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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
Alexander Chuhaldin
ALEXANDER CHUHALDIN
= RUSSIAN =
= Violinist, Conductor, Composer, and Music Educator =
Born: ALEXANDER GREGOROVITCH CHUHALDIN
27 August 1892
Vladikavkaz, RUSSIA
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Died:
20 January 1951
Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA
58  
Frehel
FRÉHEL
= FRENCH =
= Singer and Actress =
Born: MARGUERITE BOULC'H
13 July 1891
Paris, FRANCE
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Died:
3 February 1951
Pigalle, Paris, FRANCE
59  
Eddy Duchin
EDDY DUCHIN
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist and Bandleader =
Born: EDWIN FRANK DUCHIN
1 April 1909
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Died:
9 February 1951
Manhattan, New York City, USA
41 Leukaemia
HOWARD BROCKWAY
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: HOWARD A. BROCKWAY
22 November 1870
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Died:
20 February 1951
New York, USA
80  
GIANNINA RUSS
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
27 March 1873
Lodi, ITALY
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Died:
28 February 1951
Milan, ITALY
77  
LEO SINGER
= AUSTRIAN AMERICAN =
= Vaudeville Impresario =
Born: LEOPOLD VON SINGER
3 May 1877
Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
5 March 1951
New York City, New York, USA
73  
Ivor Novello
IVOR NOVELLO
= WELSH =
= Operetta Composer and Entertainer =
Born: DAVID IVOR DAVIES
15 January 1893
Cardiff, Glamorgan, WALES
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Died:
6 March 1951
London, ENGLAND
58 Coronary Thrombosis
Harold Bauer
HAROLD BAUER
= BRITISH =
= Pianist and Violinist =
Born: HAROLD VICTOR BAUER
28 April 1873
Kingston, ENGLAND
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Died:
12 March 1951
Miami, Florida, USA
77  
Sid Catlett
SID CATLETT
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Drummer =
Born: SIDNEY CATLETT
17 January 1910
Evansville, Indiana USA
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Died:
25 March 1951
Chicago, Illinois, USA
41 Heart Attack
Olive Fremstad
OLIVE FREMSTAD
= SWEDISH-AMERICAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: ANNA OLIVIA RUNDQUIST
14 March 1871
Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Died:
21 April 1951
Irvington, New York, USA
80  
Fanny Brice
FANNY BRICE
= AMERICAN =
= Illustrated Song Model, Comedian, Singer, Theater and Film Actress =
Born: FANIA BORACH
29 October 1891
New York City, New York, USA
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Died:
29 May 1951
Hollywood, California, USA
59 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER
= CZECH =
= Classical Composer =
Born:
30 December 1859
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Died:
29 May 1951
Nový Vestec, CZECH REPUBLIC
91  
ROBERT KAHN
= GERMAN =
= Composer, Pianist and Music Teacher =
Born:
21 July 1865
Mannheim, GERMANY
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Died:
29 May 1951
85  
Serge Koussevitzky
SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY
= RUSSIAN-born =
= Double-Bassist, Conductor and Composer =
Born: SERGE ALEXANDROVICH KOUSSEVITZKY
26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1874
Vyshny Volochyok, Tver Governorate
(present-day Tver Oblast), RUSSIA
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Died:
4 June 1951
Boston, USA
76  
Frank Ferera
FRANK FERERA
= HAWAIIAN =
= Musician =
Born: FRANK FERREIRA
12 June 1885
Honolulu, Oahu, HAWAII
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Died:
26 June 1951
66 Complications following a Stroke
GIANNINA ARANGI-LOMBARDI
= ITALIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
20 June 1891
Marigliano, ITALY
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Died:
9 July 1951
Milan, ITALY
60  
EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
= AMERICAN =
= Songwriter and Pianist =
Born: EGBERT ANSON VAN ALSTYNE
4 March 1878
Marengo, Illinois, USA
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Died:
9 July 1951
Chicago, USA
73  
Joergen Bentzon
JØRGEN BENTZON
= DANISH =
= Composer =
Born: JØRGEN LIEBENBERG BENTZON
14 February 1897

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Died:
9 July 1951
54  
Arnold Schoenberg
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
= JEWISH AUSTRIAN =
= Composer, Music Theorist, and Painter =
Born:
13 September 1874
Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Died:
13 July 1951
AMERICA
76  
Artur Schnabel
ARTUR SCHNABEL
= AUSTRIAN =
= Pianist, Composer and Teacher =
Born:
17 April 1882
Lipnik (Kunzendorf) near Bielitz, Galicia,
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
(today a part of Bielsko-Biała, POLAND)
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Died:
15 August 1951
Axenstein, SWITZERLAND
69  
Constant Lambert
CONSTANT LAMBERT
= BRITISH =
= Composer, Conductor and Author =
Born: LEOPOLD CONSTANT LAMBERT
23 August 1905
Fulham, London, ENGLAND
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Died:
21 August 1951
London, ENGLAND
45 Pneumonia and Undiagnosed Diabetes
Leo Sheffield
LEO SHEFFIELD
= ENGLISH =
= Singer and Actor =
= in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company =
Born: ARTHUR LEO WILSON
15 November 1873
Malton, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
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Died:
3 September 1951
Kingsbury, London, ENGLAND
77  
Fritz Busch
FRITZ BUSCH
= GERMAN =
= Conductor =
Born:
13 March 1890
Siegen, Province of Westphalia, GERMANY
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Died:
14 September 1951
London, ENGLAND
61  
JIMMY YANCEY
= AFRICAN-AMERICAN =
= Boogie-Woogie Pianist, Composer, and Lyricist =
Born: JAMES EDWARDS YANCEY
20 February 1894 or 1901
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Died:
17 September 1951
Chicago, Illinois, USA
50 or 57 Diabetes-Induced Stroke
OSCAR NATZKA
= NEW ZEALAND =
= Operatic Singer =
Born: FRANZ OSCAR NATZKE
15 June 1912
Wharepuhunga, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
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Died:
4 November 1951
New York City, New York, USA
39  
Sigmund Romberg
SIGMUND ROMBERG
= AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN =
= Composer =
Born: SIEGMUND ROSENBERG
29 July 1887
Gross-Kanizsa (Hungarian: Nagykanizsa)
during the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN kaiserlich und königlich
(Imperial and Royal) monarchy period
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Died:
9 November 1951
New York City, New York, USA
64 Stroke
CÉSAR VEZZANI
= FRENCH/CORSICAN =
= Operatic Tenor =
Born:
8 August 1888
Bastia, Corsica, FRANCE
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Died:
11 November 1951
Marseille, FRANCE
63  
Nikolai Medtner
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
= RUSSIAN =
= Pianist and Composer =
Born: NIKOLAI KARLOVICH MEDTNER
5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879]
Moscow, RUSSIA
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Died:
13 November 1951
London, ENGLAND
71  
EDWARD JOSEPH COLLINS
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist, Conductor and Composer =
Born:
10 November 1886
Joliet, Illinois, USA
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Died:
1 December 1951
65  
VIC BERTON
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Drummer =
Born: VICTOR COHEN
7 May 1896
Chicago, USA
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Died:
26 December 1951
Hollywood, USA
55 Lung Cancer
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET
= SPANISH =
= Catalan Operatic Soprano =
Born:
1871

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Died:
1951
80  
MARGOT COLLIS
= IRISH =
= Actress, Poet and Singer =
Born: MARGUERITE RUDDOCK
1907

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Died:
1951
44  
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