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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
PAUL KOCHANSKI
= POLISH =
= Violinist, Composer and Arranger =
Born: PAWEL KOCHANSKI
14 September 1887
Orel, RUSSIA
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Died:
12 January 1934
New York, USA
47 Cancer
OTAKAR ŠEVCÍK
= CZECH =
= Violinist =
Born:
22 March 1852
in Horazdovice, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
18 January 1934
in Písek, CZECH REPUBLIC
81

ERNESTO NAZARETH
= BRAZILIAN =
= Composer and Pianist =
Born: ERNESTO JÚLIO DE NAZARETH
20 March 1863
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
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Died:
5 February 1934
Jacarepaguá,
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
70 Drowned

EDWARD ELGAR
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR
2 June 1857
in Lower Broadheath
outside Worcester, ENGLAND
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Died:
23 February 1934
in ENGLAND
77 Died from inoperable cancer
(malignant tumour which pressed on the
sciatic nerve discovered in October 1933)

PYOTR SLOVTSOV
= RUSSIAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born: PYOTR IVANOVICH SLOVTSOV
30 June 1886
Ustyanskoye in Yeniseysk
GOVERNORATE of the RUSSIA EMPIRE
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Died:
24 February 1934
SOVIET UNION
47  

FRANZ SCHREKER
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer, Conductor, Teacher and Administrator =
Born: FRANZ SCHRECKER
23 March 1878
MONACO
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Died:
21 March 1934
Berlin, GERMANY
55  

THADDEUS CAHILL
= AMERICAN =
= Inventor of the Teleharmonium =
Born:
18 June 1867
Iowa, USA
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Died:
12 April 1934
New York, USA
66  

AUGUSTO DE LIMA
= BRAZILIAN =
= Journalist, Poet, Musician, =
= Magistrate, Jurist, Professor and Politician =
Born: ANTÔNIO AUGUSTO DE LIMA
5 April 1859
Congonhas de Sabará (now Nova Lima)
BRAZIL
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Died:
22 April 1934
75  

CHARLEY PATTON
= AMERICAN =
= Delta Blues Musician =
Born:
Between April 1887 and 1891
Hinds County near Edwards,
Mississippi, USA
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Died:
28 April 1934
near Indianola, Mississippi, USA
42–47  
EDWARD NAYLOR
= ENGLISH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born: EDWARD WOODALL NAYLOR
9 February 1867
Scarborough, ENGLAND
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Died:
7 May 1934
Cambridge, ENGLAND
67  

GUSTAV HOLST
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: GUSTAVUS THEODORE VON HOLST
21 September 1874
at 4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
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Died:
25 May 1934
in London, ENGLAND
59 Died from complications following stomach surgery
ROBERT SAMUT
= MALTESE =
= Doctor and Musician =
= Composer of the Maltese National Anthem =
Born:
12 October 1869
Floriana, MALTA
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Died:
26 May 1934
64  

FREDERICK DELIUS
= ENGLISH =
= Composer =
Born: FREDERICK THEODORE ALBERT DELIUS
29 January 1862
Bradford, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
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Died:
10 June 1934
Grez, FRANCE
72  

CHARLIE GARDINER
= SCOTTISH-born CANADIAN =
= Ice Hockey Player and Amateur Singer =
Born: CHARLES ROBERT "CHUCK" GARDINER
31 December 1904
Edinburgh, Scotland, GBR
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Died:
13 June 1934
Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
29 Brain Hemorrhage

RUSS COLUMBO
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Violinist and Actor =
Born: RUGGIERO EUGENIO DI RODOLPHO COLOMBO
14 January 1908
Camden, New Jersey, USA
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Died:
2 September 1934
Los Angeles, California, USA
26 Shot under peculiar circumstances by his
longtime friend, photographer Lansing Brown

ALCIDE NUNEZ
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Musician =
Born: ALCIDE PATRICK NUNEZ
17 March 1884
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Died:
2 September 1934
New Orleans, USA
50 Heart Attack

Sir GEORGE HENSCHEL
= GERMAN-born BRITISH =
= Operatic Baritone, Pianist, Conductor, and Composer =
Born: ISIDOR GEORGE HENSCHEL
18 February 1850
at Breslau, in Silesia, then part of GERMANY
now part of POLAND,
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Died:
10 September 1934
Aviemore, SCOTLAND
84  

EDWIN LEMARE
= ENGLISH =
= Organist and Composer =
Born: EDWIN HENRY LEMARE
9 September 1865
Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight,
ENGLAND
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Died:
24 September 1934
Hollywood, California, USA
69  

HENRI MARTEAU
= FRENCH =
= Violinist and Composer =
Born:
31 March 1874
Reims, FRANCE
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Died:
3 October 1934
Lichtenberg, Bavaria, GERMANY
60  

LEONID SOBINOV
= RUSSIAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born: LEONID VITALYEVICH SOBINOV
7 June 1872
Yaroslavl, RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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Died:
14 October 1934
Riga, USSR
62 Heart Attack

BERNHARD SEKLES
= GERMAN =
= Composer, Conductor, Pianist and Pedagogue =
Born:
20 March 1872
Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
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Died:
8 December 1934
Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
62  

FRANCIS PLANTÉ
= FRENCH =
= Pianist =
Born:
2 March 1839
Orthez, FRANCE
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Died:
19 December 1934
Saint-Avit, FRANCE
95  
EDDIE ANTHONY
= AMERICAN =
= Country Blues and Jazz Violinist =
Born:
1890

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Died:
1934
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
44  
OLIMPIA BORONAT
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Coloratura Soprano =
Born:
1859 or 1867
Genoa, ITALY
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Died:
1934
67 or 75  

ALICE VERLET
= BELGIAN-born =
= Operatic Coloratura Soprano =
Born: ALICE VERHEYDEN
1873
in the Flemish-speaking region of BELGIUM
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Died:
1934
Paris, FRANCE
61  
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