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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
CHARLES A. ZIMMERMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
1861

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Died:
16 January 1916
55  

GEORGE MUSGROVE
= ENGLISH-born AUSTRALIAN =
= Theatre and Opera producer =
Born:
21 January 1854
Surbiton, ENGLAND
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Died:
21 January 1916
Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
62  
ADOLPHE BIARENT
= BELGIAN =
= Composer, Conductor, Cellist and Music Teacher =
Born:
16 October 1871

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Died:
4 February 1916
44  
FRANCESCO MARCONI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born:
14 May 1853 [or 1855]
Rome, ITALY
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Died:
5 February 1916
60 or 62  
GIOVANNI SBRIGLIA
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Tenor and Singing Teacher =
Born:
23 June 1832
Naples, ITALY
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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
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Died:
7 March 1916
Barcelona, SPAIN
80  

ENRIQUE GRANADOS
= SPANISH =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: ENRIQUE GRANADOS CAMPIÑA
27 July 1867
Lérida, SPAIN
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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
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Died:
11 May 1916
Leipzig, GERMANY
43 Heart Attack

CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG
= AMERICAN =
= Singer =
Born:
9 July 1842
Sumterville, South Carolina, USA
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Died:
13 May 1916
New Hartford, Connecticut, USA
73  
JESSIE MacLACHLAN
= SCOTTISH =
= Gaelic Soprano =
Born: JESSIE NIVEN MacLACHLAN
18 June 1866
Mull, SCOTLAND
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Died:
13 May 1916
Glasgow, SCOTLAND
49  
ALBERT LAVIGNAC
= FRENCH =
= Musicologist and Composer =
Born: ALEXANDRE JEAN ALBERT LAVIGNAC
21 January 1846
Paris, FRANCE
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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
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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)
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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
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Died:
2 August 1916
48  

GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: GEORGE SAINTON KAYE BUTTERWORTH
12 July 1885
Paddington, London, ENGLAND
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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)
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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
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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
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Died:
15 September 1916
Berlin, GERMANY
44  
MARIE WIECK
= GERMAN =
= Pianist, Singer, Piano Teacher and Composer =
Born:
17 January 1832
Leipzig, GERMANY
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Died:
2 November 1916
84  

EDUARD NÁPRAVNÍK
= CZECH =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born: EDUARD FRANCEVIČ NÁPRAVNÍK
24 August 1839
Býšť, Bohemia
CZECH REPUBLIC
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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
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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
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Died:
5 December 1916
Bayreuth, GERMANY
73  
WILLIAM GILCHRIST
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: WILLIAM WALLACE GILCHRIST
8 January 1846
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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Died:
20 December 1916
70  

EDUARD STRAUSS
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
15 March 1835

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Died:
28 December 1916
81  

ERNST RUDORFF
= GERMAN =
= Composer and Music Teacher =
Born: ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL RUDORFF
18 January 1840
Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
31 December 1916
76  

JOHN FRANCIS BARNETT
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Music Teacher =
Born:
1837

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Died:
1916
79  
CHARLIE CASE
= AMERICAN =
= Vaudeville Entertainer =
Born:


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Died:
1916
   
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