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JOHANNA BEYER = GERMAN-AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: JOHANNA MAGDALENA BEYER 11 July 1888 Leipzig, GERMANY | Died: 9 January 1944 New York, New York, USA |
55 | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease |
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CARL AESCHBACHER = SWISS = = Choirmaster and Composer = |
Born: 31 March 1886 Bümpliz, Bern, SWITZERLAND | Died: 29 January 1944 Zürich, SWITZERLAND |
57 | |
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YVETTE GUILBERT = FRENCH = = Cabaret Singer and Actress = |
Born: EMMA LAURE ESTHER GUILBERT 20 January 1865 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 3 February 1944 Aix-en-Provence, FRANCE |
79 | |
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LINA CAVALIERI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano, Actress, and Monologist = |
Born: NATALINA CAVALIERI 25 December 1874 Rieti, KINGDOM OF ITALY | Died: 8 February 1944 Firenze, KINGDOM OF ITALY |
69 | Bombing Raid |
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ALMA ROSÉ = AUSTRIAN of JEWISH descent = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 3 November 1906 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 5 April 1944 Auschwitz concentration camp, POLAND |
37 | Food Poisoning or Typhoid at Auschwitz concentration camp |
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CECILE CHAMINADE = FRENCH = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: CÉCILE LOUISE STÉPHANIE CHAMINADE 8 August 1857 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 13 April 1944 Monte Carlo, MONACO |
86 | |
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JIMMIE NOONE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Clarinetist and Bandleader = |
Born: 23 April 1895 Stanton Plantation, Cut Off, Louisiana, USA | Died: 19 April 1944 Los Angeles, California, USA |
48 | Heart Attack |
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MARION HARRIS = AMERICAN = = Popular Singer = |
Born: MARY ELLEN HARRISON 4 April 1896 Indiana, USA | Died: 23 April 1944 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
48 | Hotel Fire that started when she fell asleep while smoking in bed |
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Dame ETHEL SMYTH = ENGLISH = = Composer = = and a member of the women's suffrage movement = |
Born: ETHEL MARY SMYTH 23 April 1858 Sidcup, Kent, ENGLAND | Died: 8 May 1944 Woking, Surrey, ENGLAND |
86 | |
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LEONE SINIGAGLIA = ITALIAN = = Composer and Mountaineer = |
Born: 14 August 1868 Turin, ITALY | Died: 16 May 1944 Turin, ITALY |
75 | Heart Attack |
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VINCENT ROSE = ITALIAN-born AMERICAN = = Violinist, Pianist, Composer, and Bandleader = |
Born: VINCENZO CACIOPPO 13 June 1880 Palermo, ITALY | Died: 20 May 1944 Rockville Centre, New York, USA |
63 | |
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ZIKMUND SCHUL = GERMAN JEWISH = = Composer = |
Born: 11 January 1916 Chemnitz, GERMANY | Died: 2 June 1944 Theresienstadt concentration camp in the garrison city of Terezín, located in GERMAN-occupied CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
28 | Tuberculosis |
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RICCARDO ZANDONAI = ITALIAN = = Opera Composer = |
Born: 28 May 1883 Borgo Sacco, Rovereto, ITALY (then part of AUSTRIA-HUNGARY) | Died: 5 June 1944 Trebbiantico, Pesaro, ITALY |
61 | After undergoing gallstone surgery |
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SYLVIO LAZZARI = FRENCH of AUSTRIAN origin = = Composer = |
Born: JOSEF FORTUNAT SILVESTER LAZZARI 30 December 1857 Bolzano, South Tyrol, ITALY | Died: 10 June 1944 Suresnes, FRANCE |
86 | |
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LUCHA REYES = MEXICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: MARÍA DE LA LUZ FLORES ACEVES 23 May 1906 Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEXICO | Died: 25 June 1944 Mexico City, MEXICO |
38 | Suicide "acute intoxication" caused by an "unknown substance", which was believed to be barbiturates |
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ALICE BURVILLE = ENGLISH = = Soprano and Actress = |
Born: ALICE JULIA BURVILLE 11 July 1856 Stepney, London ENGLAND | Died: 4 July 1944 Littlehampton, ENGLAND |
87 | |
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ASMAHAN = SYRIAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: AMAL AL-ATRASH 25 November 1912 Mediteranean Sea | Died: 14 July 1944 Mansoura, EGYPT |
