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HARICLEA DARCLÉE = ROMANIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: HARICLEA HARICLI 10 June 1860 Brăila, ROMANIA | Died: 12 January 1939 Bucharest, ROMANIA |
78 | |
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ABE HOLZMANN = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: ABRAHAM HOLZMANN 19 August 1874 New York City, USA | Died: 16 January 1939 East Orange, New Jersey, USA |
64 | |
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HERSCHEL EVANS = AMERICAN = = Tenor Saxophonist = |
Born: HERSCHEL "TEX" EVANS 9 March 1909 Denton, Texas, USA | Died: 9 February 1939 Manhattan, New York, USA |
29 | Heart Disease |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT = AUSTRIAN = = Composer, Cellist and pianist = |
Born: 22 December 1874 Pozsony (known in German as Pressburg), in the HUNGARIAN part of the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE (the city is now Bratislava, capital of SLOVAKIA) | Died: 11 February 1939 |
64 | |
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WILLY HESS = GERMAN = = Violinist and Violin Teacher = |
Born: 14 July 1859 Mannheim, GERMANY | Died: 17 February 1939 Berlin, GERMANY |
79 | |
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EMMA JUCH = AUSTRIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 4 July 1861 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 6 March 1939 151 East 80th Street, New York City, USA |
77 | Cerebral Hemorrhage |
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ERNIE HARE = AMERICAN = = Bass/Baritone Singer = |
Born: THOMAS ERNEST HARE 16 March 1883 | Died: 9 March 1939 Queens, New York, USA |
55 | Bronchopneumonia |
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EMILIO SERRANO Y RUIZ = SPANISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 13 March 1850 Vitoria, SPAIN | Died: 8 April 1939 Madrid, SPAIN |
89 | |
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HERMAN FINCK = BRITISH of DUTCH extraction = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: HERMANN VAN DER VINCK 4 November 1872 London, ENGLAND | Died: 21 April 1939 |
66 | |
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JOE YOUNG = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: 4 July 1889 New York, USA | Died: 21 April 1939 New York City, USA |
49 | |
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TOMMY LADNIER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: THOMAS JAMES LADNIER 28 May 1900 Mandeville, Louisiana, USA | Died: 4 June 1939 New York City, New York, USA |
39 | Heart Attack |
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CHICK WEBB = AMERICAN = = Jazz & Swing music Drummer, also a Bandleader = |
Born: WILLIAM HENRY WEBB 10 February 1905 (disputed) Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Died: 16 June 1939 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
34 | Spinal Tuberculosis |
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AUGUST ENNA = DANISH of ITALIAN descent = = Composer = |
Born: 13 May 1859 DENMARK | Died: 3 August 1939 |
80 | |
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GENEVIÈVE VIX = FRENCH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: GENEVIÈVE BROUWER 31 December 1879 Le Havre, FRANCE | Died: 25 August 1939 Paris, FRANCE |
59 | |
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POLAIRE = FRENCH = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: ÉMILIE MARIE BOUCHAUD 14 May 1874 Agha, Algiers, ALGERIA | Died: 14 October 1939 Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, FRANCE |
65 | |
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LUDOLF NIELSEN = DANISH = = Pianist, Violinist, Conductor and Composer = |
Born: KARL HENRIK LUDOLF NIELSEN 29 January 1876 Nørre Tvede, DENMARK | Died: 16 October 1939 Copenhagen, DENMARK |
63 | |
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NELLY BROMLEY = ENGLISH = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: 1850 | Died: 27 October 1939 Beaulieu, Hampshire, ENGLAND |
89 | |
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ALICE BRADY = AMERICAN = = Actress = |
Born: MARY ROSE BRADY 2 November 1892 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 28 October 1939 New York City, New York, USA |
46 | Cancer |
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GIULIO CRIMI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 10 May 1885 Paternò, ITALY | Died: 29 October 1939 Rome, ITALY |
54 | |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE = FRENCH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: CHARLES ARNOULD TOURNEMIRE 22 January 1870 Bordeaux, FRANCE | Died: 3 (or 4) November 1939 Arcachon, FRANCE |
69 | |
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CHARLES GOULDING = BRITISH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: CHARLES ERIC GOULDING c. 1887 IRELAND | Died: 9 November 1939 |
52 | |
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CHARLES DALMORÈS = FRENCH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: HENRI ALPHONSE BRIN 1 January 1871 Nancy, FRANCE | Died: 6 December 1939 Hollywood, California, USA |
68 | |
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ERNEST SCHELLING = AMERICAN = = Pianist, Composer, Conductor, and Music Director = |
Born: ERNEST HENRY SCHELLING 26 July 1876 Belvidere, New Jersey, USA | Died: 8 December 1939 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
63 | |
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JEANNE GRANIER = FRENCH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 31 March 1852 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 18 or 19 December 1939 Paris, FRANCE |
87 | |
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GRIKOR SUNI = ARMENIAN = = Composer = |
Born: GRIKOR MIRZAIAN SUNI 10 September 1876 Getabek, at the time a village in Elisabethpol Governorate of the RUSSIAN EMPIRE, (now Gədəbəy part of AZERBAIJAN) | Died: 18 December 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
63 | |
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MA RAINEY = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: GERTRUDE MALISSA NIX PRIDGETT c. 26 April 1886 Columbus, Georgia, USA | Died: 22 December 1939 Rome, Georgia, USA |
53 | Heart Attack |
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FRANCISCO DE PAULA AGUIRRE = VENEZUELAN = = Composer of Waltzes = |
Born: 20 October 1875 Caracas, VENEZUELA | Died: 1939 |
63 | |
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JOSÉ PERCHES ENRÍQUEZ = MEXICAN = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 1883 Chihuahua, MEXICO | Died: 1939 |
56 | |
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LENA WILSON = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: ca. 1898 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA | Died: ca. 1939 New York, USA |
41 | Pneumonia |
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