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Arnold van Wyk

South African composer
Person human Q4795338

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
April 26, 1916
Date of death
March 27, 1983
Place of birth
Calvinia
Place of death
Stellenbosch
Country of citizenship
South Africa[7]
Occupation
composer, pianist
Field of work
music[8]
Educated at
Royal Academy of Music, Paul Roos Gymnasium[9][10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Birth name
Arnoldus Christiaan Vlok van Wyk[16]
Described by source
Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers[14]
Family name
van Wyk[12]
Given name
Arnold[13]
P14750
FA65-2298-4940-D0BD-981A[18]
Start of work period
1940[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Arnold van Wyk en Arnoldus Christiaan Vlok van Wyk cs Arnoldus Christiaan Vlok Van Wyk cs Arnoldus Christian Vlok Van Wyk ko 아르놀뒤스 크리스티안 플록 판베이크 ko 아르놀트 판베이크 ru Арнольд Ван-Вейк
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
000000008356352X
VIAF cluster ID
10158569
Library of Congress authority ID
n85315109
GND ID
1018152008
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15538656j
British Music Collection composer ID
arnold-van-wyk
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1001052
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1018152008
Europeana entity
agent/base/44847
FAST ID
170892
Freebase ID
/m/0hhprgw
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
12562
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Grove Music Online ID
30635
IMDb ID
nm1898487
IdRef ID
251365867
MusicBrainz artist ID
08f5f4c9-4ac0-4d44-bbe1-8ccfb56dc97b
Musicalics composer ID
97330
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2015872143
NLA Trove people ID
903564
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007413685305171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
287969940
SNAC ARK ID
w6sv9sgs
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtmp8F8MYqqHBCMvRcgKd
Yale LUX ID
person/ca289df4-fd7a-4068-9412-966a187bf864

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
composer, pianist
Country of citizenship 1
South Africa
Educated at 1
Royal Academy of Music
Field of work 1
music
Given name 1
Arnold
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Calvinia
Place of death 1
Stellenbosch
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Arnold van Wyk was born on April 26, 1916[1], in Calvinia[2]. He died on March 27, 1983[3], in Stellenbosch[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and pianist[6].

FAQs

Where was Arnold van Wyk born?

Arnold van Wyk's place of birth was Calvinia[2].

Where did Arnold van Wyk die?

Arnold van Wyk passed away in Stellenbosch[4].

What did Arnold van Wyk do for work?

Arnold van Wyk worked as a composer[5] and pianist[6].

Where did Arnold van Wyk go to school?

Arnold van Wyk was educated at Royal Academy of Music[9] and Paul Roos Gymnasium[10].

Related Entities

music Royal Academy of Music South Africa Stellenbosch

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Sex or gender → male
    Educated at → Royal Academy of Music, Paul Roos Gymnasium
    Field of work → music
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