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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 FRANK BRIDGE = ENGLISH = = Composer, Violist and Conductor = |
Born: 26 February 1879 Brighton, ENGLAND | Died: 10 January 1941 |
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DOBRI HRISTOV = BULGARIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 14 December 1875 Varna, BULGARIA | Died: 23 January 1941 Sofia, BULGARIA |
65 | |
 BLIND BOY FULLER = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitarist and Singer = |
Born: FULTON ALLEN 10 July 1907 Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA | Died: 13 February 1941 Durham, North Carolina, USA |
33 | Pyemia due to an infected bladder, gastrointestinal tract and perineum, plus kidney failure |
 GUIDO ADLER = BOHEMIAN-AUSTRIAN = = Musicologist and Writer = |
Born: 1 November 1855 Ivančice (Eibenschütz), MORAVIA | Died: 15 February 1941 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
85 | |
 Sir HAMILTON HARTY = IRISH = = Composer, Conductor, Pianist and Organist = |
Born: Sir (HERBERT) HAMILTON HARTY 4 December 1879 Hillsborough, County Down, IRELAND | Died: 19 February 1941 Hove, Brighton, ENGLAND |
61 | |
 LA BOLDUC = QUÉBÉCOIS = = Singer = |
Born: MARY ROSE-ANNA BOLDUC, née TRAVERS 4 June 1894 Newport, Quebec, CANADA | Died: 20 February 1941 Montreal, Quebec, CANADA |
46 | Cancer |
 Sir HENRY WALFORD DAVIES = ENGLISH = = Composer, Conductor and Educator = |
Born: 6 September 1869 Oswestry, Shropshire, ENGLAND | Died: 11 March 1941 Wrington, near Bristol, ENGLAND |
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ERNST DÉCSEY = AUSTRIAN = = Author and Music Critic = |
Born: 13 April 1870 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 12 March 1941 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
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WASSILY SAPELLNIKOFF = RUSSIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 2 November 1867 Odessa, Ukraine, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 17 March 1941 San Remo, ITALY |
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OSKAR BAUM = CZECH = = Music Teacher and Writer = |
Born: 21 January 1883 Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 20 March 1941 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
58 | |
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PRIMO RICCITELLI = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 9 August 1875 village of Cognoli, Campli in the Abruzzo Region of ITALY | Died: 27 March 1941 Giulianova, ITALY |
65 | |
 HENRY BURR = CANADIAN = = Singer of Popular Songs = |
Born: HARRY HALEY MCCLASKEY 15 January 1882 St. Stephen, New Brunswick, CANADA | Died: 6 April 1941 Chicago, USA |
59 | |
 AL BOWLLY = MOZAMBICAN-born SOUTH AFRICAN/BRITISH = = Singer, Songwriter, Composer and Band Leader = |
Born: ALBERT ALLICK BOWLLY 7 January 1898 Lourenço Marques, PORTUGUESE MOZAMBIQUE | Died: 17 April 1941 London, England, UK |
43 | Killed by a Luftwaffe parachute mine that detonated outside his flat later that evening |
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JOHANNA MÜLLER-HERMANN = AUSTRIAN = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 15 January 1878 | Died: 19 April 1941 |
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AGUSTÍN BARDI = ARGENTINE = = Tango Composer, Pianist and Violinist = |
Born: 13 August 1884 Las Flores district of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA | Died: 21 April 1941 Bernal, ARGENTINA |
56 | Heart Attack |
 JULIA CLAUSSEN = SWEDISH = = Operatic Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: 11 June 1879 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Died: 1 May 1941 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
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HOWARD JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Song Lyricist = |
Born: 2 June 1887 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA | Died: 1 May 1941 New York City, New York, USA |
53 | |
 MILKA TERNINA = CROATIAN = = Dramatic Soprano = |
Born: MILKA TERNINA (née KATARINA MILKA TRNINA) 19 December 1863 Vezišće (part of Križ), CROATIA | Died: 18 May 1941 Zagreb, CROATIA |
77 | |
 SLAVKO OSTERC = SLOVENIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 17 June 1895 Veržej, SLOVENIA | Died: 23 May 1941 Ljubljana Conservatory, SLOVENIA |
75 | |
 JOHAN WAGENAAR = DUTCH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 1 November 1862 Utrecht, NETHERLANDS | Died: 17 June 1941 Den Haag, NETHERLANDS |
