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EFFIE CROCKETT = AMERICAN = = Stage Actress and Songwriter = = Composer of "Rock-a-Bye Baby" = |
Born: 1857 | Died: 7 January 1940 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA |
82 | |
 CARL BOBERG = SWEDISH = = Hymn-Writer = |
Born: CARL GUSTAV BOBERG 16 August 1859 Mönsterås, Kalmar County in Småland, SWEDEN | Died: 17 January 1940 |
80 | |
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NIKOLAY KEDROV, Sr. = RUSSIAN = = Composer = |
Born: NIKOLAY NIKOLAYEVICH KEDROV, Sr. 28 October 1871 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 2 February 1940 Paris, FRANCE |
68 | |
 GUS ELEN = ENGLISH = = Music Hall Singer and Comedian = |
Born: ERNEST AUGUSTUS ELEN 22 July 1862 London, ENGLAND | Died: 17 February 1940 London, ENGLAND |
77 | Liver Cancer |
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ARNOLD DOLMETSCH = FRENCH-born = = Musician and Instrument Maker = |
Born: EUGÈNE ARNOLD DOLMETSCH 24 February 1858 Le Mans, FRANCE | Died: 28 February 1940 |
82 | |
 LOLA BEETH = AUSTRIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 23 November 1861 | Died: 18 March 1940 |
78 | |
 ION NONNA OTESCU = ROMANIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 15 December 1888 Bucharest, ROMANIA | Died: 25 March 1940 Bucharest, ROMANIA |
51 | |
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ROSA NEWMARCH = ENGLISH = = Writer on Music = |
Born: ROSA HARRIET JEAFFRESON 18 December 1857 Leamington, Warwickshire, ENGLAND | Died: 9 April 1940 Worthing, ENGLAND |
82 | |
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FLORRIE FORDE = AUSTRALIAN-born ENGLISH = = Music Hall Singer = |
Born: FLORENCE MARY FLANNAGAN 16 August 1875 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA | Died: 18 April 1940 Aberdeen, SCOTLAND |
64 | |
 LUISA TETRAZZINI = ITALIAN = = Coloratura Soprano = |
Born: 29 June 1871 Florence, ITALY | Died: 28 April 1940 Milan, ITALY |
68 | |
 ANDREY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV = RUSSIAN = = Musicologist = |
Born: ANDREY NIKOLAYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 17 October 1878 | Died: 23 May 1940 |
61 | |
 FREDERICK CONVERSE = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: FREDERICK SHEPHERD CONVERSE 5 January 1871 Newton, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 8 June 1940 Westwood, Massachusetts, USA |
69 | |
 JEHAN ALAIN = FRENCH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: JEHAN ARISTE ALAIN 3 February 1911 Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the western suburbs of Paris, FRANCE | Died: 20 June 1940 Saumur, FRANCE |
29 | Killed in Action |
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Sir DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY = BRITISH = = Musical Analyst, Musicologist, Writer on Music = = Composer, Conductor and Pianist = |
Born: 17 July 1875 | Died: 10 July 1940 Edinburgh, SCOTLAND |
64 | |
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JOHNNY DODDS = AMERICAN = = New Orleans based = = Jazz Clarinetist and Alto Saxophonist = |
Born: 12 April 1892 Waveland, Mississippi, USA | Died: 8 August 1940 Chicago, USA |
48 | Heart Attack |
 ALESSANDRO BONCI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 10 February 1870 Cesena, Romagna, ITALY | Died: 10 August 1940 Viserba, Rimini, ITALY |
70 | |
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PAUL JUON = RUSSIAN-born SWISS = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 6 March 1872 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 21 August 1940 Vevey, SWITZERLAND |
68 | |
 ARTHUR DE GREEF = BELGIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 10 October 1862 Louvain, BELGIUM | Died: 29 August 1940 |
77 | |
 GIULIO GATTI-CASAZZA = ITALIAN = = Opera Manager = = Director of the Metropolitan Opera = |
Born: 3 February 1869 Udine, ITALY | Died: 2 September 1940 Ferrara, ITALY |
71 | |
 WALTER KOLLO = GERMAN = = Composer of Operettas = = Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele = = as well as Popular Songs = = He was also a conductor and a music publisher = |
Born: 28 January 1878 Neidenburg, East Prussia, GERMANY | Died: 30 September 1940 Berlin, GERMANY |
62 | |
 SILVESTRE REVUELTAS = MEXICAN = = Composer of Classical Music = = a Violinist and a Conductor = |
Born: SILVESTRE REVUELTAS SÁNCHEZ 31 December 1899 Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, MEXICO | Died: 5 October 1940 Mexico City, MEXICO |
40 | Pneumonia |
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IVAR F. ANDRESEN = NORWEGIAN = = Operatic Bass = |
Born: IVAR FRITHIOF ANDRESEN 27 July 1896 | Died: 6 November 1940 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
44 | |
 ALEJANDRO GARCÍA CATURLA = CUBAN = = Composer = |
Born: 7 March 1906 Remedios, CUBA | Died: 12 November 1940 |
34 | Murdered |
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JORGE BRAVO DE RUEDA = PERUVIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 13 September 1895 Chancay, PERU | Died: 22 November 1940 Rímac District of Lima, PERU |
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BILLY JONES = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM REESE JONES 15 March 1889 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 23 November 1940 New York City, New York, USA |
51 | |
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WALBORG LAGERWALL = SWEDISH = = Cellist = |
Born: WALBORG CONCORDIA MARIA LAGERWALL 8 August 1851 | Died: 3 December 1940 |
89 | |
 JAN KUBELÍK = CZECH = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 5 July 1880 Michle (now part of Prague), CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 5 December 1940 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
60 | |
 BLANCHE MARCHESI = FRENCH = = Mezzo-Soprano and Voice Teacher = |
Born: 4 April 1863 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 15 December 1940 |
77 | |
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WILLIAM WALLACE = SCOTTISH = = Composer and Writer = |
Born: 3 July 1860 Greenock, SCOTLAND | Died: 16 December 1940 |
80 | |
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HAL KEMP = AMERICAN = = Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Bandleader, Composer, and Arranger = |
Born: JAMES HAL KEMP 27 March 1904 Marion, Alabama, USA | Died: 21 December 1940 Madera, California, USA |
36 | Complications following car accident |
 BILLY HILL = AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Violinist, and Pianist = |
Born: WILLIAM JOSEPH HILL 14 July 1899 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 24 December 1940 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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RUDY CONCEPCIÓN = FILIPINO = = Actor and Singer = |
Born: RODOLFO JOAQUÍN CONCEPCIÓN 1915 PHILIPPINES | Died: 1940 PHILIPPINES |
25 | Peptic Ulcer |
 MARGUERITE UGALDE = FRENCH = = Operatic Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: MARIE VARCOLLIER 1862 | Died: 1940 |
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