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On this day, May 19th

Born:

• Alice Mary Smith, English composer, in 1839.
• Johnny Alf, Brazilian composer, in 1929. Born Alfredo Jose da Silva, Alf was considerd to be one of the fathers of the Bossa Nova.
• Mary Alice Smith, English composer, in 1839.
• Gabriele Prota, Italian composer, in 1755.
• Sandy Wilson, English composer, in 1924.

Died:

• Coleman Hawkins, American composer, in 1969.
• Henry F. Gilbert, American composer, in 1928.
• Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American composer, in 1935.
• Charles Ives, American composer, in 1954.
• Herrmann Hirschbach, German composer, in 1888.

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