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KANSAS JOE McCOY = AMERICAN = = Delta Blues Musician and Songwriter = |
Born: WILBUR JOE McCOY 11 May 1905 Raymond, Mississippi, USA | Died: 28 January 1950 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
44 | |
 ARMEN TIGRANIAN = ARMENIAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: ARMEN TIGRANI TIGRANIAN or TIGRANYAN or DIKRANIAN 26 December 1879 Alexandropol, in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE (present-day Gyumri, ARMENIA) | Died: 10 February 1950 Tbilisi, GEORGIA |
70 | |
 Sir HARRY LAUDER = SCOTTISH = = Music Hall & Vaudeville Theatre Singer & Comedian = = and a substantial Landowner = |
Born: HENRY LAUDER 4 August 1870 Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | Died: 26 February 1950 Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK |
79 | |
 E. A. COUTURIER = AMERICAN = = Cornet Virtuoso, Composer, = = Inventor and Instrument Manufacturer = |
Born: ERNST ALBERT COUTURIER 30 September 1869 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA | Died: 28 February 1950 Wingdale, New York, USA |
80 | |
 KATE CARNEY = ENGLISH = = Singer and Comedian = |
Born: CATHERINE M. PATTINSON 1869 Southwark, London, ENGLAND | Died: March 1950 Wandsworth, London, ENGLAND |
80 | |
 JAROSLAV KOCIÁN = CZECH = = Violinist, Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 22 February 1883 | Died: 8 March 1950 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC |
67 | |
 ADOLF WIKLUND = SWEDISH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 5 June 1879 Långserud, Värmland, SWEDEN | Died: 2 April 1950 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
70 | |
 KURT WEILL = GERMAN-AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: KURT JULIAN WEILL 2 March 1900 | Died: 3 April 1950 New York City, New York, USA |
50 | Heart Attack |
 VASLAV NIJINSKY = RUSSIAN of POLISH descent = = Ballet Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: WACŁAW NIŻYŃSKI 12 March 1889 Kiev, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (now UKRAINE) | Died: 8 April 1950 London, ENGLAND |
61 | |
 GEMMA BELLINCIONI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: MATILDA CESIRA 18 August 1864 Monza, ITALY | Died: 23 April 1950 Naples, ITALY |
85 | |
 BERTHA "CHIPPIE" HILL = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Vaudeville Performer = |
Born: BERTHA HILL 15 March 1905 Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Died: 7 May 1950 New York City, New York, USA |
45 | Run over by a car |
 PAULINE DE AHNA = GERMAN = = Operatic Soprano = = and wife of composer Richard Strauss = |
Born: PAULINE MARIA DE AHNA 4 February 1863 Ingolstadt, GERMANY | Died: 13 May 1950 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY |
87 | |
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JOE BURKE = AMERICAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: JOSEPH A. BURKE 18 March 1884 Philadelphia, USA | Died: 9 June 1950 Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA |
66 | |
 ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA = RUSSIAN = = Lyric Coloratura Soprano = |
Born: ANTONINA VASILIEVNA NEZHDANOVA 16 June [O.S. 4 June] 1873 Kryva Balka, near Odessa, UKRAINE, then in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 26 June 1950 Moscow, RUSSIA |
77 | |
 ÉMILE JAQUES-DALCROZE = SWISS = = Composer, Musician = = and Music Educator who developed Dalcroze Eurhythmics, = = a method of learning and experiencing music through movement = |
Born: ÉMILE HENRI JAQUES 6 July 1865 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 1 July 1950 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
84 | |
 FATS NAVARRO = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: THEODORE NAVARRO 24 September 1923 Key West, Florida, USA | Died: 6 July 1950 New York City, New York, USA |
26 | |
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BUDDY DE SYLVA = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: GEORGE GARD DeSYLVA 27 January 1895 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 11 July 1950 Los Angeles, California, USA |
55 | |
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PAPA CHARLIE McCOY = AMERICAN = = Delta Blues Musician and Songwriter = |
Born: CHARLES McCOY 26 May 1909 Jackson, Mississippi, USA | Died: 26 July 1950 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
41 | Paralytic Brain Disease |
 GUILHERMINA SUGGIA = PORTUGUESE = = Cellist = |
Born: GUILHERMINA AUGUSTA XAVIER DE MEDIM SUGGIA CARTEADO MENA 27 June 1885 Porto, PORTUGAL | Died: 30 July 1950 Porto, PORTUGAL |
65 | Cancer |
 GEORG HØEBERG = DANISH = = Violinist, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: GEORG VALDEMAR HØEBERG 27 December 1872 Copenhagen, DENMARK | Died: 3 August 1950 Vedbaek, DENMARK |
