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Janis, Byron

LC control no.n 81132006
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LC classificationML417.J34 Biography
Personal name headingJanis, Byron
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Variant(s)Yanks, Byron
Yankelevitch, Byron
Other standard no.Q1018612
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1928-03-24
Death date2024-03-14
Place of birthMcKeesport (Pa.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationManhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationPianists Composers Piano teachers
Found inBeethoven, L. van. Sonata no. 21, in C ... 1956
Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation musicale au XXe siècle, c1982 (Janis, Byron; Byron Yanks; b. 3-24-1928, McKeesport, Penn.; American pianist)
New Grove, 2nd ed. www site, Dec. 15, 2000 (Janis, Byron; b. Mar. 24, 1924, McKeesport, PA; American pianist)
Int. ww in classical mus., 27th ed. (Janis, Byron; b. Mar. 24, 1924, McKeesport, PA; American pianist)
Wikipedia, Mar. 5, 2013 (Byron Janis; b. Byron Yanks (a shortened form of his family's name, Yankilevich), Mar. 24, 1928, McKeesport, Pa.; American classical pianist)
Internet Movie Database, Mar. 5, 2013 (Byron Janis; b. Byron Yankelevitch Janis [sic], Mar. 24, 1928, McKeesport, Pa.; pianist and composer)
Byron Janis WWW site, Mar. 5, 2013 (Byron Janis; pianist; 20 years old in 1948)
U.S. copyright file, Mar. 5, 2013 (Janis, Byron, 1928- )
All music guide WWW site, Mar. 5, 2013 (Byron Janis; b. Mar. 24, 1928, McKeesport, PA; pianist, teacher, and composer; on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music)
Bach Cantatas WWW site, Mar. 5, 2013 (Byron Janis; b. Mar. 24, 1928, McKeesport, Pa.; American pianist; has taught since 1962, and from 1987 has given classes at the Manhattan School of Music; also a composer)
Oxford music online, Mar. 5, 2013: Grove music online (Janis (Yanks, Yankelevitch), Byron; b. Mar. 24, 1924, McKeesport, PA; American pianist) Oxford dict. of music (Janis, Byron (Byron Yanks); b. 1928, McKeesport, Pa.; American pianist)
Pittsburgh post-gazette WWW site, Mar. 5, 2013: Mar. 24, 2008 (McKeesport native and venerable pianist Byron Janis celebrates his 80th birthday today)
Pittsburgh post-gazette, Apr. 23, 1958: p. 13 (Byron Janis, 30-year-old piano soloist, formerly of McKeesport, Pa.)
Janis, Byron. Chopin and beyond, c2010: t.p. (Byron Janis) p. 15-16 (b. Mar. 24, 1928, McKeesport, Pa.)
AP News, obituary dated March 19, 2024, viewed March 27, 2024 (Byron Janis, died Thursday [March 14, 2024], New York City)