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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
JUAN JOSÉ CAÑAS
= SALVADORAN =
= Co-writer of the El Salvador national anthem =
Born:
1826

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Died:
19 January 1918
92  

ALEXANDER TANEYEV
= RUSSIAN =
= Composer =
Born: ALEXANDR SERGEEVITSCH TANEYEV
17 January 1850
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
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Died:
7 February 1918
Petrograd, RUSSIA
68  
MIGUEL MARQUÉS
= SPANISH =
= Composer and Violinist =
Born: PEDRO MIGUEL JUAN BUENAVENTURA BERNADINO MARQUÉS Y GARCÍA
20 May 1843
Palma, Majorca, SPAIN
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Died:
15 February 1918
Palma, Majorca, SPAIN
74  

EMIL SJÖGREN
= SWEDISH =
= Composer =
Born: JOHAN GUSTAV EMIL SJÖGREN
16 June 1853
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Died:
1 March 1918
Knivsta, SWEDEN
64  

JOSÉ WHITE LAFITTE
= CUBAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born: JOSÉ SILVESTRE WHITE LAFITTE
17 January 1836
Matanzas, CUBA
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Died:
(12-15) March 1918
Paris, FRANCE
82  

CÉSAR CUI
= RUSSIAN of FRENCH and LITHUANIAN descent =
= Music Critic and Composer =
Born: CÉSAR ANTONOVICH CUI
18 January 1835
Vilnius, LITHUANIA
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Died:
13 March 1918
Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA
83  

LILI BOULANGER
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: MARIE-JULIETTE OLGA LILI BOULANGER
21 August 1893
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
15 March 1918
Mézy-sur-Seine, FRANCE
24 Intestinal Tuberculosis
(now called Crohn's disease)

THÉO YSAŸE
= BELGIAN =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: THÉOPHILE YSAŸE
2 March 1865
Verviers, BELGIUM
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Died:
23 March 1918
Nice, FRANCE
53  

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: ACHILLE-CLAUDE DEBUSSY
22 August 1862
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FRANCE
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Died:
25 March 1918
Paris, FRANCE
55 Rectal Cancer
DAVID FFRANGCON DAVIES
= WELSH =
= Operatic Baritone =
Born:
11 December 1855
Bethesda, Gwynedd, WALES
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Died:
13 April 1918
62  

ANTONIO PINI-CORSI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Baritone =
Born:
June ? 1858 or 1859
Zara, later known as Zader,
CROATIA
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Died:
21 April 1918
Milan, ITALY
58  

BERTHA PALMER
= AMERICAN =
= Writer and Musician =
Born: BERTHA MATILDE HONORÉ
22 May 1849
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Died:
5 May 1918
The Oaks in Osprey, Florida, USA
68  

TOIVO KUULA
= FINNISH =
= Conductor and Composer =
Born: TOIVO TIMOTEUS KUULA
7 July 1883
Vaasa, FINLAND
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Died:
18 May 1918
Viipuri, RUSSIA
34 Accidentally Shot
FRITZ SEITZ
= GERMAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born: FRITZ (FRIEDRICH) SEITZ
12 June 1848
Günthersleben-Wechmar, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
GERMANY
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Died:
22 May 1918
69  

JÓZSEF ANGSTER
= HUNGARIAN =
= Master Organ Maker =
Born:
7 July 1834
Kácsfalu, in present day CROATIA
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Died:
9 June 1918
83  

ARRIGO BOITO
= ITALIAN =
= Writer and Composer =
Born:
24 February 1842
Padua, ITALY
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Died:
10 June 1918
Milan, ITALY
76  

ANNA HELD
= POLISH-born AMERICAN =
= Singer =
Born: HELENE ANNA HELD
19 March 1872
Warsaw, POLAND
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Died:
12 August 1918
New York City, New York, USA
46  
HEINRICH KÖSELITZ
= GERMAN =
= Author and Composer =
Born: JOHANN HEINRICH KÖSELITZ
10 January 1854
Annaberg, Kingdom of Saxony
GERMANY
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Died:
15 August 1918
Annaberg, Kingdom of Saxony
GERMANY
64  
CECIL COLES
= SCOTTISH =
= Composer =
Born: CECIL FREDERICK COLES
7 October 1888
Kirkcudbright, SCOTLAND
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Died:
26 August 1918
Western Front, FRANCE
29 Killed in Action

MORFYDD LLWYN OWEN
= WELSH =
= Singer, Pianist and Composer =
Born:
1 October 1891
Treforest, SOUTH WALES
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Died:
7 September 1918
Swansea, WALES
26 Appendicitis

HUBERT PARRY
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: Sir CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS PARRY, 1st Baronet
27 February 1848
Bournemouth, England, UK
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Died:
7 October 1918
Knightscroft, Rustington, West Sussex, UK
70 Spanish flu
ANTONIO COTOGNI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Baritone =
Born:
1 August 1831
Rome, ITALY
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Died:
15 October 1918
Rome, ITALY
87  

FELIX ARNDT
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist & Composer =
Born:
20 May 1889

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Died:
16 October 1918
29  
CHARLES PECCATTE
= FRENCH =
= Archetier (Bow maker) =
Born:
14 October 1850
Mirecourt, FRANCE
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Died:
22 October 1918
68  

CHARLES LECOCQ
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: ALEXANDRE CHARLES LECOCQ
3 June 1832
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
24 October 1918
Paris, FRANCE
86  
MARIANNE SCHARWENKA
= GERMAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born: MARIANNE STRESOW
25 February 1856

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Died:
24 October 1918
Berlin, GERMANY
62  

RUDOLF TOBIAS
= ESTONIAN =
= Organist and Composer =
Born:
29 May 1873
Selja, Käina Parish, Hiiumaa, ESTONIA
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Died:
29 October 1918
Berlin, GERMANY
45  
JOAQUÍN VALVERDE SANJUÁN
= SPANISH =
= Zarzuela Composer =
Born: JOAQUÍN "QUINITO" VALVERDE SANJUÁN
2 January 1875
Madrid, SPAIN
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Died:
4 November 1918
Mexico City, MEXICO
43  
KING WATZKE
= AMERICAN =
= Violinist and Bandleader =
Born: ALEX WATZKE
1872
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
1918
46 Spanish Flu pandemic
Coffin 1 Coffin 2

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