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GERTIE GITANA = BRITISH = = Music Hall Entertainer = |
Born: GERTRUDE MARY ASTBURY 27 December 1887 Stoke-on-Trent, ENGLAND | Died: January 1957 Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, ENGLAND |
69 | Cancer |
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ARTURO TOSCANINI = ITALIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 25 March 1867 Parma, ITALY | Died: 16 January 1957 Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City, USA |
89 | |
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GEORGE GIRARD = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: 7 October 1930 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA | Died: 18 January 1957 New Orleans, USA |
26 | Colon Cancer |
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RUDOLPH RETI = SERBIAN = = Pianist, Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 27 November 1885 Užice in the KINGDOM OF SERBIA | Died: 7 February 1957 Montclair, New Jersey, USA |
71 | |
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JOSEF CASIMIR HOFMANN = POLISH AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: JÓZEF KAZIMIERZ HOFMANN 20 January 1876 Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GALICIA (present-day POLAND) | Died: 16 February 1957 Los Angeles, USA |
81 | Pneumonia |
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"KLONDIKE KATE" = AMERICAN = = Vaudeville Performer = |
Born: KATHLEEN ELOISE ROCKWELL 1873 Kansas, USA | Died: 21 February 1957 Sweet Home, Oregon, USA |
84 | |
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OTHMAR SCHOECK = SWISS = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 1 September 1886 Brunnen, SWITZERLAND | Died: 8 March 1957 |
70 | |
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LENA ASHWELL = BRITISH = = Forces Entertainer = |
Born: LENA MARGARET POCOCK 28 September 1872 | Died: 13 March 1957 |
84 | |
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CARSON ROBISON = AMERICAN = = Country Music Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: CARSON JAY ROBISON 4 August 1890 Oswego, Kansas, USA | Died: 24 March 1957 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA |
66 | |
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PEDRO INFANTE = MEXICAN = = Actor and Singer = |
Born: PEDRO INFANTE CRUZ 18 November 1917 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, MÉXICO | Died: 15 April 1957 Mérida, Yucatán, MEXICO |
39 | Air Crash |
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TADEUSZ KASSERN = POLISH = = Composer = |
Born: TADEUSZ ZYGFRYD KASSERN 19 March 1904 Lviv, UKRAINE | Died: 2 May 1957 |
53 | Cancer |
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EZIO PINZA = ITALIAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: FORTUNIO PINZA 18 May 1892 Rome, ITALY | Died: 9 May 1957 Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
64 | |
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MARIE RAPPOLD = GERMAN-born AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: MARIE WINTERRATH 17 August 1872 Barmen, GERMANY | Died: 12 May 1957 Victory Hospital in North Hollywood, California, USA |
84 | |
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FRANCES DENSMORE = AMERICAN = = Anthropologist and Ethnomusicologist = |
Born: FRANCES THERESA DENSMORE 21 May 1867 Red Wing, Minnesota, USA | Died: 5 June 1957 |
90 | |
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KULYASH BAISEITOVA = SOVIET KAZAKH = = Opera Singer = |
Born: 1912 Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN | Died: 6 June 1957 Moscow, RUSSIA |
52 | |
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JIMMY DORSEY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician and Big Band Leader = |
Born: JAMES DORSEY 29 February 1904 Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 12 June 1957 New York City, New York, USA. |
53 | Cancer |
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HISKI SALOMAA = FINNISH-AMERICAN = = Folk Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: HISKIAS MÖTTÖ 17 May 1891 Kangasniemi, FINLAND | Died: 7 July 1957 New York City, USA |
66 | |
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ALEXANDER GOEDICKE = RUSSIAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDER FYODOROVICH GOEDICKE 4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1877 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 9 July 1957 Moscow, RUSSIA |
80 | |
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SERGE CHALOFF = AMERICAN = = Saxophonist = |
Born: 24 November 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 16 July 1957 |
33 | Cancer |
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ERIK TUXEN = DANISH = = Conductor, Composer and Arranger = |
Born: ERIK OLUF TUXEN 4 July 1902 | Died: 28 August 1957 |
55 | |
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DENNIS BRAIN = BRITISH = = Horn Virtuoso = |
Born: 17 May 1921 London, ENGLAND | Died: 1 September 1957 London, ENGLAND |
36 | In Unexplained Car Accident |
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PETAR STOJANOVIC = SERBIAN = = Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 7 September 1877 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 11 September 1957 Belgrade, SERBIA |
80 | |
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JEAN SIBELIUS = FINNISH = = Composer = |
Born: JOHAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUS 8 December 1865 Hämeenlinna in the Grand Duchy of FINLAND | Died: 20 September 1957 Ainola, FINLAND |
91 | Brain Haemorrhage |
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NATANAEL BERG = SWEDISH = = Composer = |
Born: CARL NATANAEL REXROTH-BERG 9 February 1879 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Died: 14 October 1957 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
78 | |
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JACK BUCHANAN = SCOTTISH = = Singer, Dancer, Actor and Director = |
Born: WALTER JOHN BUCHANAN 2 April 1890 Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, SCOTLAND | Died: 20 October 1957 London, ENGLAND |
66 | |
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ABE LYMAN = AMERICAN = = Bandleader, Composer and Drummer = |
Born: ABRAHAM SIMON 4 August 1897 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 23 October 1957 Los Angeles, California, USA |
60 | |
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JOSEPH CANTELOUBE = FRENCH = = Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE DE MALARET 21 October 1879 Annonay, FRANCE | Died: 4 November 1957 Grigny, FRANCE |
78 | |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD = AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 29 May 1897 Brünn, Moravia, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (present-day Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC) | Died: 29 November 1957 Los Angeles, California, USA |
60 | |
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BENIAMINO GIGLI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 20 March 1890 Recanati, in the Marche, ITALY | Died: 30 November 1957 Rome, ITALY |
67 |
ABOLHASAN SABA = IRANIAN-AZERI, AZERBAIJANI = = Musician, Composer, Violinist, and Setar Player = |
Born: ABOL HASAN SABA 15 April 1902 Tehran, IRAN | Died: 19 December 1957 |
55 |
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WALTER PAGE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: WALTER SYLVESTER PAGE 9 February 1900 Gallatin, Missouri, USA | Died: 20 December 1957 New York, New York, USA |
57 | Pneumonia |
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ERIC COATES = ENGLISH = = Composer and Viola Player = |
Born: ERIC FRANCIS HARRISON COATES 27 August 1886 Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND | Died: 21 December 1957 Chichester, ENGLAND |
71 | |
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IVAN ZORMAN = SLOVENE = = Poet and Composer = |
Born: 1885 | Died: 1957 |
72 |
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