Friday, November 14, 2008

14th November........Passed Away

1831: Ignaz Pleyel (74) Austrian-born French composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer

1944: Carl Flesch (71) Hungarian violinist,teacher; He published a number of instructional books, including the 1923 'Die Kunst des Violin-Spiels' (he died in Lucerne)

1946: Manuel de Falla (69) Spanish composer

1947: Joseph Allard () French Canadian fiddler

1968: Hilton Jefferson (65) banjoist, jazz alto sax; working for the big bands of Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Duke Ellington (?)

1992: Theodore Riley (68) jazz trumpet player and bandleader; worked with Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, The Dookie Chase Orchestra, Roy Brown's Band, The Olympia Brass Band, The Williams Brass Band, and The Royal Brass Band ()

2004: Gene Anthony Ray (41) actor, dancer, singer; 'Leroy' in the film & TV's Fame (stroke/aids)

2004: Michel Colombier (65) French composer

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