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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

MAUD POWELL
= AMERICAN =
= Violinist =
Born:
22 August 1867
Peru, Illinois, USA
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Died:
8 January 1920
Uniontown, PA, USA
52 Heart Attack

REGINALD DE KOVEN
= AMERICAN =
= Music Critic and Composer =
Born: HENRY LOUIS REGINALD DE KOVEN
3 April 1859
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
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Died:
16 January 1920
60  
GIOVANNI CAPURRO
= ITALIAN =
= Poet, Co-writer of "O Sole Mio" =
Born:
5 February 1859
Naples, ITALY
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Died:
18 January 1920
Naples, ITALY or
Mexico City, MEXICO
60  
JOHN HENRY MAUNDER
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Organist =
Born:
21 February 1858
Chelsea, London, UK
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Died:
21 January 1920
61  

WILLIAM PERCY FRENCH
= IRISH =
= Songwriter =
Born:
1 May 1854
Cloonyquin House, near Elphin,
County Roscommon, IRELAND
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Died:
24 January 1920
Formby, Merseyside,
England, UK
65 Pneumonia
THEO MARZIALS
= BRITISH =
= Composer, Singer and Poet =
Born: ThÉOPHILE-JULES-HENRI "THEO" Marzials
20 December 1850

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Died:
2 February 1920
69  

GABY DESLYS
= FRENCH =
= Dancer and Actress =
Born: MARIE ELISE GABRIELLE CLAIRE
4 November 1881
Marseilles, FRANCE
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Died:
11 February 1920
Paris, FRANCE
38  

ÉMILE SAURET
= FRENCH =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born:
22 May 1852
Dun-le-Roi, FRANCE
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Died:
12 February 1920
London, ENGLAND
67  
ALEXANDER ILYINSKY
= RUSSIAN =
= Music Teacher and Composer =
Born: ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH ILYINSKY
24 January 1859
Tsarskoye Selo, RUSSIA
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Died:
23 February 1920
Moscow, RUSSIA
61  

EVA MYLOTT
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Operatic Contralto =
Born:
1875
Tuross Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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Died:
20 March 1920
Chicago, USA
44 After slipping in the shower
and injuring her neck
CARL BOHM
= GERMAN =
= Pianist, Composer and Songwriter =
Born:
11 September 1844

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Died:
4 April 1920
75  

CHARLES GRIFFES
= AMERICAN =
= Composer for Piano, Chamber Ensembles and for Voice =
Born: CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
17 September 1884
Elmira, New York, USA
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Died:
8 April 1920
New York City, USA
35 Influenza
GEORG JARNO
= HUNGARIAN =
= Composer of Operettas =
Born:
3 June 1868
Buda, HUNGARY
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Died:
25 May 1920
Breslau, POLAND
51  

HARDWICKE RAWNSLEY
= ENGLISH =
= Hymn-Writer =
Born: CANON HARDWICKE DRUMMOND RAWNSLEY
29 September 1851
Shiplake, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND
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Died:
28 May 1920
Grasmere, Lake District, ENGLAND
68  

ADOLPHE-BASILE ROUTHIER
= CANADIAN =
= Lyricist =
Born:
8 May 1839
Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide),
LOWER CANADA
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Died:
27 June 1920
Saint-Irénée-les-Bains,
Quebec, CANADA
81  
CARLOS TROYER
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: CHARLES TROYER
12 January 1837
Frankfurt, GERMANY
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Died:
26 July 1920
Berkeley, California, USA
83  

GUSTAV JENNER
= GERMAN =
= Composer, Conductor and Musical Scholar =
Born: GUSTAV UWE JENNER
3 December 1865
Keitum on the island of Sylt,
GERMANY
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Died:
29 August 1920
Marburg, GERMANY
54  

MAX BRUCH
= GERMAN =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born: MAX CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH BRUCH
also known as MAX KARL AUGUST BRUCH
6 January 1838
Cologne, Rhine Province, GERMANY
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Died:
2 October 1920
Berlin-Friedenau, GERMANY
82  

ALBERTO NEPOMUCENO
= BRAZILIAN =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born:
6 July 1864
Fortaleza, BRAZIL
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Died:
16 October 1920
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
56  

GEORGE J. GASKIN
= IRISH-born based in AMERICA =
= Tenor =
Born:
16 February 1863
Belfast, IRELAND
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Died:
14 December 1920
57  

CARLOS HARTLING
= GERMAN-born HONDURAN =
= Composer of the Honduras national anthem =
Born:
2 September 1869

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Died:
1920
51  
PALOKË KURTI
= ALBANIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
1858

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Died:
1920
62  
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