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COLONEL CHARLES GERARD CONN = AMERICAN = = Instrument Manufacturer = |
Born: CHARLES GERARD CONN 29 January 1844 Phelps, New York, USA | Died: 5 January 1931 Los Angeles, California, USA |
86 | |
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FELIX BLUMENFELD = RUSSIAN = = Pianist, Conductor, Composer and Teacher = |
Born: FELIX MIKHAILOVICH BLUMENFELD 19 April 1863 Kovalevka, Kherson Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (today - part of Kirovohrad, UKRAINE) | Died: 21 January 1931 |
67 | |
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ANNA PAVLOVA = RUSSIAN = = Ballerina = |
Born: ANNA PAVLOVNA (MATVEYEVNA) PAVLOVA 12 February 1881 Ligovo, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 23 January 1931 The Hague, NETHERLANDS |
49 | |
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DIRK SCHÄFER = DUTCH = = Concert Pianist and Composer of pianoforte pieces = = ("Sonate Inaugurale" Op. 9) and chamber music = |
Born: 25 November 1873 Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS | Died: 16 February 1931 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS |
57 | |
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MARIO ANCONA = ITALIAN = = Bel Canto Baritone = |
Born: 28 February 1860 Livorno, Tuscany, ITALY | Died: 23 February 1931 Florence, ITALY |
70 | Lung Cancer |
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DAME NELLIE MELBA = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: HELEN "NELLIE" PORTER MITCHELL 19 May 1861 Richmond, Victoria, AUSTRALIA | Died: 23 February 1931 St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
69 | |
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GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 13 November 1854 Lowell, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 4 April 1931 |
76 | |
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BERTHA LEWIS = ENGLISH = = Singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company = |
Born: BERTHA AMY LEWIS 12 May 1887 Forest Gate, London, ENGLAND | Died: 8 May 1931 |
43 | Car Accident |
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EUGÈNE YSAŸE = BELGIAN = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 16 July 1858 Liège, BELGIUM | Died: 12 May 1931 Brussels, BELGIUM |
72 | |
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JOSIF MARINKOVIC = SERBIAN = = Composer and Choral Director = |
Born: 11 October 1851 SERBIA | Died: 13 May 1931 |
79 | |
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JIMMY BLYTHE = AMERICAN = = Jazz and Boogie-Woogie Pianist = |
Born: 20 May 1901 Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Died: 14 June 1931 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
30 | Meningitis |
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FANNY HOLLAND = ENGLISH = = Singer and Comic Actress = |
Born: 14 September 1847 London, ENGLAND | Died: 18 June 1931 Bournemouth, Dorset, ENGLAND |
83 | |
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CHARLES QUEF = FRENCH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: CHARLES PAUL FLORIMOND QUEF 1 November 1873 Lille, FRANCE | Died: 2 July 1931 Paris, FRANCE |
57 | |
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BUDDY PETIT = AMERICAN = = Jazz Cornet player = |
Born: JOSEPH CRAWFORD ca. 1890 Louisiana, USA | Died: 4 July 1931 |
41 | |
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BIX BEIDERBECKE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Cornetist, Jazz Pianist, and Composer = |
Born: LEON BISMARK BEIDERBECKE 10 March 1903 Davenport, Iowa, USA | Died: 6 August 1931 |
28 | |
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LINDA LOREDO = AMERICAN-born of MEXICAN descent = = Actress and Dancer = |
Born: HERLINDA LOREDO 20 June 1907 Arizona Territory, USA | Died: 11 August 1931 Los Angeles, USA |
24 | She entered Queen of Angels Hospital on 11 June 1931, for an emergency appendectomy and succumbed two months later to peritonitis |
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JOSEPH TABRAR = BRITISH = = Music Hall Songwriter = |
Born: 5 November 1857 | Died: 22 August 1931 |
73 | |
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HEINRICH GRÜNFELD = BOHEMIAN-AUSTRIAN = = Violoncellist = |
Born: 21 April 1855 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 26 August 1931 Berlin, GERMANY |
76 | |
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JANE GREEN = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: MARTHA JANE GREENE 2 January 1897 Kentucky, USA | Died: 28 August 1931 |
34 | Paralytic Stroke |
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FRANZ SCHALK = AUSTRIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 27 May 1863 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 3 September 1931 |
68 | |
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UGO FALENA = ITALIAN = = Silent Film Director and occasional Opera Librettist = |
Born: 25 April 1875 Rome, ITALY | Died: 20 September 1931 Rome, ITALY |
56 | |
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HARRY MacDONOUGH = CANADIAN = = Singer and Recording Executive = |
Born: JOHN SCANTLEBURY MacDONALD 30 May 1871 Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 26 September 1931 New York, USA |
60 | |
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CARL NIELSEN = DANISH = = Composer, Conductor and Violinist = |
Born: CARL AUGUST NIELSEN 9 June 1865 Nørre Lyndelse near Sortelung south of Odense on the Danish island of Funen | Died: 3 October 1931 Copenhagen, DENMARK |
66 | |
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LUIGI VON KUNITS = AUSTRIAN = = Violinist, Conductor, Composer and pedagogue = |
Born: LUDWIG PAUL MARIA 20 July 1870 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 8 October 1931 Toronto, CANADA |
61 | |
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THOMAS EDISON = AMERICAN = = Inventor of the Phonograph = |
Born: THOMAS ALVA EDISON 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio, USA | Died: 18 October 1931 West Orange, New Jersey, USA |
84 | |
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EMÁNUEL MOÓR = HUNGARIAN = = Pianist, Composer = = and inventor of the Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte = |
Born: 19 February 1863 Kecskemét, HUNGARY | Died: 20 October 1931 Chardonne, SWITZERLAND |
68 | |
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BARBECUE BOB = AMERICAN = = Piedmont Blues Musician = |
Born: ROBERT HICKS 11 September 1902 Walnut Grove, Georgia, USA | Died: 21 October 1931 Lithonia, Georgia, USA |
29 | combination of tuberculosis and pneumonia brought on by influenza |
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LUCIANO GALLET = BRAZILIAN = = Composer, Conductor and Pianist = |
Born: 28 June 1893 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 29 October 1931 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
38 | |
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BUDDY BOLDEN = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician (cornetist) = |
Born: CHARLES JOSEPH BOLDEN 6 September 1877 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 4 November 1931 Jackson, Louisiana, USA |
54 | |
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GEORGI ATANASOV = BULGARIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 6 May 1882 Plovdiv, BULGARIA | Died: 17 November 1931 |
49 | |
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FREDERIC CLIFFE = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: 2 May 1857 Bradford, Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 19 November 1931 London, ENGLAND |
74 | |
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LEONORA BRAHAM = ENGLISH = = Operatic Soprano and Actress = = (Gilbert & Sullivan) = |
Born: LEONORA LUCY ABRAHAM 3 February 1853 Bloomsbury, London, ENGLAND | Died: 23 November 1931 London, ENGLAND |
78 | |
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VINCENT d'INDY = FRENCH = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 27 March 1851 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 2 December 1931 Paris, FRANCE |
80 | |
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TOMASZ BARTKIEWCZ = POLISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: TOMASZ K. BARTKIEWCZ 1865 | Died: 1931 |
66 | |
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ALFONSO RENDANO = ITALIAN = = Pianist and Composer = = Inventor of the "third pedal" = |
Born: 1853 Cosenza, ITALY | Died: 1931 Rome, ITALY |
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