CORROCHIO
= SPANISH-born =
= Tap Dancer =
Born:
1869

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Died:
1912
43 Plane Crash
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