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Ernest Ball

American musician (1878–1927)
Person Human Q1566974

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
July 22, 1878
Date of death
May 3, 1927
Place of birth
Cleveland
Place of death
Santa Ana
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, composer, songwriter
Spouse
Maude Lambert, Jessie Mae Jewitt[9][10]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[19]
Family name
Ball[14]
Given name
Ernest, Roland[15][16]
Has works in the collection
Givens Collection of African American Literature[18]
Instrument
piano[17]
Place of burial
Lake View Cemetery[8]
Record label
Columbia Records[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ernest Ball en Ernest Roland Ball en Ernest R. Ball ar إرنست بال cs Roland E. Llab de Ernest Roland Ball fa ارنست بال fr Ernest R. Ball fr Ernest Roland Ball ru Эрнест Болл
🔖 Identifiers · 64
ISNI
0000000105391985
VIAF cluster ID
88802942
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no96051481
GND ID
1062690184
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ernest Ball.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1801380
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/51421
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13940958r
CANTIC ID
981060711929006706
CPDL ID
Ernest Ball
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1005675
CiNii Research ID
1140282266705950720
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Classical Archives composer ID
28107
DAHR artist ID
110352
DDB person (GND) ID
1062690184
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1062690184
Discogs artist ID
740344
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History ID
b/ball-ernest-r
FAST ID
381561
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
FamilySearch person ID
LHFN-3DM
Find a Grave memorial ID
1300
Freebase ID
/m/09kkzg
Geni profile ID
6000000017602395219
Grove Music Online ID
A2234240
HAND ID
7BDF-7780-946A-6BF1-2E8F
Historical picture postcards University of Osnabrück ID
ernest_roland_ball
Hyperion Records person ID
C794
IMDb ID
nm0050368
IMSLP ID
Category:Ball,_Ernest_Roland
Internet Broadway Database person ID
381258
J9U entity ID
987007395556505171
KBR person ID
14671541
Kinobox person ID
1430157
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
5730, 2482
LiederNet composer ID
7128
MusicBrainz artist ID
1fa2f756-833c-4367-b2b2-70f214da29b3
Musicalics composer ID
92440
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000313790
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13787499
NL CR AUT ID
pna2013741305
NLA Trove people ID
1156698
NLP ID
a0000001901685
NNDB people ID
349/000205731
NUKAT ID
n2013011815
National Library of Latvia ID
000112485
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810675788705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX900814
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
305064622
Obálky knih ID
pna2013741305
Open Library ID
OL7113107A
OpenMLOL author ID
117068, 250756
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095443159
Parsifal cluster ID
580221
Prabook ID
2424473
RISM ID
people/30022550
SBN author ID
MUSV004018
SNAC ARK ID
w6t445bq
Songwriters Hall of Fame ID
206, Ernest_Ball
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
693
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/197642
WikiTree person ID
Ball-19543
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJc3DDb9T7C9D8tRrhtYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/ca9c15b2-ad4d-4650-88a9-ce6d5ace6af1

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 4
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Mother Machree, Mother Machree
Given name 2
Roland, Ernest
Occupation 2
composer, singer-songwriter
Compositions 1
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Ball
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Place of birth 1
Cleveland
Place of burial 1
Lake View Cemetery
Place of death 1
Santa Ana
Record label 1
Columbia Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Relative 1
Ernie Ball
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Summary

Ernest Ball was born on July 22, 1878[1], in Cleveland[2]. He died on May 3, 1927[3], in Santa Ana[4]. He worked as a singer-songwriter[5], composer[6], and songwriter[7].

FAQs

Where was Ernest Ball born?

Ernest Ball's place of birth was Cleveland[2].

Where did Ernest Ball die?

Ernest Ball died in Santa Ana[4].

Who was Ernest Ball married to?

Ernest Ball's spouses include Maude Lambert[9] and Jessie Mae Jewitt[10].

What did Ernest Ball do for work?

Ernest Ball worked as a singer-songwriter[5], composer[6], and songwriter[7].

Related Entities

Columbia Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . primo.lib.umn.edu. primo.lib.umn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65777: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 7BDF-7780-946A-6BF1-2E8F
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 7BDF-7780-946A-6BF1-2E8F, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787260485834"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vatican Library VcBA ID → 495/197642
    "Created claim: Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/197642, batch #260994"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, composer, songwriter
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31724: import P21 and P106 from GND (18)"
  5. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Instance of → human
    Family name → Ball
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981060711929006706, batch #257590"
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