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MICHAEL COLEMAN = IRISH = = Fiddle Player = |
Born: 31 January 1891 Knockgrania, near Ballymote, County Sligo, IRELAND | Died: 4 January 1945 New York, New York, USA |
53 | |
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MALCOLM McEACHERN = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Bass Singer = |
Born: WALTER MALCOLM NEIL McEACHERN 1 April 1883 Albury, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA | Died: 17 January 1945 London, ENGLAND |
61 | After an operation for cancer of the oesophagus |
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VOLGA HAYWORTH = AMERICAN = = Dancer and Vaudevillian = |
Born: VOLGA MARGARET HAYWORTH 8 August 1897 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 25 January 1945 Santa Monica, California, USA |
47 | Undisclosed Causes |
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HERBERT L. CLARKE = AMERICAN = = Cornet Player, Feature Soloist, Bandmaster, and Composer = |
Born: HERBERT LINCOLN CLARKE 12 September 1867 Woburn, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 30 January 1945 Long Beach, California, USA |
77 | |
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DAVID BEIGELMAN = POLISH = = Violinist, Orchestra Leader, and Composer = |
Born: 1887 Ostrovtse, Radomir gubernie, POLAND | Died: February 1945 Auschwitz, POLAND |
58 | |
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ALDO FINZI = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 4 February 1897 Milan, ITALY | Died: 7 February 1945 |
48 | |
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AL DUBIN = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: ALEXANDER DUBIN 10 June 1891 Zürich, SWITZERLAND | Died: 11 February 1945 New York City, New York, USA |
53 | |
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MÁRIO DE ANDRADE = BRAZILIAN = = Poet, Novelist, Musicologist, Art Historian, Critic and Photographer = |
Born: MÁRIO RAUL DE MORAIS ANDRADE 9 October 1893 São Paulo, BRAZIL | Died: 25 February 1945 São Paulo, BRAZIL |
51 | |
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JOSEPH FOURNIER DE BELLEVAL = FRENCH CANADIAN = = Operatic Baritone, Singing Teacher and Retailer = |
Born: 1892 Quebec City, CANADA | Died: March 1945 |
53 | |
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LEMIRE = FRENCH = = Composer = |
Born: 8 June 1867 Colmar, Haut-Rhin, FRANCE | Died: 2 March 1945 La Flèche, FRANCE |
77 | |
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BLANCHE ARRAL = BELGIAN = = Operatic Coloratura Soprano = |
Born: CLARA LARDINOIS 10 October 1864 Liège, BELGIUM | Died: 3 March 1945 Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA |
80 | |
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RAFFAELLO SQUARISE = ITALIAN = = Violinist, Teacher, Conductor, and Composer = |
Born: 13 November 1856 Vicenza, ITALY | Died: 15 April 1945 Roxburgh, Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND |
88 | |
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ALOIS BURGSTALLER = GERMAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 21 September 1872 Holzkirchen, GERMANY | Died: 19 April 1945 St. Quirin, municipality Gmund, at the Tegernsee, GERMANY |
72 | |
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TEDDY WEATHERFORD = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: 11 October 1903 Pocahontas, Virginia, USA | Died: 25 April 1945 Calcutta, INDIA |
41 | Cholera |
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DEZSO ANTALFFY-ZSIROSS = HUNGARIAN = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 25 July 1885 Nagybecskerek, HUNGARY | Died: 29 April 1945 Denville, New Jersey, USA |
59 | |
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GUSTAVE HUBERDEAU = FRENCH = = Operatic Bass-Baritone = |
Born: 10 May 1874 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 31 May 1945 Paris, FRANCE |
71 | |
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NIKOLAI TCHEREPNIN = RUSSIAN = = Composer, Pianist, and Conductor = |
Born: NIKOLAI NIKOLAYEVICH TCHEREPNIN 15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1873 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA | Died: 26 June 1945 |
72 | |
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JONNY HEYKENS = DUTCH = = Composer and Orchestra Leader = |
Born: 24 September 1884 Groningen, NETHERLANDS | Died: 28 June 1945 Hilversum, NETHERLANDS |
60 | |
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ROSINA STORCHIO = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 19 January 1872 Venice, ITALY | Died: 24 July 1945 Milan, ITALY |
73 | |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: PIETRO ANTONIO STEFANO MASCAGNI 7 December 1863 Livorno, Tuscany, ITALY | Died: 2 August 1945 Rome, ITALY |
81 | |
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EMIL VON REZNICEK = AUSTRIAN of CZECH ancestry = = Composer = |
Born: EMIL NIKOLAUS JOSEPH or FREIHERR VON REZNICEK 4 May 1860 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 2 August 1945 Berlin, GERMANY |
85 | |
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CARL WILHELM KERN = AMERICAN = = Composer, Pianist, Theorist, and Editor = |
Born: 4 June 1874 Schlitz, Hesse-Darmstadt, GERMANY | Died: 19 August 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
71 | |
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LEO BORCHARD = GERMAN-RUSSIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: LEW LJEWITSCH BORCHARD 31 March 1899 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 23 August 1945 |
46 | Shot |
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ELSA STRALIA = AUSTRALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: ELSIE MARY FISCHER 1 March 1881 Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA | Died: 31 August 1945 Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA |
64 | |
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LEO RICH LEWIS = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 11 February 1865 | Died: 8 September 1945 |
80 | |
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ANTON WEBERN = AUSTRIAN = = Composer = |
Born: ANTON FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON WEBERN 3 December 1883 Vienna, then AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 15 September 1945 AUSTRIA |
61 | Shot by an American Army Soldier |
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JOHN McCORMACK = IRISH = = Tenor = |
Born: JOHN FRANCIS, Count McCORMACK 14 June 1884 Athlone, IRELAND | Died: 16 September 1945 Booterstown, Dublin, IRELAND |
61 | |
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BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Gospel Singer and Guitarist = |
Born: 25 January 1897 Independence, Texas, USA | Died: 18 September 1945 Beaumont, Texas, USA |
48 | Pneumonia |
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JULIUS KORNGOLD = AUSTRIAN = = Music Critic = |
Born: 24 December 1860 | Died: 25 September 1945 |
84 | |
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BÉLA BARTÓK = HUNGARIAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: BÉLA VIKTOR JÁNOS BARTÓK 25 March 1881 Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 26 September 1945 New York City, USA |
64 | Complications of Leukemia |
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JAMES V. MONACO = ITALIAN-born AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: JAMES VINCENT MONACO 13 January 1885 Formia, ITALY | Died: 16 October 1945 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
60 | |
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ALESSANDRO LONGO = ITALIAN = = Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 31 December 1864 Amantea, ITALY | Died: 3 November 1945 Naples, ITALY |
80 | |
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GUS EDWARDS = PRUSSIAN-born AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Entertainer and Producer = |
Born: GUS SIMON 18 August 1879 Hohensalza (Inowrocław), GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 7 November 1945 |
66 | |
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JEROME KERN = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: JEROME DAVID KERN 27 January 1885 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 11 November 1945 Manhattan, New York, USA |
60 | Cerebral Haemorrhage |
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LEANDRO BISIACH = ITALIAN = = Violin Maker = |
Born: 1864 Casale Monferrato, ITALY | Died: 1 December 1945 Venegono Superiore near Varese, ITALY |
81 | |
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ADELINA STEHLE = AUSTRIAN-born ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 30 June 1860 Graz, AUSTRIA | Died: 24 December 1945 Milan, ITALY |
85 | |
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VIKTOR SELYAVIN = RUSSIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: VIKTOR ALEKSEYEVICH SELYAVIN 1875 | Died: 1945 |
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