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MIDGE WILLIAMS = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Swing and Jazz Vocalist = |
Born: VIRGINIA LOUISE WILLIAMS 27 May 1915 Oregon, USA | Died: 9 January 1952 AMERICA |
36 | Tuberculosis |
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ARTUR KAPP = ESTONIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 28 February 1878 Suure-Jaani, ESTONIA | Died: 14 January 1952 Suure-Jaani, ESTONIA |
73 | |
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RENÉ VOISIN = FRENCH = = Trumpeter = |
Born: RENÉ LOUIS GABRIEL VOISIN 19 November 1893 Angers, FRANCE | Died: 16 January 1952 |
58 | |
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ARTHUR FARWELL = AMERICAN = = Composer, Conductor, Educationalist, Lithographer, = = Esoteric Savant, and Music Publisher = |
Born: 23 March 1872 St Paul, Minnesota, USA | Died: 20 January 1952 |
79 | |
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ALFRED EINSTEIN = GERMAN-AMERICAN = = Musicologist and Music Editor = |
Born: 30 December 1880 Munich, GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 13 February 1952 El Cerrito, California, USA |
71 | |
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GEORGETTE HARVEY = AMERICAN = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: 1882 St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Died: 17 February 1952 New York City, New York, USA |
69 | |
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PERCY WENRICH = AMERICAN = = Composer of Ragtime and Popular Music = |
Born: 23 January 1887 Joplin, Missouri, USA | Died: 17 March 1952 New York City, New York, USA |
65 | |
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UNCLE DAVE MACON = AMERICAN = = Old-Time Banjo Player, Singer, Songwriter, and Comedian = |
Born: DAVID HARRISON MACON 7 October 1870 Smartt Station, Tennessee, USA | Died: 22 March 1952 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA |
81 | |
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ELISABETH SCHUMANN = GERMAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 13 June 1888 Merseburg, GERMANY | Died: 23 April 1952 |
63 | |
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ITALO MONTEMEZZI = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 31 May or 4 August 1875 Vigasio, near Verona, ITALY | Died: 15 May 1952 Vigasio, near Verona, ITALY |
76 | |
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GEORG SCHUMANN = GERMAN = = Composer and Director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin = |
Born: 25 October 1866 Königstein, GERMANY | Died: 23 May 1952 |
85 | |
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ADOLF BUSCH = GERMAN-SWISS = = Violinist, Conductor, and Composer = |
Born: ADOLF GEORG WILHELM BUSCH 8 August 1891 Siegen in Westphalia, GERMANY | Died: 9 June 1952 |
60 | |
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EMMA EAMES = AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 13 August 1865 Shanghai, CHINA | Died: 13 June 1952 Manhattan, New York, USA |
86 | |
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JOHN KIRBY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: JOHN KIRK 31 December 1908 Winchester, Virginia, USA | Died: 14 June 1952 Hollywood, California, USA |
43 | |
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LUKE JORDAN = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitarist and Vocalist = |
Born: 28 January 1892 Lynchburg, Virginia or Bluefield, West Virginia, USA | Died: 25 June 1952 Lynchburg, Virginia, USA |
60 | |
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HENRIËTTE HILDA BOSMANS = DUTCH = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: 6 December 1895 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS | Died: 2 July 1952 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS |
56 | |
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RUED LANGGAARD = DANISH = = Composer and Organist = |
Born: RUD IMMANUEL LANGGAARD 28 July 1893 Copenhagen, DENMARK | Died: 10 July 1952 Ribe, DENMARK |
58 | |
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GERTRUDE LAWRENCE = ENGLISH = = Actress, Singer, Dancer and Musical Comedy Performer = |
Born: GERTRUDE ALICE DAGMAR KLASEN, ALEXANDRE DAGMAR LAWRENCE-KLASEN, GERTRUDE ALEXANDRA DAGMAR KLASEN (or some variant; sources differ) 4 July 1898 London, ENGLAND | Died: 6 September 1952 New York City, USA |
54 | |
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VESTA TILLEY = ENGLISH = = Music Hall Entertainer = |
Born: MATILDA ALICE POWLES 13 May 1864 Commandery Street, Worcester, ENGLAND | Died: 16 September 1952 London, ENGLAND |
88 | |
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FRANCES ALDA = NEW ZEALAND-born AUSTRALIAN-raised = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: FANNY JANE DAVIS 31 May 1879 Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND | Died: 18 September 1952 Venice, ITALY |
73 | Stroke (some sources cite cerebral hemorrhage) |
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NAT D. AYER = AMERICAN = = Composer, Pianist, Singer and Actor = |
Born: NATHANIEL DAVIS 5 August 1887 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 19 September 1952 Bath, ENGLAND |
65 | |
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SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ = RUSSIAN UKRAINIAN POLISH AUSTRIAN = = Romantic Composer and Pianist = |
Born: SERGEI EDUARDOVICH BORTKIEWICZ 28 February 1877 Kharkiv, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (in present-day UKRAINE) | Died: 25 October 1952 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
75 | |
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HATTIE McDANIEL = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Actress, Singer-Songwriter, and Comedian = |
Born: 10 June 1895 Wichita, Kansas, USA | Died: 26 October 1952 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
57 | Breast Cancer |
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DIXIE LEE = AMERICAN = = Singer, Dancer and Actress, = = first wife of Bing Crosby = |
Born: WILMA WINIFRED WYATT 4 November 1911 Harriman, Tennessee, USA | Died: 1 November 1952 Los Angeles, California, USA |
40 | Ovarian Cancer |
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MAX ADLER = AMERICAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 12 May 1866 Elgin, Illinois, USA | Died: 4 November 1952 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA |
86 | |
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CHARLES PENROSE = ENGLISH = = Music Hall and Theatre Performer, = = and later Radio Comedian = |
Born: CHARLES PENROSE DUNBAR CAWSE 11 November 1873 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 17 November 1952 Kensington, London, ENGLAND |
79 | |
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PAUL BREISACH = AUSTRIAN-born = = Conductor = |
Born: 3 June 1896 | Died: 26 December 1952 AMERICA |
56 | |
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FLETCHER HENDERSON = AMERICAN = = Pianist, Bandleader, Arranger and Composer, = = important in the development of big band jazz and swing music = |
Born: JAMES FLETCHER HAMILTON HENDERSON, Jr. 18 December 1897 Cuthbert, Georgia, USA | Died: 29 December 1952 New York City, New York, USA |
55 | |
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WILLIE BROWN = AMERICAN = = Blues Guitar Player and Vocalist = |
Born: WILLIE LEE BROWN 6 August 1900 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA | Died: 30 December 1952 Tunica, Mississippi, USA |
52 | |
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NAKAYAMA SHIMPEI = JAPANESE = = Songwriter = |
Born: 22 March 1887 | Died: 30 December 1952 |
75 | |
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TRYPHOSA BATES-BATCHELLER = AMERICAN = = Socialite, Club Woman and Concert Singer = |
Born: TRYPHOSA DUNCAN BATES 14 April 1876 North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 1952 |
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