| LC control no. | n 83073204 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML418.A77 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Asmussen, Svend |
| Birth date | 1916-02-28 |
| Death date | 2017-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Violinists Singers |
| Found in | Ellington, D. Duke Ellington's jazz violin session. [SR] p1976. Smith, S. Hot swing fiddle classics [SR] p1979: label (Svend Asmussen) container (b. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1916) Lexikon der Violine, c2004 (Asmussen, Svend; b. Feb. 28, 1916, Copenhagen) Grove music online WWW site, May 26, 2006 (Asmussen, Svend; b. Feb. 28, 1916, Copenhagen; Danish violinist, entertainer, and singer) Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014 (Danish jazz violist) Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 9, 2017 (Svend Asmussen, a Danish-born swing violin virtuoso and irrepressible showman who spent eight decades accompanying some of the world's leading jazzmakers, including Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Fats Waller, died Feb. 7 [2017]; he was 100; Svend Harald Christian Asmussen was born in Copenhagen on Feb. 28, 1916) |
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