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Name Dates Age Cause of Death

HALDANE BURGESS
= SCOTTISH =
= Writer and Musician =
Born: JAMES JOHN (J.J.) HALDANE BURGESS
28 May 1862
Shetland Islands, SCOTLAND
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Died:
16 January 1927
65  
JAMES WARREN YORK
= AMERICAN =
= Businessman and Musical Instrument Maker =
Born:
24 November 1839
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
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Died:
9 February 1927
Los Angeles, California, USA
87  

ROBERT FUCHS
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer and Music Teacher =
Born:
15 February 1847
Frauental an der Laßnitz
in Styria, AUSTRIA
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Died:
19 February 1927
Vienna, AUSTRIA
80  

SVEINBJÖRN SVEINBJÖRNSSON
= ICELANDIC =
= Composer =
Born:
28 June 1847
Seltjarnarnes, ICELAND
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Died:
23 February 1927
Copenhagen, DENMARK
79  

ISABEL JAY
= ENGLISH =
= Singer and Actress with the d'Oyly Carte Opera Company =
Born: ISABEL EMILY JAY
17 October 1879
Wandsworth, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
26 February 1927
Monte Carlo, MONACO
47  

ALBERTO ZELMAN
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Musician and Conductor =
= and founder of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra =
Born: (SAMUEL VICTOR) ALBERTO ZELMAN
15 November 1874
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
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Died:
3 March 1927
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
52  

JAMES SCOTT SKINNER
= SCOTTISH =
= Dancing Master, Violinist, Fiddler, and Composer =
Born:
5 August 1843
Arbeadie village which later became part of Banchory,
near Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
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Died:
17 March 1927
83  

ROSA SUCHER
= GERMAN =
= Opera Singer =
Born: ROSA HASSELBECK
23 February 1849
Velburg, GERMANY
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Died:
16 April 1927
Eschweiler, GERMANY
78  

ERNEST BALL
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Songwriter =
Born: ERNEST ROLAND BALL
22 July 1878
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Died:
3 May 1927
Santa Ana, California, USA
48  

JAKOB ALJAŽ
= SLOVENIAN =
= Roman Catholic Priest and Composer =
Born:
6 July 1845
Upper Carniolan village of Zavrh pod Šmarno Goro,
northeast of Ljubljana, in what was then the AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
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Died:
4 May 1927
Dovje, SLOVENIA
81  

SAM BERNARD
= ENGLISH =
= Star of Vaudeville and Comic Opera =
Born: SAMUEL BARNET
5 June 1863
Birmingham, ENGLAND
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Died:
16 May 1927
Aboard ship on Atlantic Ocean
63  

JESSE SHEPARD
= ENGLISH-born AMERICAN =
= Composer and Pianist =
Born: BENJAMIN HENRY JESSE FRANCIS SHEPARD
18 September 1848
Birkenhead, ENGLAND
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Died:
29 May 1927
78  

FRANK CURZON
= ENGLISH =
= Actor and Theatre Manager =
Born:
17 September 1868
Wavertree, Liverpool, ENGLAND
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Died:
2 July 1927
Newmarket, Suffolk, ENGLAND
58  

LUISE ADOLPHA LE BEAU
= GERMAN =
= Composer =
Born:
25 April 1850
Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden, GERMANY
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Died:
17 July 1927
Baden-Baden, GERMANY
77  

HERMANN ABERT
= GERMAN =
= Music Historian =
Born:
25 March 1871
Stuttgart, GERMANY
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Died:
13 August 1927
Stuttgart, GERMANY
56  

ÁRPÁD DOPPLER
= HUNGARIAN-GERMAN =
= Composer =
Born:
5 June 1857
Budapest, HUNGARY
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Died:
13 August 1927
Stuttgart, GERMANY
70  

FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER
= AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born:
16 July 1863
Bielitz, AUSTRIAN SILESIA
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Died:
20 August 1927
Chicago, USA
64  

ISADORA DUNCAN
= AMERICAN =
= Dancer =
Born: ANGELA ISADORA DUNCAN
27 May 1877
San Francisco, California, USA
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Died:
14 September 1927
Nice, FRANCE
50 Strangled in freak accident

WILHELM HARTEVELD
= SWEDISH =
= Composer and Musicologist =
Born: JULIUS NAPOLEON WILHELM HARTEVELD
5 April 1859
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Died:
1 October 1927
Stockholm, SWEDEN
68  

GEORGE DALLAS SHERMAN
= AMERICAN =
= Bandleader =
Born:
23 August 1844
Richmond, Vermont, USA
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Died:
3 November 1927
83  

OLE OLSEN
= NORWEGIAN =
= Organist, Composer and Conductor =
Born:
4 July 1850
Hammerfest, NORWAY
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Died:
9 November 1927
Oslo, NORWAY
77  

EMMA CARUS
= AMERICAN =
= Contralto =
Born: EMMA CARUS EVERALL
18 March 1879
Berlin, GERMANY
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Died:
18 November 1927
New York City, New York, USA
48  

JOHN STILLWELL STARK
= AMERICAN =
= Music Publisher =
Born:
11 April 1841
Kentucky, USA
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Died:
20 November 1927
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
86  

WILHELM STENHAMMAR
= SWEDISH =
= Composer, Pianist and Conductor =
Born: CARL WILHELM EUGEN STENHAMMAR
7 February 1871
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Died:
20 November 1927
Jonsered in the historic province of Västergötland,
SWEDEN
56  

COURTICE POUNDS
= ENGLISH =
= Singer and Actor with the d'Oyly Carte =
Born: CHARLES COURTICE POUNDS
30 May 1862
Pimlico, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
21 December 1927
Kingston upon Thames, ENGLAND
65  

BULBULJAN
= AZERBAIJANI =
= Folk Musician =
Born: ABDULBAGI ALI OGLU ZULALOV
1841
Shusha (then part of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE),
nowadays in AZERBAIJAN
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Died:
1927
Baku, AZERBAIJAN
86  

RAGBABY STEPHENS
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Musician =
Born: JOE STEPHENS
3 March 1887
New Oleans, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
1927
New Oleans, Louisiana, USA
40  
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