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 RICHARD TAUBER = AUSTRIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 16 May 1891 Linz, AUSTRIA | Died: 8 January 1948 London, ENGLAND |
56 | Lung Cancer |
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JACK GUTHRIE = AMERICAN = = Musician and Songwriter = |
Born: LEON JERRY GUTHRIE 13 November 1915 Olive, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 15 January 1948 Livermore, California, USA |
32 | Tuberculosis |
 ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI = ITALIAN = = Composer of Comic Operas and Teacher = |
Born: ERMANNO WOLF 12 January 1876 Venice, ITALY | Died: 21 January 1948 Venice, ITALY |
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 IGNAZ FRIEDMAN = POLISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: SOLOMON ISAAC FREUDMAN 13 February 1882 Podgórze, Kraków, AUSTRIAN POLAND | Died: 26 January 1948 Sidney, AUSTRALIA |
65 | |
 FREDERIC LAMOND = SCOTTISH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: FREDERIC ARCHIBALD LAMOND 28 January 1868 Glasgow, SCOTLAND | Died: 21 February 1948 Stirling, SCOTLAND |
80 | |
 CARLOS LÓPEZ BUCHARDO = ARGENTINE = = Composer = |
Born: CARLOS FÉLIX LÓPEZ BUCHARDO 12 October 1881 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA | Died: 21 April 1948 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
66 | |
 MANUEL MARÍA PONCE = MEXICAN = = Composer, Music Educator and Scholar of Mexican Music = |
Born: MANUEL MARÍA PONCE CUÉLLAR 8 December 1882 Fresnillo, Zacatecas, MEXICO | Died: 24 April 1948 Mexico City, MEXICO |
65 | |
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FRITZ CROME = DANISH = = Composer and Music Writer = |
Born: 6 May 1879 | Died: 25 April 1948 |
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 OLGA SAMAROFF = AMERICAN = = Pianist, Music Critic, and Teacher = |
Born: LUCY MARY OLGA AGNES HICKENLOOPER 8 August 1880 San Antonio, Texas, USA | Died: 17 May 1948 New York, USA |
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DAVID EVANS = WELSH = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 6 February 1874 Resolven, Glamorgan, WALES | Died: 17 May 1948 Rhosllannerchrugog, WALES |
74 | |
 JOSÉ VIANNA DA MOTTA = PORTUGUESE = = Pianist, Teacher and Composer = |
Born: 22 April 1868 São Tomé Island, A PORTUGUESE TERRITORY | Died: 1 June 1948 Lisbon, PORTUGAL |
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HENRIK LUND = GREENLANDIC = = Lyricist, Painter and Priest = |
Born: HENNING JAKOB HENRIK LUND 29 September 1875 Nanortalik, GREENLAND | Died: 17 June 1948 Narssaq, GREENLAND |
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 BERYL WALLACE = AMERICAN = = Singer, Dancer and Actress = |
Born: BERYL HEISCHUBER c. 1909 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 17 June 1948 Aristes, Pennsylvania, USA |
Plane Crash | |
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GEORGE TEMPLETON STRONG = AMERICAN = = Composer of Classical Music = = and a Professional Painter = |
Born: 26 May 1856 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 27 June 1948 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
92 | |
 LUCILLE BOGAN = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: LUCILLE ANDERSON 1 April 1897 Amory, Mississippi, USA | Died: 10 August 1948 Los Angeles, California, USA |
51 | Coronary Sclerosis |
 EMMY HENNINGS = GERMAN = = Performer and Poet = |
Born: EMMA MARIA CORDSEN 17 January 1885 Flensburg, GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 10 August 1948 Sorengo-Lugano, SWITZERLAND |
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 ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN = AMERICAN = = Silent Film and Stage Actress = |
Born: 16 June 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 13 August 1948 Tijuana, MEXICO |
51 | Car Accident |
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DAVID JOHN DE LLOYD = WELSH = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 30 April 1883 Skewen, WALES | Died: 20 August 1948 |
65 | |
 MUTT CAREY = AMERICAN = = New Orleans Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: THOMAS CAREY 17 September 1891 Hahnville, Louisiana, USA | Died: 3 September 1948 Lake Elsinore, California, USA |
56 | |
 RUPERT D'OYLY CARTE = ENGLISH = = Hotelier, Theatre Owner and Impresario = = best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company = = and Savoy Hotel = |
Born: 3 November 1876 Hampstead, London, ENGLAND | Died: 12 September 1948 Savoy Hotel, London, ENGLAND |
71 | After a Brief Illness |
 VERNON DALHART = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: MARION TRY SLAUGHTER 6 April 1883 Jefferson, Texas, USA | Died: 14 September 1948 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
65 | |
 MARY EATON = AMERICAN = = Stage Actress, Singer and Dancer = |
Born: 29 January 1901 Norfolk, Virginia, USA | Died: 10 October 1948 Hollywood, California, USA |
47 | Cirrhosis of the Liver |
 FRANZ LEHÁR = AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 30 April 1870 Komárom, Kingdom of HUNGARY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now Komárno, SLOVAKIA) | Died: 24 October 1948 Bad Ischl, near Salzburg, AUSTRIA |
78 | |
 BORIS FOMIN = SOVIET RUSSIAN = = Musician and Composer = = who specialized in the Russian romance = |
Born: BORIS IVANOVICH FOMIN 12 April 1900 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 25 October 1948 Moscow, USSR |
48 | |
 UMBERTO GIORDANO = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: UMBERTO MENOTTI MARIA GIORDANO 28 August 1867 Foggia, Apulia, ITALY | Died: 12 November 1948 Milan, ITALY |
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CHANO POZO = CUBAN = = Jazz Percussionist, Singer, Dancer and Composer = |
Born: LUCIANO POZO GONZÁLEZ 7 January 1915 Havana, CUBA | Died: 2 December 1948 in the El Rio Bar at 111th St and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA |
33 | Murdered Shot by local bookie named Eusebio "Cabito" Munoz. Pozo had accused Cabito of selling him poor quality marijuana and Cabito retaliated. |
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KERRY MILLS = AMERICAN = = Violinist and = = Composer of Popular Music during the Tin Pan Alley era = |
Born: FREDERICK ALLEN MILLS 1 February 1869 Philadelphia, USA | Died: 5 December 1948 Hawthorne, California, USA |
79 | |
 R. O. MORRIS = BRITISH = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: REGINALD OWEN MORRIS 3 March 1886 York, ENGLAND | Died: 14 December 1948 London, ENGLAND |
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WILLIAM ARMS FISHER = AMERICAN = = Composer, Music Historian and Writer = |
Born: 27 April 1861 San Francisco, California, USA | Died: 18 December 1948 Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
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 DONALD BRIAN = CANADIAN = = Actor, Dancer and Singer = |
Born: 17 February 1877 St. Johns, Newfoundland, CANADA | Died: 22 December 1948 Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA |
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