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GUS WICKIE = GERMAN-born AMERICAN = = Baritone Singer, and Stage and Voice Actor = |
Born: AUGUST WICKE 7 May 1885 GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 3 January 1937 Belleville, New Jersey, USA |
61 | |
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ERKKI MELARTIN = FINNISH = = Composer = |
Born: 7 February 1875 Käkisalmi, RUSSIA | Died: 14 February 1937 Pukinmäki, FINLAND |
62 | |
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CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR = FRENCH = = Organist, Composer and Teacher = |
Born: CHARLES-MARIE JEAN ALBERT WIDOR 21 February 1844 Lyon, FRANCE | Died: 12 March 1937 Paris, FRANCE |
93 | |
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JENÕ HUBAY = HUNGARIAN = = Composer, Violinist and Music Teacher = |
Born: 15 September 1858 Pest, HUNGARY | Died: 12 March 1937 |
78 | |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI = POLISH = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: KAROL MACIEJ SZYMANOWSKI 6 October 1882 Tymoszówka, then in the Kiev Governorate of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE (now Tymoshivka in Cherkasy Oblast, UKRAINE) | Died: 29 March 1937 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND |
54 | |
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ARTHUR FOOTE = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: ARTHUR WILLIAM FOOTE 5 March 1853 Salem, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 8 April 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
84 | |
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MINNIE ADNEY = CANADIAN = = Music Teacher, Pianist, Singer = = and Political Candidate = |
Born: MINNIE BELL SHARP 12 January 1865 Upper Woodstock, New Brunswick, CANADA | Died: 11 April 1937 Upper Woodstock, New Brunswick, CANADA |
72 | |
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VIRGILIO RANZATO = ITALIAN = = Composer and Violinist = |
Born: 7 May 1883 Venice, ITALY | Died: 20 April 1937 Como, ITALY |
53 | |
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Sir ARTHUR SOMERVELL = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: 5 June 1863 Windermere, Westmorland, ENGLAND | Died: 2 May 1937 |
73 | |
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NOEL ROSA = BRAZILIAN = = Songwriter, Singer, and Guitar/Mandolin Player = |
Born: NOEL DE MEDEIROS ROSA 11 December 1910 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 4 May 1937 |
26 | |
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W. O. FORSYTH = CANADIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: WESLEY OCTAVIUS FORSYTH 26 January 1859 Markham Township, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 7 May 1937 |
78 | |
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VILIAM FIGUŠ-BYSTRÝ = SLOVAK = = Composer, Teacher = = and author of the first Slovak national opera Detvan = |
Born: VILIAM FIGUŠ 28 February 1875 Banská Bystrica, SLOVAKIA | Died: 11 May 1937 Banská Bystrica, SLOVAKIA |
62 | |
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LOUIS VIERNE = FRENCH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: LOUIS VICTOR JULES VIERNE 8 October 1870 Poitiers, FRANCE | Died: 2 June 1937 Notre-Dame de Paris, FRANCE |
66 | Stroke or Heart attack |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN = AMERICAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: JACOB GERSHWINE 26 September 1898 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 11 July 1937 Los Angeles, California, USA |
38 | Malignant brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme |
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GABRIEL PIERNÉ = FRENCH = = Composer, Conductor and Organist = |
Born: HENRI CONSTANT GABRIEL PIERNÉ 16 August 1863 Metz, FRANCE | Died: 17 July 1937 Ploujean, Finistère, FRANCE |
73 | |
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CHARLES HENRY MILLS = ENGLISH-AMERICAN = = Composer and Music Teacher = = Director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music = |
Born: 29 January 1873 Nottingham, ENGLAND | Died: 23 July 1937 Madison, USA |
64 | |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL = FRENCH = = Composer = |
Born: ALBERT CHARLES PAUL MARIE ROUSSEL 5 April 1869 Tourcoing (Nord), FRANCE | Died: 23 August 1937 in the village (commune) of Royan (Charente-Maritime), in western FRANCE |
68 | |
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HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY = AMERICAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 20 December 1871 Somerville, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 6 September 1937 New York City, New York, USA |
66 | |
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BESSIE SMITH = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: 15 April 1894 Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA | Died: 26 September 1937 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA |
43 | Car accident |
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BLIND UNCLE GASPARD = AMERICAN = = Cajun Musician = |
Born: ALCIDE GASPARD 18 October 1878 Dupont, in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA | Died: 6 October 1937 Plaucheville, Louisiana, USA |
58 | |
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PAUL LHÉRIE = FRENCH = = Operatic Tenor/Baritone and later a Vocal Teacher = |
Born: 8 October 1844 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 17 October 1937 Paris, FRANCE |
93 | |
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FRANK DAMROSCH = GERMAN-born AMERICAN = = Organist, Conductor and Music Teacher = |
Born: FRANK HEINO DAMROSCH 22 June 1859 Breslau, Silesia, GERMANY | Died: 22 October 1937 New York City, USA |
78 | |
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WINTHROP AMES = AMERICAN = = Theatre Director and Producer, Playwright and Screenwriter = |
Born: 25 November 1870 North Easton, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 3 November 1937 Boston, USA |
66 | Pneumonia |
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TELL TAYLOR = AMERICAN = = Traveling Vaudeville Performer, Tenor Vocalist, Playwright, = = Music Publisher, Composer, and Lyricist = |
Born: WILLIAM "TELL" TAYLOR 28 October 1876 on a farm near the Village of Vanlue, Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio, USA | Died: 23 November 1937 Chicago, USA |
61 | Heart attack |
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LILIAN BAYLIS = ENGLISH = = theatrical producer and manager = = Founder of Sadler's Wells ballet company = |
Born: LILIAN MARY BAYLIS 9 May 1874 London, ENGLAND | Died: 25 November 1937 London, ENGLAND |
63 | Myocardial infarction |
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FERDINAND BUESCHER = AMERICAN = = Instrument Manufacturer = |
Born: FERDINAND AUGUST "GUS" BUESCHER 26 April 1861 Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA | Died: 29 November 1937 Elkhart, Indiana, USA |
76 | |
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ROSA VALETTI = GERMAN = = Actress, Cabaret Performer and Singer = |
Born: ROSA VALLENTIN 17 March 1878 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 10 December 1937 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
59 | |
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DAN BEDDOE = WELSH = = Tenor = |
Born: 16 March 1863 Aberdare, WALES | Died: 26 December 1937 |
74 | |
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IVOR GURNEY = ENGLISH = = Poet and Composer = |
Born: IVOR BERTIE GURNEY 28 August 1890 3 Queen Street, Gloucester, ENGLAND | Died: 26 December 1937 London, ENGLAND |
47 | Tuberculosis |
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MAURICE RAVEL = FRENCH = = Composer, Pianist and Conductor = |
Born: JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL 7 March 1875 Ciboure, FRANCE | Died: 28 December 1937 Paris, FRANCE |
62 | Coma after surgery |
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MAUDE VALERIE WHITE = FRENCH-born ENGLISH = = Composer and Songwriter = |
Born: MAUDE VALÉRIE WHITE 1855 Dieppe in Normandy, FRANCE | Died: 1937 St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, Sutton Green, Surrey, ENGLAND |
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LORAINE WYMAN = AMERICAN = = Folksinger, Mountain Dulcimer Player, and Music Collector = |
Born: 1885 | Died: 1937 |
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