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Nobs, Claude, 1936-2013

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Personal name headingNobs, Claude, 1936-2013
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Birth date19360208
Death date20130110
Place of birthMontreux, Switzerland
Place of deathLausanne, Switzerland
Field of activityJazz festivals Music festivals
AffiliationMontreux Jazz Festival
Profession or occupationImpresario
Found inThe Montreux dream [VR] 2006: container (Claude Nobs)
French Wikipedia, Feb. 5, 2007 (Claude Nobs; b. Feb. 8, 1936, Territet, Switzerland; founder and director of the Montreux Jazz Festival)
New York times WWW site, Jan. 14, 2013 (in obituary published Jan. 11: Claude Nobs; b. Feb. 8, 1936, Montreux; d. Thursday [Jan. 10, 2013], Lausanne, aged 76; founded the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 and built it into an international phenomenon far more famous than the small Swiss resort town where it was held, and far more musically inclusive than the term "jazz festival" would suggest)