31 | Drowned |
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WILL MARION COOK = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: WILLIAM MERCER COOK 27 January 1869 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 19 July 1944 Washington, D.C., USA |
75 | |
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CECIL MACK = AMERICAN = = Composer, Lyricist and Music Publisher = |
Born: RICHARD CECIL McPHERSON 6 November 1873 Portsmouth, Virginia, USA | Died: 1 August 1944 New York, New York, USA |
70 | |
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AGUSTÍN BARRIOS = PARAGUAYAN = = Virtuoso Classical Guitarist and Composer = |
Born: AGUSTÍN PÍO BARRIOS (also known as AGUSTÍN BARRIOS MANGORÉ and NITSUGA (Agustin spelled backwards) MANGORÉ 5 May 1885 San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, PARAGUAY | Died: 7 August 1944 San Salvador, EL SALVADOR |
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AINO ACKTÉ = FINNISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: AINO ACHTE 23 April 1876 Helsinki, FINLAND | Died: 8 August 1944 Vihti, FINLAND |
68 | |
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Sir HENRY WOOD = ENGLISH = = Conductor = best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour as the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts", although they continued to be generally referred to as "the Proms". |
Born: HENRY JOSEPH WOOD 3 March 1869 Oxford Street, London, ENGLAND | Died: 19 August 1944 Hitchin Hospital in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND |
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CARLO SIGMUND TAUBE = AUSTRIAN = = Pianist, Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 4 July 1897 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN province of Galicia | Died: 1 October 1944 Auschwitz concentration camp, POLAND |
47 | Killed at Auschwitz concentration camp |
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JAMES SIMON = GERMAN = = Pianist, Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 29 September 1880 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 12/14 October 1944 Auschwitz concentration camp, POLAND |
64 | Killed at Auschwitz concentration camp |
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HANS KRÁSA = CZECH = = Composer = |
Born: 30 November 1899 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 17 October 1944 Auschwitz concentration camp, POLAND |
44 | Gassed in Auschwitz concentration camp |
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CARL FLESCH = HUNGARIAN = = Violinist and Teacher = |
Born: 9 October 1873 Moson (now part of Mosonmagyaróvár) in HUNGARY | Died: 14 November 1944 Lucerne, SWITZERLAND |
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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS = AMERICAN = = Socialite and Amateur Soprano = who was known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability |
Born: NARCISSA FLORENCE FOSTER 19 July 1868 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 26 November 1944 Manhattan, New York City, USA |
76 | |
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MARGARETE DESSOFF = GERMAN = = Choral Conductor, Singer and Voice Teacher = |
Born: EMMA MARGARETE "GRETCHEN" DESSOFF 11 June 1874 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 27 November 1944 Locarno, SWITZERLAND |
70 | |
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ANTOINE MARIOTTE = FRENCH = = Conductor, Composer and Music Administrator = |
Born: 22 December 1875 Avignon (Vaucluse) FRANCE | Died: 30 November 1944 Izieux, (Loire) FRANCE |
68 | |
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JOSEF LHÉVINNE = RUSSIAN = = Pianist and Piano Teacher = |
Born: JOSEPH ARKADIEVICH LEVIN 13 December 1874 Oryol, RUSSIA | Died: 2 December 1944 New York City, USA |
69 | Heart Attack |
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JOHNNY MARVIN = AMERICAN = = Singer & Songwriter = |
Born: JOHN SENATOR MARVIN 11 July 1897 Butler, Oklahoma Territory, USA | Died: 10 December 1944 North Hollywood, California, USA |
47 | |
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GLENN MILLER = AMERICAN = = Trombonist, Composer and Bandleader = |
Born: 1 March 1904 Clarinda, IA, USA | Died: 15 December 1944 in English Channel |
40 | Plane Disappeared (missing in action) |
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AMY BEACH = AMERICAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH 5 September 1867 Henniker, New Hampshire, USA | Died: 27 December 1944 New York City, USA |
77 | Heart Disease |
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