77 | |
 NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY = RUSSIAN SOVIET of POLISH birth = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: NIKOLAI YAKOVLEVICH MYASKOVSKY or MIASKOVSKY or MIASKOWSKY 20 April [O.S. 8 April] 1881 Modlin Fortress, near Warsaw, CONGRESS POLAND, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 8 August 1950 |
69 | Cancer |
 GIUSEPPE DE LUCA = ITALIAN = = Operatic Baritone = |
Born: 25 December 1876 Rome, ITALY | Died: 26 August 1950 New York City, New York, USA |
73 | |
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AL KILLIAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter and Bandleader = |
Born: ALBERT H. KILLIAN 15 October 1916 Birmingham, Alabama, USA | Died: 5 September 1950 Los Angeles, California, USA |
33 | murdered, in a case of mistaken identity, by his landlord |
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EMIL VOTOČEK = CZECH = = Chemist, Composer and Music Theorist = |
Born: 5 October 1872 Hostinné, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 11 October 1950 Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
78 | |
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CLÉMENT DOUCET = BELGIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: LÉON CLÉMENT DOUCET 9 April 1895 Brussels, BELGIUM | Died: 15 October 1950 Brussels, BELGIUM |
55 | |
 AL JOLSON = AMERICAN = = Singer, Film Actor and Comedian = |
Born: ASA YOELSON 26 May 1886 Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (present-day LITHUANIA) | Died: 23 October 1950 San Francisco, California, USA |
64 | Heart Attack |
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EVELYN SUART = ENGLISH = = Pianist and = = a President of the Society of Women Musicians = |
Born: 30 April 1881 Sindapore, INDIA | Died: 26 October 1950 London, ENGLAND |
69 | |
 FRANCESCO CILEA = ITALIAN = = Opera Composer = |
Born: 23 July 1866 Palmi, ITALY | Died: 20 November 1950 Varazze, ITALY |
84 | |
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PERCIVAL MACKEY = BRITISH = = Pianist, Composer and Bandleader = |
Born: THOMAS PERCIVAL MONTAGUE MACKEY 1 June 1894 London, ENGLAND | Died: 23 November 1950 Edgware, Middlesex, ENGLAND |
56 | |
 DINU LIPATTI = ROMANIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 19 March 1917 Bucharest, KINGDOM OF ROMANIA | Died: 2 December 1950 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
33 | Hodgkin's Disease |
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GEORG HANN = AUSTRIAN = = Operatic Bass-Baritone = |
Born: 30 January 1897 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 9 December 1950 Munich, GERMANY |
53 | |
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JULIUS WEISMANN = GERMAN = = Pianist, Conductor, and Composer = |
Born: 26 December 1879 Freiburg im Breisgau, GERMANY | Died: 22 December 1950 Singen am Hohentweil, Lake Constance, GERMANY |
70 | |
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BEN BLACK = ENGLISH = = Songwriter and Impresario = |
Born: 11 December 1889 Dudley, ENGLAND | Died: 26 December 1950 |
61 | |
 CHARLES KOECHLIN = FRENCH = = Composer, Teacher and Writer on Music = |
Born: CHARLES LOUIS EUGÈNE KOECHLIN 27 November 1867 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 31 December 1950 Le Canadel, Var, FRANCE |
83 | |
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JAIME DE ANGULO = SPANISH = = Linguist, Novelist, and Ethnomusicologist in the western United States = |
Born: 1887 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 1950 |
62-63 | |
 AUGUSTE ARAMINI = FRENCH-born CANADIAN = = Singer = |
Born: 1875 Agen, FRANCE | Died: 1950 |
75 | |
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EDOUARD ESPINOSA = RUSSIAN-born BRITISH = = Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher = = Co-founder and Principal Examiner of the Association of Operatic Dancing = |
Born: 1871 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 1950 |
79 | |
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CENOBIO HERNANDEZ = MEXICAN-AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 1863 San Luis Potosi, MEXICO | Died: 1950 San Antonio, Texas, USA |
87 | |
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GEORGES MAGER = FRENCH = = Musician = = and principal trumpet with the = = Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1919 until his death in 1950 = |
Born: GEORGES C. MAGER 1885 FRANCE | Died: 1950 |
65 | |
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RAY PERRY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Violinist and Saxophonist = |
Born: 25 February 1915 | Died: 1950 |
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