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Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
CHARLES A. ZIMMERMAN = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 1861 | Died: 16 January 1916 |
55 | |
GEORGE MUSGROVE = ENGLISH-born AUSTRALIAN = = Theatre and Opera producer = |
Born: 21 January 1854 Surbiton, ENGLAND | Died: 21 January 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
62 | |
ADOLPHE BIARENT = BELGIAN = = Composer, Conductor, Cellist and Music Teacher = |
Born: 16 October 1871 | Died: 4 February 1916 |
44 | |
FRANCESCO MARCONI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 14 May 1853 [or 1855] Rome, ITALY | Died: 5 February 1916 |
60 or 62 | |
GIOVANNI SBRIGLIA = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor and Singing Teacher = |
Born: 23 June 1832 Naples, ITALY | Died: 20 February 1916 Paris, FRANCE |
83 | |
JOSÉ FERRER = SPANISH = = Guitarist and Composer = |
Born: JOSÉ FERRER ESTEVE DE FUJADAS 13 March 1835 Torroella de Montgrí, Girona, SPAIN | Died: 7 March 1916 Barcelona, SPAIN |
80 | |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS = SPANISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: ENRIQUE GRANADOS CAMPIÑA 27 July 1867 Lérida, SPAIN | Died: 24 March 1916 ENGLISH CHANNEL |
48 | Drowned |
MAX REGER = GERMAN = = Composer, Conductor, Pianist, = = Organist, and Academic Teacher = |
Born: JOHANN BAPTIST JOSEPH MAXIMILIAN REGER 19 March 1873 Brand, Bavaria, GERMANY | Died: 11 May 1916 Leipzig, GERMANY |
43 | Heart Attack |
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: 9 July 1842 Sumterville, South Carolina, USA | Died: 13 May 1916 New Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
73 | |
JESSIE MacLACHLAN = SCOTTISH = = Gaelic Soprano = |
Born: JESSIE NIVEN MacLACHLAN 18 June 1866 Mull, SCOTLAND | Died: 13 May 1916 Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
49 | |
ALBERT LAVIGNAC = FRENCH = = Musicologist and Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDRE JEAN ALBERT LAVIGNAC 21 January 1846 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 28 May 1916 |
70 | |
MILDRED J. HILL = AMERICAN = = songwriter and musicologist, = = who composed the melody for "Good Morning to All", = = later used as the melody for "Happy Birthday to You = |
Born: 27 June 1859 Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Died: 5 June 1916 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
56 | |
MAX VOGRICH = AUSTRIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: MAX (WILHELM CARL) VOGRICH 24 January 1852 Hermannstadt, Transylvania (now Sibiu, ROMANIA) | Died: 10 June 1916 New York City, USA |
64 | |
HAMISH MacCUNN = SCOTTISH = = Romantic Composer, Conductor and Teacher = |
Born: JAMES MacCUNN 22 March 1868 Greenock, SCOTLAND | Died: 2 August 1916 |
48 | |
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: GEORGE SAINTON KAYE BUTTERWORTH 12 July 1885 Paddington, London, ENGLAND | Died: 5 August 1916 Pozières, The Somme, FRANCE |
31 | Shot by sniper in the Battle of the Somme |
FRANZ ECKERT = GERMAN = = Composer and Musician = |
Born: 5 April 1852 Neurode, Prussian Silesia (now Nowa Ruda, POLAND) | Died: 8 August 1916 Keijō, Japanese Korea (now Seoul, SOUTH KOREA) |
64 | Stomach Cancer |
FRIEDRICH GERNSHEIM = GERMAN = = Composer, Conductor and Pianist = |
Born: 17 July 1839 Worms, GERMANY | Died: 10 September 1916 Berlin, GERMANY |
77 | |
JULIUS FUČÍK = CZECH = = Composer and Conductor of Military Bands = |
Born: 18 July 1872 Prague, Bohemia, when Prague was part of the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE | Died: 15 September 1916 Berlin, GERMANY |
44 | |
MARIE WIECK = GERMAN = = Pianist, Singer, Piano Teacher and Composer = |
Born: 17 January 1832 Leipzig, GERMANY | Died: 2 November 1916 |
84 | |
EDUARD NÁPRAVNÍK = CZECH = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: EDUARD FRANCEVIČ NÁPRAVNÍK 24 August 1839 Býšť, Bohemia CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 23 November 1916 Petrograd, RUSSIA |
77 | |
Sir PAOLO TOSTI = ITALIAN later BRITISH = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI 9 April 1846 Ortona, ITALY | Died: 2 December 1916 Rome, ITALY |
70 | |
HANS RICHTER = AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN = = Orchestral and Operatic Conductor = |
Born: HANS RICHTER (JÁNOS RICHTER) 4 April 1843 Raab (Hungarian: Győr), Kingdom of HUNGARY, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE | Died: 5 December 1916 Bayreuth, GERMANY |
73 | |
WILLIAM GILCHRIST = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM WALLACE GILCHRIST 8 January 1846 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA | Died: 20 December 1916 |
70 | |
EDUARD STRAUSS = AUSTRIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 15 March 1835 | Died: 28 December 1916 |
81 | |
ERNST RUDORFF = GERMAN = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL RUDORFF 18 January 1840 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 31 December 1916 |
76 | |
JOHN FRANCIS BARNETT = ENGLISH = = Composer and Music Teacher = |
Born: 1837 | Died: 1916 |
79 | |
CHARLIE CASE = AMERICAN = = Vaudeville Entertainer = |
Born: | Died: 1916 |
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Page created: 19th December 2023 Last edited: 3rd February 2025 |