78 | |
 IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI = POLISH = = Pianist and Composer = = former Prime Minister of Poland = |
Born: 6 November 1860 Kuryłówka, Podolia, POLAND | Died: 29 June 1941 New York City, USA |
80 | |
 OSKAR FRIED = GERMAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 1 August 1871 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 5 July 1941 Moscow, RUSSIA |
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 PHILIPPE GAUBERT = FRENCH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 5 July 1879 Cahors, Southwest FRANCE | Died: 8 July 1941 Paris, FRANCE |
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 JELLY ROLL MORTON = AMERICAN = = Ragtime and early Jazz Pianist, Bandleader and Composer = |
Born: FERDINAND JOSEPH LAMOTHE 20 October 1890 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 10 July 1941 Los Angeles, California, USA |
50 | Asthma |
 HUGO BECKER = GERMAN = = Cellist, Cello Teacher, and Composer = |
Born: JEAN OTTO ERIC HUGO BECKER 13 February 1863 Strasbourg, FRANCE | Died: 30 July 1941 |
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 JOHN COATES = ENGLISH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 29 June 1865 Girlington, Bradford, ENGLAND | Died: 16 August 1941 Northwood, London, ENGLAND |
76 | |
 ENRIQUE SABORIDO = URUGUAYAN = = Tango Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 1877 Montevideo, URUGUAY | Died: 19 September 1941 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
64 | |
 GUS KAHN = AMERICAN = = Lyric Writer = |
Born: GUSTAV GERSON KAHN 6 November 1886 Koblenz, GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 8 October 1941 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
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 HELEN MORGAN = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: HELEN RIGGINS 2 August 1900 Danville, Illinois, USA | Died: 9 October 1941 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
41 | Cirrhosis of the Liver |
 FÉLIX MAYOL = FRENCH = = Singer and Entertainer = |
Born: 18 November 1872 Toulon, FRANCE | Died: 26 October 1941 |
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 VICTOR SCHERTZINGER = AMERICAN = = Violinist, Conductor, Composer, Songwriter, = = Film Director, Film Producer, and Screenwriter = |
Born: VICTOR L. SCHERTZINGER 8 April 1888 Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 26 October 1941 Hollywood, California, USA |
53 | Heart Attack |
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LEON "CHU" BERRY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist = |
Born: LEON BROWN BERRY 13 September 1908 Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Died: 30 October 1941 Conneaut, Ohio, USA |
33 | Car Accident |
 MIINA HÄRMA = ESTONIAN = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 9 February 1864 Kõrveküla, ESTONIA (then Governorate of Estonia, RUSSIAN EMPIRE) | Died: 16 November 1941 Tartu, ESTONIA (then part of Reichskommissariat Ostland, Nazi GERMANY) |
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HENRI CHRISTINÉ = FRENCH of SWISS birth = = Composer = |
Born: HENRI MARIUS CHRISTINÉ 27 December 1867 Geneva, SWITZERLAND | Died: 25 November 1941 Nice, FRANCE |
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GENNARO PAPI = ITALIAN = = Opera Conductor = |
Born: 21 December 1886 Naples, ITALY | Died: 29 November 1941 Naples, ITALY |
54 | |
 CHRISTIAN SINDING = NORWEGIAN = = Composer = |
Born: CHRISTIAN AUGUST SINDING 11 January 1856 Kongsberg, NORWAY | Died: 3 December 1941 Oslo, NORWAY |
85 | |
 PEETIE WHEATSTRAW = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM BUNCH 21 December 1902 either Ripley, Tennessee or Cotton Plant, Arkansas, USA | Died: 21 December 1941 St Louis, Missouri, USA |
39 | Car Accident |
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JURGIS KARNAVIČIUS = LITHUANIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 23 April 1884 Kaunas, LITHUANIA | Died: 22 December 1941 |
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 SIEGFRIED ALKAN = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 30 March 1858 Dillingen, Saarland, GERMANY | Died: 24 December 1941 |
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WILLIAM H. POTSTOCK = GERMAN AMERICAN = = Musician, Music Teacher and Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM HERMAN POTSTOCK 1872 NORTHERN GERMANY | Died: 1941 Chicago, USA |
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