Dean Dixon

American conductor (1915–1976)

Person Human Q1181055

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: January 10, 1915
Date of death: November 3, 1976, November 4, 1976^[7]
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Zug
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Ethnic group: African Americans^[10]
Occupation: conductor, actor
Educated at: Juilliard School, Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts, DeWitt Clinton High School^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Award received: Ditson Conductor's Award^[16]
Spouse: Vivian Rivkin^[8]
Genre: classical music^[18]
Archives at: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture^[19]
Described by source: The African American Almanac, Eleventh Edition, Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians^[22]^[23]
Family name: Dixon^[20]
Given name: Dean^[21]
Name in native language: Dean Dixon^[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject New York Public Library^[25]
Student: Arnulv Hegstad^[15]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 51

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Library of Congress Authorities ID: n90641511
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ACMI ID: creators/74482
American Academy in Rome ID: 12044139
American National Biography ID: 1801980
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/66611
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13893313q
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: dixon-charles-dean
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 2435
DDB person (GND) ID: 134359917

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De Agostini ID: Dixon,+Dean
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134359917
Dezède person ID: 32172
Discogs artist ID: 1299987
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID: dixon-dean
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FAST ID: 270977
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID: 2027
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GTAA ID: 93879
Geni profile ID: 6000000165222234278
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m0bqbfb
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: charles-dean-dixon
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0227935
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 14996
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Dean_Dixon
Grove Music Online ID: 07878
Harper's tag: dean-dixon
IDU person ID: 64488
IdRef ID: 174588909
J9U entity ID: 987007398769005171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 134359917
MusicBrainz artist ID: 0a6cbd91-a501-4a77-a7a1-419880383d37
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000288411
NE.se ID: dean-dixon
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NUKAT ID: n2006074541
National Library of Latvia ID: 000338720
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810552709805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX861397
Obálky knih ID: ola2002161493
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SBN author ID: USMV640453
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 2684
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Yale LUX ID: person/86b6d5f0-85ba-47d9-9e08-f8436a4c5aaa

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🔗 Connections

Educated at 3

Columbia University, Juilliard School, DeWitt Clinton High School

Mb:conductor position 3

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Mb:teacher 2

Jorma Panula, Edo de Waart

← Musical conductor 2

Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Archives at 1

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Award received 1

Ditson Conductor's Award

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Ethnic group 1

African Americans

Family name 1

Dixon

Genre 1

classical music

Given name 1

Dean

Instance of 1

human

Occupation 1

conductor

Place of birth 1

New York City

Place of death 1

Zug

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:teacher 1

Albert Stoessel

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Summary

Dean Dixon was born on January 10, 1915^[1], in New York City^[2]. He died on November 3, 1976^[3], in Zug^[4]. He worked as a conductor^[5] and actor^[6].

FAQs

Where was Dean Dixon born?

Dean Dixon was born in New York City^[2].

Where did Dean Dixon die?

Dean Dixon died in Zug^[4].

Who was Dean Dixon married to?

Dean Dixon's spouses include Vivian Rivkin^[8].

What did Dean Dixon do for work?

Dean Dixon worked as a conductor^[5] and actor^[6].

Where did Dean Dixon go to school?

Dean Dixon was educated at Juilliard School^[11], Columbia University^[12], Columbia University School of the Arts^[13], and DeWitt Clinton High School^[14].

What awards did Dean Dixon receive?

Honors received include Ditson Conductor's Award^[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Dean Dixon — place of birth (P19): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Dean Dixon — place of death (P20): Zug. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-01-01. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Dean Dixon — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Dean Dixon — spouse (P26): Vivian Rivkin. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Dean Dixon — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Dean Dixon — educated at (P69): Juilliard School. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Dean Dixon — educated at (P69): Columbia University. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Dean Dixon — educated at (P69): Columbia University School of the Arts. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Dean Dixon — educated at (P69): DeWitt Clinton High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Dean Dixon — occupation (P106): conductor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Dean Dixon — occupation (P106): actor. www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Dean Dixon — genre (P136): classical music. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Dean Dixon — award received (P166): Ditson Conductor's Award. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Dean Dixon — ethnic group (P172): African Americans. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Dean Dixon — archives at (P485): Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2024-07-23. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Dean Dixon — date of birth (P569): January 10, 1915. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Dean Dixon — date of death (P570): November 3, 1976. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Dean Dixon — date of death (P570): November 4, 1976. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-10-02. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Dean Dixon — family name (P734): Dixon. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Dean Dixon — given name (P735): Dean. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Dean Dixon — student (P802): Arnulv Hegstad. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Dean Dixon — described by source (P1343): The African American Almanac, Eleventh Edition. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Dean Dixon — described by source (P1343): Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Dean Dixon — name in native language (P1559): Dean Dixon. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Dean Dixon — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject New York Public Library. wikidata.org.

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