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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

SABINE BARING-GOULD
= BRITISH =
= Hymn-Writer and Collector of Folk Songs =
Born:
28 January 1834
Exeter, ENGLAND
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Died:
2 January 1924
Lew Trenchard, Devon, ENGLAND
89  

ALFRED GRÜNFELD
= AUSTRIAN =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born:
4 July 1852
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
4 January 1924
Vienna, AUSTRIA
71  

CHARLES COLLETTE
= ENGLISH =
= Composer and Actor =
Born: CHARLES HENRY COLLETTE
29 July 1842
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
10 February 1924
London, ENGLAND
81  

LIONEL MONCKTON
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: LIONEL JOHN ALEXANDER MONCKTON
18 December 1861
London, ENGLAND
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Died:
15 February 1924
London, ENGLAND
62  

OSKAR MERIKANTO
= FINNISH =
= Pianist, Conductor and Composer =
Born:
5 August 1868
Helsinki, FINLAND
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Died:
17 February 1924
Hausjärvi-Oitti, FINLAND
55  

ANTONIO PASCULLI
= ITALIAN =
= Oboist and Composer =
Born:
13 October 1842
Palermo, Sicily
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Died:
23 February 1924
81  
MÁRIA ROYOVÁ
= SLOVAK =
= Songwriter =
Born:
26 November 1858

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Died:
25 February 1924
65  

FREDERICK BRIDGE
= ENGLISH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born: JOHN FREDERICK BRIDGE
5 December 1844
Oldbury, then in Worcestershire,
in central ENGLAND
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Died:
18 March 1924
Little Cloisters, Westminster Abbey,
London, ENGLAND
79  

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
= IRISH =
= Composer =
Born:
30 September 1852
Dublin, IRELAND
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Died:
29 March 1924
London, ENGLAND
71 Stroke

EDUARD CAUDELLA
= ROMANIAN =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born:
3 June 1841
ROMANIA
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Died:
15 April 1924
82  
JOSEF LABOR
= CZECH =
= Pianist, Organist and Composer =
Born:
29 June 1842
Horowitz, Bohemia,
CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
26 April 1924
81  
LOUIS HIRSCH
= AMERICAN =
= Composer and Songwriter =
Born: LOUIS ACHILLE HIRSCH
also known as LOUIS A. HIRSCH
and LOU HIRSCH
28 November 1887
New York City, USA
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Died:
13 May 1924
New York City, USA
36 Pneumonia

VICTOR HERBERT
= IRISH-born, GERMAN-raised AMERICAN =
= Composer, Cellist and Conductor =
Born: VICTOR AUGUST HERBERT
1 February 1859
Dublin, IRELAND
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Died:
26 May 1924
AMERICA
65 Heart Attack

THÉODORE DUBOIS
= FRENCH =
= Composer, Organist and Music Teacher =
Born: FRANÇOIS-CLÉMENT THÉODORE DUBOIS
24 August 1837
Rosnay in Marne, FRANCE
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Died:
11 June 1924
86  
VICTOR-CHARLES MAHILLON
= BELGIAN =
= Musician and Collector of Instruments =
Born:
10 March 1841
Brussels, BELGIUM
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Died:
17 June 1924
St. Jean near Cap-Ferrat, FRANCE
83  

CECIL SHARP
= ENGLISH =
= Folk Song and Dance Revivalist =
Born: CECIL JAMES SHARP
22 November 1859
Camberwell, London,
ENGLAND
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Died:
23 June 1924
64  

FERRUCCIO BUSONI
= ITALIAN =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: FERRUCCIO DANTE MICHELANGELO BENVENUTO BUSONI
1 April 1866
Empoli, ITALY
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Died:
27 July 1924
Berlin, GERMANY
58 Kidney Disease

FRANCIS BARRAUD
= ENGLISH =
= Designer of HMV logo =
Born: FRANCIS JAMES BARRAUD
16 June 1856
Liverpool, ENGLAND
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Died:
29 August 1924
68  

LOTTA CRABTREE
= AMERICAN =
= All-Round Entertainer =
Born: CHARLOTTE "LOTTA" MIGNON CRABTREE
7 November 1847
New York City, USA
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Died:
25 September 1924
Brewster Hotel, Boston, USA
76  

EDUARDO AROLAS
= ARGENTINE =
= Tango Musician and Composer =
Born:
24 February 1892

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Died:
29 September 1924
Paris, FRANCE
32  

GABRIEL FAURÉ
= FRENCH =
= Composer =
Born: GABRIEL URBAIN FAURÉ
12 May 1845
Pamiers, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées,
in the south of FRANCE
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Died:
4 November 1924
Paris, FRANCE
79 Pneumonia

PAUL MILLIET
= FRENCH =
= Opera Librettist =
Born:
14 February 1855
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
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Died:
21 November 1924
Paris, FRANCE
69  

GIACOMO PUCCINI
= ITALIAN =
= Composer =
Born: GIACOMO ANTONIO DOMENICO MICHELE SECONDO MARIA PUCCINI
22 December 1858
Lucca in Tuscany, ITALY
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Died:
29 November 1924
Brussels, BELGIUM
65 Complications after the treatment for throat cancer;
uncontrolled bleeding led to a heart attack the day after surgery

XAVER SCHARWENKA
= GERMAN =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA
6 January 1850
Samter, PRUSSIA
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Died:
8 December 1924
Berlin, GERMANY
74  
BLACK BENNY
= AMERICAN =
= Bass Drummer =
Born: BENNY WILLIAMS
b. c. 1890
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
1924
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
34  
ELKAN NAUMBURG
= AMERICAN of GERMAN-JEWISH descent =
= Businessman, Musicologist =
= and Patron of the Arts =
Born:
1835
Treuchtlingen, Bavaria,
GERMANY
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Died:
1924
89  

MARK WALKER
= CANADIAN =
= Songwriter =
Born:
1846

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Died:
1924
78  
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