MacGimsey, Robert, 1898-1979
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- Summary
- Robert Hunter MacGimsey (1898–1979) was an American composer. His most famous song was "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (1934), a well-known Christmas carol written in the style of an African-American spiritual. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Born
- 1898-09-07 [2][6]
- Birth Place
- Pineville [6]
- Died
- 1979-03-13 [2][6]
- Death Place
- Phoenix, Ariz. [2]
- Phoenix [6]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [4]
- Occupation
- Komponists [4]
- composer [6]
- lawyer [6]
- political adviser [6]
- whistle artist [6]
- Field of Activity
- Kompozīcija (mūzika) [4]
- Populārā mūzika [4]
- Archives at
- Louisiana Christian University [6]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [6]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [6]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. National Library of Latvia
- 5. Danish Bibliographic Centre
- 6. Wikidata
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