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Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
MAUD POWELL = AMERICAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 22 August 1867 Peru, Illinois, USA | 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 | Died: 16 January 1920 |
60 | |
GIOVANNI CAPURRO = ITALIAN = = Poet, Co-writer of "O Sole Mio" = |
Born: 5 February 1859 Naples, ITALY | 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 | Died: 21 January 1920 |
61 | |
WILLIAM PERCY FRENCH = IRISH = = Songwriter = |
Born: 1 May 1854 Cloonyquin House, near Elphin, County Roscommon, IRELAND | 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 | Died: 2 February 1920 |
69 | |
GABY DESLYS = FRENCH = = Dancer and Actress = |
Born: MARIE ELISE GABRIELLE CLAIRE 4 November 1881 Marseilles, FRANCE | Died: 11 February 1920 Paris, FRANCE |
38 | |
ÉMILE SAURET = FRENCH = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 22 May 1852 Dun-le-Roi, FRANCE | Died: 12 February 1920 London, ENGLAND |
67 | |
ALEXANDER ILYINSKY = RUSSIAN = = Music Teacher and Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH ILYINSKY 24 January 1859 Tsarskoye Selo, RUSSIA | Died: 23 February 1920 Moscow, RUSSIA |
61 | |
EVA MYLOTT = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Contralto = |
Born: 1875 Tuross Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA | 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 | 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 | Died: 8 April 1920 New York City, USA |
35 | Influenza |
GEORG JARNO = HUNGARIAN = = Composer of Operettas = |
Born: 3 June 1868 Buda, HUNGARY | Died: 25 May 1920 Breslau, POLAND |
51 | |
HARDWICKE RAWNSLEY = ENGLISH = = Hymn-Writer = |
Born: CANON HARDWICKE DRUMMOND RAWNSLEY 29 September 1851 Shiplake, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 May 1920 Grasmere, Lake District, ENGLAND |
68 | |
ADOLPHE-BASILE ROUTHIER = CANADIAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: 8 May 1839 Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide), LOWER CANADA | Died: 27 June 1920 Saint-Irénée-les-Bains, Quebec, CANADA |
81 | |
CARLOS TROYER = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: CHARLES TROYER 12 January 1837 Frankfurt, GERMANY | 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 | 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 | Died: 2 October 1920 Berlin-Friedenau, GERMANY |
82 | |
ALBERTO NEPOMUCENO = BRAZILIAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 6 July 1864 Fortaleza, BRAZIL | Died: 16 October 1920 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
56 | |
GEORGE J. GASKIN = IRISH-born based in AMERICA = = Tenor = |
Born: 16 February 1863 Belfast, IRELAND | Died: 14 December 1920 |
57 | |
CARLOS HARTLING = GERMAN-born HONDURAN = = Composer of the Honduras national anthem = |
Born: 2 September 1869 | Died: 1920 |
51 | |
PALOKË KURTI = ALBANIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 1858 | Died: 1920 |
62 |
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Page created: 21st December 2023 Last edited: 1st March 2025 |