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William Baines

British composer and pianist
Person human Q4019928

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
March 26, 1899
Date of death
November 6, 1922
Place of birth
Horbury
Place of death
York
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[8]
Occupation
composer, pianist, musician
Genre
symphony[10]
Cause of death
tuberculosis[11]
Given name
William[12]
Instrument
piano[15]
Manner of death
natural causes[14]
Medical condition
tuberculosis[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Baines
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000051527495
VIAF cluster ID
45356202
Library of Congress authority ID
n85170513
GND ID
128521066
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
William Baines.jpg ↗
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
8569
British Music Collection composer ID
william-baines
DAHR artist ID
302569
Europeana entity
agent/base/43738
FAST ID
174244
Freebase ID
/m/0h52hwg
Grove Music Online ID
01806
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IMSLP ID
Category:Baines,_William
Libraries Australia ID
53040659
Libris-URI
wt79bb5f16kmmwn
LiederNet author ID
14999
LiederNet composer ID
14999
MusicBrainz artist ID
3a838e41-860f-4e74-90b0-a79b1a5d94eb
Musicalics composer ID
81532
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000000300
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2013758653
NLA Trove people ID
1532633
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000553259
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007285259205171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
095476563
Obálky knih ID
mzk2013758653
OpenMLOL author ID
52209
Polish Music Library PBM ID
baines-william
Prabook ID
1747434
Project Gutenberg author ID
31868
RERO ID (legacy)
A002961438
RILM ID
8869
SELIBR ID
213973
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
673
UK National Archives ID
F41554
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcKFvJdWCfrycYh7RMQMP
Yale LUX ID
person/cf076bb3-fc66-42be-a934-b6d7bfa5fef9

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Occupation 2
composer, pianist
Cause of death 1
tuberculosis
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Genre 1
symphony
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Medical condition 1
tuberculosis
Place of birth 1
Horbury
Place of death 1
York
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Baines was born on March 26, 1899[1], in Horbury[2]. He died on November 6, 1922[3], in York[4]. He worked as a composer[5], pianist[6], and musician[7].

FAQs

Where was William Baines born?

William Baines was born in Horbury[2].

Where did William Baines die?

William Baines passed away in York[4].

What did William Baines do for work?

William Baines worked as a composer[5], pianist[6], and musician[7].

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . imslp.org. Retrieved . imslp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . International Music Score Library Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Medical condition → tuberculosis
    Given name → William
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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