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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

KARL GOLDMARK
= HUNGARIAN =
= Composer =
Born: KÁROLY GOLDMARK
18 May 1830
Keszthely, HUNGARY
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Died:
2 January 1915
Vienna, AUSTRIA
84  
LOUIS GREGH
= FRENCH =
= Composer and Music Publisher =
Born:
16 March 1843
Philippeville, now Skikda, ALGERIA
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Died:
21 January 1915
Sainte Mesme, Seine-et-Oise,
now Yvelines, FRANCE
71  

ANNA BARTLETT WARNER
= AMERICAN =
= Songwriter =
Born:
31 August 1827
Long Island, New York, USA
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Died:
22 January 1915
Highland Falls, New York, USA
87  
RUDOLF TILLMETZ
= GERMAN =
= Flute Virtuoso, Pedagogue and Composer =
Born:
1 January 1847
Munich, GERMANY
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Died:
25 January 1915
68  

ÉMILE WALDTEUFEL
= FRENCH =
= Pianist, Conductor and Composer of Dance Music =
Born:
9 December 1837
Strasbourg, FRANCE
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Died:
12 February 1915
Paris, FRANCE
77  

FANNY CROSBY
= AMERICAN =
= Poet & Hymn-Writer =
Born: FRANCES JANE CROSBY
24 March 1820
Brewster, New York, USA
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Died:
12 February 1915
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
94  
HEINRICH SCHÜLZ-BEUTHEN
= GERMAN =
= Composer =
Born: HEINRICH DONATIEN WILHELM SCHULZ-BEUTHEN
19 June 1838
Beuthen, UPPER SILESIA
(now Bytom, in POLAND)
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Died:
12 March 1915
Dresden, GERMANY
76  
FRANZ XAVER NERUDA
= DANISH of MORAVIAN origin =
= Cellist and Composer =
Born:
3 December 1843

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Died:
19 March 1915
71  

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer and Pianist =
Born: ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH SCRIABIN
6 January 1872
Moscow, RUSSIA
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Died:
27 April 1915
Moscow, RUSSIA
43 Septicemia, contracted as a result
of an infected boil on his lip
or shaving cut

CHARLES FROHMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Broadway producer =
Born:
15 July 1856
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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Died:
7 May 1915
Atlantic Ocean
58 drowned in sinking of RMS Lusitania
ENRICO ROCCA
= ITALIAN =
= Violin Maker =
Born:
21 April 1847
Turin, ITALY
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Died:
9 June 1915
Genova, ITALY
68  

SERGEI TANEYEV
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer, Pianist, Teacher of Composition, =
= Music Theorist and Author =
Born: SERGEI IVANOVICH TANEYEV
25 November 1856
Vladimir, RUSSIA
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Died:
19 June 1915
Dyudkovo, near Moscow, RUSSIA
58 Heart Attack

RAFAEL JOSEFFY
= HUNGARIAN =
= Pianist, Teacher and Composer =
Born:
3 July 1852
Hunfalu, HUNGARY
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Died:
25 June 1915
New York City, USA
62  
ISIDOR BAJIC
= SERBIAN =
= Composer, Pedagogue, and Publisher =
Born:
16 August 1878
Kula, SERBIA
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Died:
15 September 1915
37  

RUDI STEPHAN
= GERMAN =
= Composer =
Born:
29 July 1887
Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse,
GERMANY
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Died:
29 September 1915
28  
RUSSELL ALEXANDER
= AMERICAN =
= Entertainer and Composer =
Born:
26 February 1877
Nevada City, Missouri, USA
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Died:
2 October 1915
New York City, USA
38  
OTTO MALLING
= DANISH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born: OTTO VALDEMAR MALLING
1 June 1848
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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Died:
5 October 1915
67  

JOSÉ MARÍA USANDIZAGA
= SPANISH =
= Basque Composer =
Born:
1887
San Sebastián, SPAIN
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Died:
5 October 1915
28 Tuberculosis
AUGUST BUNGERT
= GERMAN =
= Opera Composer and Poet =
Born: FRIEDRICH AUGUST BUNGERT
14 March 1845
Mülheim, GERMANY
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Died:
26 October 1915
Leutesdorf, GERMANY
70  

TEODOR LESZETYCKI
= POLISH =
= Pianist, Professor and Composer =
Born:
22 June 1830
Lancut, POLAND
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Died:
14 November 1915
Dresden, GERMANY
85  
SIGISMUND ZAREMBA
= UKRAINIAN and RUSSIAN of POLISH ethnicity =
= Composer =
Born: SIGISMUND VLADISLAVOVITCH ZAREMBA
11 June 1861
Zhytomyr, UKRAINE
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Died:
27 November 1915
54  
DAVID JENKINS
= WELSH =
= Composer =
Born:
30 December 1848
Trecastle near Brecon, WALES
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Died:
10 December 1915
66  

HENRY HART
= AFRICAN-AMERICAN =
= Entertainer, Musician and Composer =
Born:
8 June 1839
Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
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Died:
1915
76  

BILLY KERSANDS
= AFRICAN-AMERICAN =
= Comedian and Dancer =
Born:
1842

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Died:
1915
73  
BERTHA TAMMELIN
= SWEDISH =
= Actress, Operatic Mezzo Soprano, Pianist, =
= Composer and Drama Teacher =
Born: BERTHA CAROLINA MATHILDA TAMMELIN, née BOCK
21 March 1836
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Died:
1915
79  
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