| LC control no. | no 91027160 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.J73 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Jón Leifs |
| Variant(s) | Leifs, Jón Jón Þorleifsson Þorleifsson, Jón |
| Associated country | Iceland Germany |
| Birth date | 1899-05-01 |
| Death date | 1968-07-30 |
| Place of birth | Sólheimar (Iceland) Húnavatnssýsla (Iceland) |
| Place of death | Reykjavík (Iceland) |
| Field of activity | Art music Composition (Music) Conducting |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Conductors (Music) |
| Found in | His Rímnadanslög, c1950: cover (Jón Leifs) Premier recordings of Icelandic orchestral music [SR] p1993: label (Jón Leifs) container (1899-1968) Wikipedia, December 28, 2010 (Jón Leifs (May 1, 1899-July 30, 1968); Icelandic composer) February 20, 2019 (Jón Leifs (born Jón Þorleifsson; 1 May 1899-30 July 1968); Icelandic composer, pianist, and conductor; he was born at the farm Sólheimar, then in the Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, northwestern Iceland; died in Reykjavík) Iceland's greatest classical composer : Jón Leifs (1899-1968) and other Icelanders of note, 2005, via WWW, viewed February 20, 2019 (Jón Leifs; born May 1st, 1899 in Sólheimar, Svínavatnssókn, Húnavatnasssýsla, Iceland; he studied and composed in Germany from 1916 until 1944, returning to Iceland for the remainder of his life) <http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/cmllc/whitney/classm.html> |
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