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 EUGEN COCA = MOLDOVAN = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 15 April 1893 Soroca District, MOLDOVA | Died: 9 January 1954 Chișinău, MOLDOVA |
60 | |
 OSCAR STRAUS = AUSTRIAN = = Viennese Operetta Composer = |
Born: OSCAR NATHAN STRAUS 6 March 1870 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 11 January 1954 Bad Ischl, AUSTRIA |
83 | |
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PER REIDARSON = NORWEGIAN = = Composer and Music Critic = |
Born: 27 May 1879 Grimstad, NORWAY | Died: 21 January 1954 Bergen, NORWAY |
74 | |
 NOEL GAY = ENGLISH = = Songwriter = |
Born: REGINALD MOXON ARMITAGE 15 July 1898 Wakefield, Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 4 March 1954 London, ENGLAND |
55 | |
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FRANKIE NEWTON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: WILLIAM FRANK NEWTON 4 January 1906 Emory, Virginia, USA | Died: 11 March 1954 |
48 | |
 WALTER BRAUNFELS = GERMAN = = Composer, Pianist and Music Educator = |
Born: 19 December 1882 Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY | Died: 19 March 1954 Köln, GERMANY |
71 | |
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CARL FISCHER = AMERICAN = = Composer and Jazz Pianist = |
Born: CARL THEODORE FISCHER 9 April 1912 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 27 March 1954 Sherman Oaks, California, USA |
41 | |
 CLAUDE DELVINCOURT = FRENCH = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 12 January 1888 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 5 April 1954 Orbetello, ITALY |
66 | From injuries he incurred in a car accident on a road in Orbetello, Italy |
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EDWIN GRASSE = AMERICAN = = Violinist, Organist and Composer = |
Born: 13 August 1884 New York City, USA | Died: 8 April 1954 New York City, USA |
69 | |
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PHILIP GREELEY CLAPP = AMERICAN = = Educator, Conductor, Pianist, and Composer = |
Born: 4 August 1888 | Died: 9 April 1954 |
65 | |
 PAUL SPECHT = AMERICAN = = Violnist and Bandleader = |
Born: 24 March 1895 Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 11 April 1954 New York City, USA |
59 | |
 LIL GREEN = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: LILLIAN GREEN, or LILLIE MAY JOHNSON 22 December 1919 or 1910, or 1901 Port Gibson, Mississippi, USA | Died: 14 April 1954 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
34 or 40 | Pneumonia |
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TORSTEN RALF = SWEDISH = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 2 January 1901 Malmö, SWEDEN | Died: 17 April 1954 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
53 | |
 ARTHUR JOHNSTON = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 10 January 1898 New York City, USA | Died: 1 May 1954 Corona del Mar, California, USA |
56 | |
 CHARLES IVES = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: CHARLES EDWARD IVES 20 October 1874 Danbury, Connecticut, USA | Died: 19 May 1954 New York, USA |
79 | |
 LINDA LEE THOMAS = AMERICAN = = Socialite and wife of Cole Porter = |
Born: 17 November 1883 | Died: 20 May 1954 Waldorf Towers, New York, USA |
70 | Emphysema |
 PEDRO ELÍAS GUTIÉRREZ = VENEZUELAN = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 14 March 1870 La Guaira, VENEZUELA | Died: 31 May 1954 Macuto, VENEZUELA |
84 | |
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DANNY CEDRONE = AMERICAN = = Guitarist, Bandleader = = Session Guitarist = = (soloist on "Rock Around the Clock") = |
Born: DONATO JOSEPH CEDRONE 20 June 1920 Jamesville, New York, USA | Died: 17 June 1954 |
33 | Fell Downstairs |
 LUCIEN MURATORE = FRENCH = = Operatic Tenor and Actor = |
Born: 29 August 1876 Marseille, FRANCE | Died: 16 July 1954 Paris, FRANCE |
77 | |
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PHIL OHMAN = AMERICAN = = Film Composer and Pianist = |
Born: FILLMORE WELLINGTON OHMAN 7 October 1896 New Britain, Connecticut, USA | Died: 8 August 1954 Santa Monica, California, USA |
57 | |
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D. C. DOUNIS = GREEK = = Violin Teacher = |
Born: DEMETRIUS CONSTANTINE DOUNIS c. 1886 to 1894 Athens, GREECE | Died: 13 August 1954 |
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 BILLY MURRAY = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM THOMAS MURRAY 25 May 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 17 August 1954 Jones Beach, New York, USA |
77 | Heart Attack |
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PEPITO ARRIOLA = SPANISH = = Child Prodigy Pianist = = and eventual Master Violinist = |
Born: JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ CARBALLEIRA 14 December 1896 Ferrol, SPAIN | Died: 24 October 1954 |
57 | |
 FRANCO ALFANO = ITALIAN = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: 8 March 1875 Posillipo, Naples, ITALY | Died: 27 October 1954 Sanremo, ITALY |
79 | |
 J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Composer and Singer = |
Born: JOHN ROSAMOND JOHNSON 11 August 1873 | Died: 11 November 1954 |
81 | |
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DINK JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: OLLIE JOHNSON 28 October 1892 Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | Died: 29 November 1954 Portland, Oregon, USA |
62 | |
 WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER = GERMAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: GUSTAV HEINRICH ERNST MARTIN WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER 25 January 1886 Schöneberg (now a district/borough of Berlin) GERMANY | Died: 30 November 1954 |
68 | |
 FRED ROSE = AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Music Publisher = |
Born: 24 August 1897 Indiana, USA | Died: 1 December 1954 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
57 | |
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SERGEI PROTOPOPOV = RUSSIAN = = Composer and Music Theorist = |
Born: SERGEI VLADIMIROVICH PROTOPOPOV 2 April [O.S. 21 March] 1893 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 14 December 1954 Moscow, RUSSIA |
61 | |
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PAPA CELESTIN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: OSCAR CELESTIN 1 January 1884 Napoleonville, Louisiana, USA | Died: 15 December 1954 |
70 | |
 ROSARIO SCALERO = ITALIAN = = Violinist, Teacher and Composer = |
Born: NATALE ROSARIO SCALERO 24 December 1870 Moncalieri, ITALY | Died: 25 December 1954 Ivrea, ITALY |
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